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Q: What ages is this class suitable for?
A: Adults & 7+ years. An adult must accompany any attending kids, and must pay for a separate ticket.
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A family-friendly class covering both hand-building and wheel throwing in Warwickshire.
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Demo
Every session starts with a step-by-step demonstration of both hand-building (coiling) and wheel throwing.
Throwing Pots
You will spend 45 minutes throwing pots on the wheel. Our instructors will help you centre and shape your pots. There are no failures here -- everyone creates at least one thrown pot, most will create 3 or 4.
Creating a Coiled Pot
Next, you will move to the hand-building table where you will create a coiled pot. Creativity reigns here at the hand-building table. No two creations are ever the same!
Choose Your Pots
In Clay Together, everyone walks away with at least two pots -- one coiled and one thrown pot. Hard choices here -- which thrown pot will become your forever keep sake of the day?
- First half: Everyone takes a turn at the wheel, learning to centre and shape clay as it spins -- wobbly first attempts included.
- Second half: Swap the wheel for hand-building, using a coiling technique to build a pot piece by piece, no electricity required.
- Throughout: Our instructor moves between you, offering tips and steadying hands.
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Upcoming dates for Clay Together: Family-Friendly Pottery Taster Class
Times are London time. Dates and prices as of 12 Oct 2026, 12:33am; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.
19 upcoming dates between 17 Oct 2026 and 20 Dec 2026.
- Sat 17 Oct 2026, 11am-12:30pm
- Wed 21 Oct 2026, 4:30pm-6pm
- Sat 24 Oct 2026, 1pm-2:30pm
- Sun 25 Oct 2026, 10am-11:30am
- Thu 29 Oct 2026, 1pm-2:30pm
- Fri 30 Oct 2026, 1pm-2:30pm
- Sun 1 Nov 2026, 1:30pm-3pm
- Sun 8 Nov 2026, 1pm-2:30pm
- Sat 14 Nov 2026, 10am-11:30am
- Sun 15 Nov 2026, 3:30pm-5pm
- Sat 21 Nov 2026, 3pm-4:30pm
- Sat 5 Dec 2026, 10am-11:30am
- Wed 9 Dec 2026, 4:30pm-6pm
- Sat 12 Dec 2026, 12pm-1:30pm
- Sun 13 Dec 2026, 10:30am-12pm
- Thu 17 Dec 2026, 3pm-4:30pm
- Fri 18 Dec 2026, 10:30am-12pm
- Sat 19 Dec 2026, 10am-11:30am
- Sun 20 Dec 2026, 12pm-1:30pm
What you'll get
- Aprons and all materials you'll need.
- Your chosen pots once fired and glazed (4-6 weeks turnaround).
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Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly.
What to bring
Just yourselves!
Suitable for
This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, team building activity, Christmas party, birthday or hen do.
Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 7 years old).
An adult must accompany any attending kids, and must pay for a separate ticket.
This experience would also be a fun gift for her, gift for mum, Xmas gift or gift for couples.
Location
The Old Bank Pottery Studio & Gallery, 127 High Street, Henley-in-Arden B95 5AU
The Old Bank is in the centre of Henley-in-Arden on the High Street, approximately 5 minutes walk from the train station. There is 2-hours of free parking on the street Monday-Saturday. All day free parking is available at the Prince Harry Rd Car Park which is also a 5-minute walk away..
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Recent reviews of Clay Together: Family-Friendly Pottery Taster Class
- 5/5 from Carla Lloyd, attended Aug 2026: Both teachers were lovely and very patient. I treated my grandson who loved the potters wheel and although tackled the coil pot with gusto quite quickly git distracted. I sadly do suffer with background noise and have sensory problems and although I was welcomed as an observer and to make sure my grandson paid attention I was getting very close to meltdown with the music that was all base. I did mention right at the start of the class but no offer was made to either switch it off or play something softer. Personally I would recommend this to everyone but if you have s child with sensory issues it may be worth going along beforehand to check it out. It's a teaching session so I just don't get why background music is needed
- 5/5 from Fiona Kaplan, attended Jul 2026: Great pottery class in Henley today! I am 67 and took my friend's 12-year-old daughter for her birthday present. The teacher was helpful and patient, especially when we were learning to work with the potter's wheel, and made sure we both achieved attractive results. I particularly enjoyed making coil pots and would definitely like to learn more about that technique. We would both like to come back: highly recommended!
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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