Teachers

Four potters, one very patient kiln.

Everyone who teaches here makes and sells their own work. Between us we’ve been at the wheel for about eighty years, and we still squash the odd pot.

Rina Santos, founder, at work in the studio

Founder

Rina Santos

Set up the Clay Yard in an old tannery store in 2016 with two second-hand wheels. Throws mostly tableware in a speckled stoneware.

Teaches

Teaches

Tasters, six-week wheel course

Experience

Experience

Teaching since 2012

Instagram

Instagram

@rina.makes.pots

Arun Mehta, hand-building, at work in the studio

Hand-building

Arun Mehta

Trained as a sculptor and still prefers coils to the wheel. Patient with anyone who says they're not creative.

Teaches

Teaches

Hand-building weekend, couples' nights

Experience

Experience

Teaching since 2018

Instagram

Instagram

@arun.coils

Mei Chen, glazes and surface, at work in the studio

Glazes and surface

Mei Chen

Mixes every glaze on our shelves, from the celadon to the tenmoku. Will happily talk you through why a glaze ran.

Teaches

Teaches

Glazing workshop, mug evenings, kids' club

Experience

Experience

Teaching since 2020

Instagram

Instagram

@mei.glazes

Graham Pike, kilns and open studio, at work in the studio

Kilns and open studio

Graham Pike

Forty years at the wheel and in charge of both kilns. Runs open studio and keeps the firing log.

Teaches

Teaches

Improvers' course, open studio

Experience

Experience

Teaching since 1998

Instagram

Instagram

@graham.fires

Studio shelves full of drying and bisque-fired pots

The studio

An old tannery store with good light and a lot of shelves.

Twelve electric wheels, four big hand-building tables, a glaze room and two electric kilns out the back. Tea and biscuits are always on.

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