This beginners and continuers course is the perfect opportunity to get a taste of ceramics, while also providing you with enough time to freestyle and hone your skills.

During our Wednesday evening sessions or Saturday morning sessions you will learn to contract different pieces using clay, guided by our expert hand builder and thrower, Suby Tamang.

Wether you are a complete beginner or have some experience, we will be covering different making techniques in each session. Over the course you will create several pieces that you’ll be able to take home with you. These sessions are for up to 12 people.

Course breakdown:

In the first 2 sessions you will learn hand-building techniques, sessions 3 and 4 you will be introduced to throwing and trimming.

From session 5 onwards, we’ll focus more on how to decorate your pieces using slips, as well as glazing. From session 6 you will get some time to practise the skills you’ve learned with your own projects and ideas, with support from the tutor.

Session 1 - learn how to prepare clay + pinching and coiling techniques

Session 2 - learn the slab building technique

Session 3 - learn the basics of throwing on a potter’s wheel

Session 4 - learn to trim your thrown pots

Session 5 - surface decoration and glazing

Session 6 to 12 - practise your skills and freestyle with the support of our teacher

This course allows each student to keep 14 items. If you want to keep more, there will be a charge of £8 per extra item. This is to cover clay, firings and us glazing your pieces for you. We encourage students to be critical and only keep what they know they will use, if you keep practising you’ll make better pieces! We ‘re also trying to be as environmentally friendly as possible and clay can only be recycled before its been fired.

This link takes you to the Lets Make Ltd booking page.

If you book and are unable to attend, please give us 1 months notice and we will refund you. After this period, we’ll be unable to refund the course under all circumstances. If you are unable to attend a session you will not be able to reschedule for another occasion. Please do not ask our staff to do this for you.