Two Hour Class for Absolute Beginners - HANDBUILDING

In this fun introductory class, you will become familiar with the basics of handbuilding and learn what it is like to have a go at making a mug. We love mugs as they are used on a daily basis and become much loved items of your daily routine. Many of our students also make their designs to gift to someone they know would appreciate something made by your own hands. 

Your teacher will demonstrate the process to you using the slab-building technique. We encourage you to be playful with your designs, you may wish to add your own unique handle and textures to the final piece(s).  

One pot per attendee is included within this class, which we then fire and glaze for you. If you wish to keep more pots, by all means, you can, we charge £10 for each additional piece kept to cover the material and firing costs. We do however encourage students to be as critical of their work as possible and only keep what they know they will use, or is going to sit proudly somewhere to look at, as we want to aim to be as environmentally friendly as possible and clay can only be recycled pre their firings, but not after!

There is a maximum of 10 people who attend each class.

Two Hour Class for Absolute Beginners - Throwing on the wheel

In this fun introductory class you will become familiar with the potters wheel and learn what it is like to have a go at throwing. All of our teachers are professional potters who are also experienced teachers, you will be in the best hands possible.

You will begin by weighing up your clay balls, then watch a demonstration by your teacher to display the techniques needed to ‘center’ your clay and how to ‘pull’ up the walls of your pots. We will also teach you all about the varying array of potters tools and their uses, all of which we have available to you in our beautiful studio. Sitting down at your own dedicated potters wheel, you will then have a go at throwing a cylinder, mirroring the techniques your teacher will have shown you. It will be messy, wobbly and much harder than many can have imagined!

We aim for a more sustainable approach in our taster courses. Clay and many of the materials that potters use have to be excavated from quarries and have an environmental impact. We therefore encourage only the best work to be pushed through the firing processes since it is a material that can be reused and recycled infinite amount of times up until the point it is fired. You can learn from cutting through your pieces to analyse how best to improve your techniques. If you wish to keep one of your works, each pot kept will be £10.

This class is an amazing way to let you know if Throwing on the Wheel is something you may wish to pursue with longer courses, it is also just a lovely way to come and have some fun and experience this amazing material.

Each attendee will have their own dedicated potters wheel and there are a maximum of 10 people who attend each class.