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Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
* We may choose to limit our refund per customer at £500. In some rare cases, we may also require you to show us your photo ID before we process the refund.
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Arrive & Start the Wind-down
Enjoy a tipple in the gallery while we wait for everyone to arrive. Plenty of time to have a good browse.
Demo
Settle in and get ready to craft with clay. Our instructor will give you a step-by-step demonstration of throwing.
Centering
It is the first step and the hardest, so we will give you plenty of pointers and assistance and will work as a group to master the first ball of clay.
Shape Your Pot
Open up to form the inner floor of the pot, pull up the walls, and give your pot shape. Once you have a fully formed pot, we will help you wire it off. Breathe -- you've got this!
Practice, Practice, Practice..
Once you've got the hang of it, you will repeat the process several times giving you a selection of pots. At the end of the session, you can choose your keepers.
But More Importantly - Laugh
The best potters are the ones who arrive relaxed and don't take themselves too seriously! No one walks away an expert after 1 hour, but everyone walks away with a new love of the craft and a smile.
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What you'll get
- An apron and all materials/tools you'll need.
- Collect your dry pot for free, or for a small fee, you can have a pot or two fired and glazed!
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Knowledge required
100% beginner-friendly. No experience required.
What to bring
Just yourself and a creative mindset.
Suitable for
This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, team building activity, birthday or hen do.
This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum, Xmas gift or gift for couples.
Your teacher
I spent years in the C-suite of a medical software company — successful on the outside, exhausted, stressed, and anxious on the inside. Then I tried pottery. My mind cleared, my anxiety melted away, and for the first time in years I had to let go of perfection — because clay simply won't allow it.When The Old Bank building became available in Henley-in-Arden, I stepped inside out of curiosity. Light, bright, and spacious -- this building simply wanted to be a pottery studio! With room for 12 professional wheels, a dedicated hand-building area for up to 10, 2 large kilns, and a separate glaze room, it is the perfect space for working with clay. To ensure the highest level of instruction, I brought Selby Dickinson on board to develop the course curriculum. Selby is a studio potter, expert thrower, and brilliant teacher with over 30 years of experience. Selby has great banter, can teach all age groups, is extremely supportive, and, most importantly, he is passionate about his craft. We now have a full roster of teachers - Tilda, Sophie, Robyn, Nicola, and Ros- to provide support and deliver specialist workshops focused on their areas of expertise. What I love most is seeing clay do to others what it did to me — watching people fall in love with pottery at one of our 1-hour beginner taster classes, discover the joy of refining their thrown creations in a Wheel Throwing 101 weekend intensive, and then develop their own unique practice in one of our pottery clubs. Students arrive stressed and leave transformed all while developing new friendships over a shared love of clay. In short, I love every bit of it... except maybe all the cleaning!
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