Pinch Pot Pottery Class

Pinch Pot Pottery Taster: Make something cute!Come and have a play with clay at Handmade Margate — a fun, relaxed one-hour pottery taster that’s perfect for beginners and ideal if you fancy something creative and social.In this friendly hand-building session, you’ll make one ceramic piece from soft white earthenware clay using the pinch-pot technique — a simple, satisfying way to shape beautiful forms with your hands. There’s lots of step-by-step guidance throughout, so you’ll be supported from the first pinch to the final details.You can choose what you’d like to make on the day: a soap dish, small vase, cup, bowl, trinket dish (or something unique). We’ll help you shape, refine, and finish your piece so it feels good in the hand and looks lovely at home.Once your piece is formed, you’ll decorate it with underglaze colours and easy surface techniques — brush marks, patterns, carving, stamps, shells, stripes, little motifs — keeping it clean and minimal or going bold with colour and texture.Expect a warm studio atmosphere, good chat, and that satisfying “I made this!” feeling. You’ll leave with clay under your nails and a piece you’ll actually use.After the session, we’ll dry, fire, glaze, and re-fire your piece for you, ready to collect a few weeks later once fully finished.Workshop details:

• Duration: Approximately 1 hour
• Price: £30 pp
• Clay: White earthenware clay
• Level: Beginner and child-friendly (no experience needed)
• You’ll make: 1 piece (soap dish / small vase / cup / bowl / animal etc.)
• Includes: Tuition, clay, tools, underglaze colours, glazing + firing
• Collection: Ready to collect in approx. 4–6 weeks
• Age: Suitable for children aged 6+
• Supervision: Children must be accompanied and supervised by a paying adult; maximum two children to each grown-up, please.

An intro class to handbuilding, and an item fired and glazed in the kiln for them. Read more details