EVENING CLASSES - £40 per person
A fun and relaxing evening making with clay.
The Great Pottery Throw Down has encouraged us all to experiment and get messy with clay. Join a small group, have fun, and produce your own ceramic masterpieces. We suggest you book a taster throwing session before you join the evening class if you haven’t worked with clay before but it isn’t necessary. Age 18+ years only. BYOB welcome. The total class size is 8 people, but you can book a maximum of 4 people per booking, as we like encourage people to make new friends! If you are a larger group of 6-8 people wanting us to run one of our below evening classes, email us about availability as we may be able to host a private class for you.
Meet your host for the evening - Freya!
Freya is a graduate of 3D Craft and Design at Brighton University and has been working with clay for over 6 years. She loves to hand build, throw, and make all sorts of wonderful creations. She’s a pro at helping beginners understand the basics of making out of clay and ensuring you come out of the session with something unique and functioning!
All classes are £40 per person to include the items listed in each description. If you make any extra pieces in the class you can pay £5 extra per piece to have it fired. If you would like to return to paint your pottery after 3 weeks, you can pay £10 per person to come back on a weekend or during school holidays, or you can pay £5 per person to come back on a weekday during term time, otherwise your pieces will be clear glazed a shiny white and ready to collect a month after your making session.
We run evening painting sessions on the selected Thursdays of each month from 6pm, perfect for you to return to paint and decorate your pieces. Please book this separately.
2024 Classes!
8th February 6-9pm: Learn to make a Trinket Dish and Small Bowl
Using a combination of pinch pot sculpting, slab building, and throwing techniques, you will leave this session with a flat trinket dish and a bowl perfect for your keys/hairclips/insert random household object here that you don’t have a place for yet! Return on or after 29th February to decorate.
14th March 6-9pm: Learn to make a Serving Platter and Small Bowl
Using a combination of pinch pot sculpting, slab building and throwing techniques, you will leave this session with a slim serving platter and a small bowl. Return on or after 4th April to decorate.
21st March 6-9pm: Learn to make a Mug and Bowl
Using a combination of pinch pot sculpting and throwing techniques, you will leave this session with a mug and a small bowl. Return on or after 11th April to decorate.
18th April 6-9pm: Learn to make a Mug and Bowl
Using a combination of pinch pot sculpting and throwing techniques, you will leave this session with a mug and a small bowl. Return on or after 9th May to decorate.
9th May 6-9pm: Learn to make a pair of Stem Vases
Using a combination of pinch pot sculpting and throwing techniques, you will leave this session with one slightly larger handbuilt stem vase, and a smaller thrown stem vase. Return on or after 30th May to decorate.
16th May 6-9pm: Learn to make a Mug and Bowl
Using a combination of pinch pot sculpting and throwing techniques, you will leave this session with a mug and a small bowl. Return on or after 6th June to decorate.
20th June 6-9pm: Learn to make a Mug and Bowl
Using a combination of pinch pot sculpting and throwing techniques, you will leave this session with a mug and a small bowl. Return on or after 11th July to decorate.
11th July 6-9pm: Learn to make a Salad Bowl and Garnish Pot
Using a combination of slab press-moulding and throwing techniques, you will leave this session with a small salad bowl and a thrown garnish pot. Return on or after 1st August to decorate.
18th July 6-9pm: Learn to make a Mug and Bowl
Using a combination of pinch pot sculpting and throwing techniques, you will leave this session with a mug and a small bowl. Return on or after 8th August to decorate.
8th August 6-9pm: Learn to make a pair of Plant Pots
Using a combination of slab building and throwing techniques, you will leave this session with a plant pot and a smaller thrown cacti pot. Return on or after 29th August to decorate.
15th August 6-9pm: Learn to make a Mug and Bowl
Using a combination of pinch pot sculpting and throwing techniques, you will leave this session with a mug and a small bowl. Return on or after 5th September to decorate.
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CANCELLATIONS/REFUNDS
Please note if you can’t make your booking we require at least 48 hours notice before your session to be able to fill your space. We absolutely cannot offer refunds or move your booking for any changes within this period. Please contact us by email if you have any queries.
FIRING YOUR THROWN OR HAND BUILT POTS
Please be aware that sometimes clay fired items can break or at worse explode in the kiln. We try to control for these events but it is not always possible. It is the charm but also the frustration of working with ceramics, so we encourage you to embrace any wobbles or small imperfections in your pot/s. We cannot offer refunds for this but will offer you something of ours as a replacement if your piece is absolutely no longer fit to function.