Classes and workshops
Pick a way in.
Never touched clay? Book a taster or the six-week course. Done a course already? Try the improvers’ course or join open studio. Everything includes clay, glazes and firing.
Good to know
Classes are 8 people at most, aged 16 and up unless it says otherwise. Wear clothes you don’t mind getting muddy. Fired pots are ready about three weeks later.
Book a class
Upcoming dates
The next date for every class.
Dates fill up about three weeks ahead, courses sooner. If the date you want is full, send a booking request anyway and we’ll add you to the waiting list.
In detail
What each class covers, and what’s included.
Taster
Taster: try the wheel
Two hours on the wheel with a teacher beside you. Make a bowl or two, pick a glaze, and collect them fired about three weeks later.
Level
Complete beginner
Length
2 hours
When
Most Saturdays and some Friday evenings
Teacher
Rina
Included
Clay, apron, glaze and firing for two pieces
£48
3 spaces left
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Course
Six-week wheel course
The proper start. Centring, opening, pulling up walls and trimming, one step a week, until you can throw a set of mugs on your own.
Level
Complete beginner
Length
6 weeks
When
6 Tuesdays from 20 Oct
Teacher
Rina
Included
12.5kg of clay, all glazes and firings, tools to borrow
£265
2 spaces left
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Taster
Couples' wheel night
A wheel each, a teacher between you and a pot of tea. Each of you takes home one fired piece. Popular as a gift.
Level
Complete beginner
Length
2.5 hours
When
One Friday a month
Teacher
Arun
Included
Clay, glaze and firing for one piece each
£95 for two
1 pair left
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Workshop
Hand-building weekend
No wheel needed. Pinch, coil and slab your way to a planter, a jug and a small serving dish over two relaxed days.
Level
All levels
Length
2 days
When
Sat & Sun 24 – 25 Oct
Teacher
Arun
Included
Clay, lunch both days, glazes and firing
£150
4 spaces left
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Workshop
Mug-making evening
Make a mug from a slab, add a pulled handle and stamp your initials on the base. Ready to collect in three weeks.
Level
Complete beginner
Length
2.5 hours
When
Thu 29 Oct
Teacher
Mei
Included
Clay, glaze, firing and a cup of tea
£60
6 spaces left
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Workshop
Glazing workshop
Bring three bisque-fired pieces and learn dipping, pouring, wax resist and layering with our studio glazes.
Level
Some experience
Length
3 hours
When
Sun 1 Nov
Teacher
Mei
Included
All glazes and a glaze firing for three pieces
£55
5 spaces left
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Membership
Open studio membership
For anyone who has done a course. Use a wheel and the hand-building tables during open studio hours, with a shelf of your own.
Level
Some experience
Length
Cancel any time
When
Start on the 1st of any month
Teacher
Graham
Included
A shelf, 2 hours of wheel time a week, glazes and firings
£85 a month
6 places
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Course
Wheel course for improvers
For people who can centre and want more. Lidded pots, jugs, larger bowls, and trimming feet that look deliberate.
Level
Some experience
Length
6 weeks
When
6 Wednesdays from 4 Nov
Teacher
Graham
Included
12.5kg of clay, all glazes and firings
£285
5 spaces left
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Course
Kids' clay club (8 – 12)
Four Saturday afternoons of pinch pots, coil animals and tiles, with a go on the wheel in the last week.
Level
All levels
Length
4 weeks
When
4 Saturdays from 7 Nov
Teacher
Mei
Included
Clay, glazes, firing and an apron to keep
£90
7 spaces left
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