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Masterclass Courses
Penny Campbell: Throwing Lidded Forms
June 28th & 29th, 10:00-16:00
Join professional potter Penny Campbell as she guides you through the precise process of throwing lidded forms! In this 2-Day masterclass you will be taught how to throw sugar bowls and lids with a flange, gallery and thrown handles. (LEVEL: Intermediate)
£245 per person [1 Space Left!]
Qian Liu: Improve your Throwing
July 12th & 13th, 10:00-16:00
Would you like to fine tune your throwing with a pro? Join Qian Liu for this special masterclass to improve your throwing; covering open and closed forms as well as good habits to throw larger volumes of work. (LEVEL: Level-up Beginner (able to centre clay))
£230 per person
Qian Liu: Stoneware Repetition Throwing
August 9th & 10th, 10:00-16:00
Would you like to throw batches of identical pots? In this special 2-Day course professional potter Qian Liu will teach you the processes and techniques required for throwing repeated forms while considering the best weight and shapes for success. (LEVEL: Intermediate)
£230 per person
Kath Cooper: Hand-Build Sgraffito Birds
August 16th & 17th, 10:00-16:00
Join illustrative ceramicist Kath Cooper in this special weekend Hand-Building course where you will be taught how to pinch and model your own set of hollow, varied-size birds. Each bird will then be refined and decorated with slips, sgraffito and textures to finish. (LEVEL: Beginners or Improvers)
£195 per person
Our ‘Classic’ Beginner Pottery Classes, perfect for first-timers!
Beginners Throwing 2.5HR Class
Join us for a 2.5 hour throwing class suitable for complete beginners or those who want a refresher of throwing at the wheel. Each class will start with a throwing demonstration from a professional potter followed by about 2 hours on the wheel then time at the end to clean up and choose a glaze for your favourite piece! Your finished pot will be ready for collection in 5-6 weeks. For more details click here.
£60 per person – to see our availability, please Click Here!
Beginners ‘Make a Mug’ Class
Join us for a 3 hour hand-building class suitable for complete beginners. Over the duration of the class you will make your own handmade mug using slabs of clay, templates and formers. You will be under the guidance of a professional potter for each step of the process and will have time to decorate your piece with cutters, stamps and underglaze colours. Your finished mug will be ready for collection in 5-6 weeks. For more details click here.
£45 per person – to see our availability, please Click Here!
Pottery Courses
6-Week Beginners Hand-Building Course
Designed for complete Beginners, this course covers the foundational Hand-Building Pottery skills necessary to create a range of projects including creating with coils, slabs and moulds as well as learning decorative techniques including using coloured slips, underglaze, stoneware glazes, paper resist, sgraffito and more! For more details including the 2025 course times and dates please click here.
£280 per person.
Includes the tuition of 6 sessions, independent studio time as well as the bisque and glaze firing of four projects.
This course runs in January, June and September. The June 2025 course is now fully booked.
6-Week Beginners Throwing Course
Suitable for complete beginners, this course offers in-depth tutoring of all of the foundational skills of throwing pottery on the wheel. Over 6 sessions you will guided by a professional potter through the processes of wedging, centering, coning, pulling and turning clay. In your fourth session you will choose four of your favourite pieces to be bisque fired and then in your final session you will learn to glaze your pieces which will then be fired and kept forever!
£315 per person.
Includes the tuition of 6 sessions and the bisque and glaze firing of four pieces.
Our May 6-Week Throwing Courses are now fully booked. The next course will run in September 2025 but has not yet been released for booking.
2-Day Beginners Throwing Course (Weekend Intensive)
Suitable for Beginners, this course covers all of the foundational skills of throwing pottery on the wheel. Over 4 sessions (two full days) you will guided by a professional potter through the processes of wedging, centering, coning, pulling and turning clay – focusing primarily on the cylinder form. The aim of this course is not to create the ‘perfect’ piece but instead to ‘throw and throw away’ – for this reason no work will be fired but instead you will have access to unlimited clay to throw as much as you can for excellent practice.
£200 per person.
Please note that this price does not include the firing of any work in order to encourage practice over perfection (but firing can be paid for additionally).
2-Day Beginners ‘Level-Up’ Throwing Course (Weekend Intensive)
Suitable as a follow-on from the Beginners Throwing classes, courses or if you would like to develop your existing throwing skills. Over 4 sessions (two full days) you will be guided through improving your foundational throwing skills through cylinder practice before moving onto more complex forms including convex and concave. In your final session you will have some freedom to decide what you would like to practice which may include further throwing, turning or creating handles. Like our Beginners course, this course is ‘throw and throw away’ with access to unlimited clay for practice.
£200 per person.
Please note that this price does not include the firing of any work in order to encourage practice over perfection (but firing can be paid for additionally).