When is it on?

On Thursdays 11th April -16th May and 6th June -18th July

What will I learn?

This is an unstructured six week course for throwing on the wheel suitable for beginners and intermediate potters. The course will cover the basics of throwing on the wheel, including centring, opening and pulling up the walls, creating different shapes, adding handles, refining work and glazing.

All clay, tools, glazes are part of the course. There is a maximum of 8 pieces fired included in the cost. If you wish to have extra pieces fired, there is a small charge of £5 per 500g of glazed work. You will also learn ‘good studio practice’ while at the studio, including cleaning up your potter’s wheel and tools.

What to bring

Apron/coveralls and a small hand towel. There will be aprons available to hire for £5 per session (this is to cover the cost of washing the aprons after each session).

Wear comfortable clothes that you don’t mind getting clay on. Long hair should be tied back and it is advisable that jewellery/watches are left at home.

Other info

Refreshments will be provided. Please let us know if you have any allergies. Please note that while the workshop is on the ground floor, the kitchen, breakout area and toilet are on the first floor.

Refund Policy

Full payment is required at the time of booking. You will have 28 days before the start of the course for a full refund minus a £15 admin charge.

Please note that 14 days prior to the start of the course, your booking is non-refundable and non-exchangeable, unless we can resell your place before the start date and a full refund minus £15 admin charge will be issued.

If you decide not to attend or not complete the course after the start date, no refund will be issued. Please note that we cannot accommodate students making up missed classes at other times.

Cancellation by us

We reserve the right to cancel or make changes to any courses, workshops or one-off sessions.

If we cancel your course or session for any reason we will do our best to organise an alternative date within a reasonable period of time. If this is not possible, or you are unable to attend an alternative date, we will refund the full purchase price.

Collection of work

We will email you when your work is ready to be picked up – this usually takes between 4-6 weeks. We keep work for 3 months after it has come out of the kiln, so please make sure that you collect it within this time frame. Unfortunately, we cannot post out work to you.