Pottery Class: Introduction to Hand-Building

Fancy reaping the therapeutic benefits of getting your hands on clay but don’t know where to start? Book onto our 2.5-hour hand-building pottery taster session, perfect for beginners and designed to give you a good introduction to working with clay and introduce you to different hand-building techniques.This workshop is intended for adults; however, it is suitable for age 12+. If the booking is for an evening class, then anyone under the age of 16 needs to be accompanied by a paying adult also participating in the class.Depending on the piece you make, it may also be possible to paint your piece with underglazes during the same session. If not, you can book in a week or so later once your piece has dried sufficiently, or you can choose for us to just clear glaze it. If you do come back to paint, it will incur a £4.50 studio fee per painting session.Items need to be left with us to dry before we will glaze and fire them and can take 4-5 weeks before they’re ready to collect. If coming back to paint, they will take around 2 weeks after painting.Advisory:Due to the nature of clay and because this is a hand-building class, problems can arise during the making, drying, and firing process of pottery that may affect your piece. Depending on what it is, they can't always be rectified. However, the pitfalls will be explained to you during the workshop, and you will be taught how to prevent them from happening. So if you follow the instruction, the risk is low.If booking others onto the workshop, please make them aware of this before you book. A finished pottery piece made by you! Read more details