Faculty Information:
Anne Haworth designs and produces high quality ceramic art works using traditional materials and techniques. A full time independent professional artist and an experienced instructor of students of all abilities and age-groups, Anne has exhibited widely throughout the UK and her work is sold in many private galleries countrywide. Her ceramics can be seen in private collections, businesses and hotels across the world, from Paris to Dubai.
Although she has always been involved in creative art, Anne's career was initially in journalism and she worked for many years on newspapers, magazines and as a freelance writer. She returned as a mature student to embark on a BA honours degree in three dimensional design and art history and has been successfully self-employed as a ceramic artist ever since.
She is a member of many creative organisations including Northern Potters, Design Gap, the Craft Guild and Moving Clay. She exhibits each year at the prestigious British Craft Trade Fair in Harrogate where, in 1997, she won an award for her work.

Anne takes as her inspiration the natural world. She says: "I feel that the process of making is an evolving one which requires great sensitivity between maker and material. A hand-made object holds a certain power and, for me, the process of creating is compelling. I work from a very limited palette using a minimum of decoration, believing that the surface is part of the form rather than an addition to it. The objects I make are tactile and are meant to stand alone."

Other Activities:
Domaine St. Raymond is a beautiful, spacious house with gardens, a large swimming pool and a tennis court. We have a supply of bicycles - and the road is flat right down to the Canal du Midi towpath! There's table-tennis, a pool table and even a set of boules.

Facility Information:
With an optimum of ten guests per weekend, there's a houseparty atmosphere which promises the formation of new friendships or cementing of old ones.

Smart, roomy bedrooms are double or triple-sized.
All bedrooms have en-suite shower-rooms and, in the case of the Olive room, an additional bath.

All towels and linen are provided and each room has a hairdryer and CD player. Beach towels for use around the pool are not supplied.

The courses include breakfasts, lunches and two sumptious dinners with free-flowing wines from a local vineyard - where a degustation has also been arranged for one afternoon.

Help and advice can be given if guests require visits to La Cite at Carcassonne or to the castle sites of Cathar resistance.

Take some French Leave and slip away to the lovely landscape of the Languedoc for some leisurely learning and a large helping of culture.

Notes:
We would suggest that, if you are attending the Ceramics courses, you bring an old shirt or other protective clothing.

Price Includes: airport transfers, all transport, wine-tasting outings, tuition, accommodation and all meals (including eating
out at a restaurant one evening).

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