Make your own beautiful ceramic art at our Brighton studio
Help me choose?
No need to worry! Here are your options:
This is the pottery you see in films and on TV.
It takes a lot of time and practice to get good
at throwing, and as a beginner in a one-off
workshop you will end up with two or three
small bowls you could use for olives or jewellery.
However: You will absolutely love that little bowl!
If outcomes matter to you more than experience you should choose this. You could make a mug, a vase, a bowl, a decorative tealight holder, a wall hanging, or a little otter with a cactus for hair. Or anything else you can dream up!
Here are some pieces made in hand-building workshops by our students These are reasonably representative of the sort of thing you could create.
Once you're done, you'll have the option to try using underglazes (they work a lot like standard acrylic paints) or choose from our range of dipping glazes.
Can't choose won't choose
You can just about fit both throwing and hand-building into a half-day, as long as you're happy with only making two small and relatively simple pieces. You wouldn't have time to make a mug as well as try throwing, but you could manage a smaller, simpler pinch-pot. And we can negotiate things on the day as well.
You can't fit throwing and a body-bits mug into a half-day. Sorry!
For a full day booking you definitely don't have to choose; you can do both!
However, in order to try both throwing and hand-building you either need to book a workshop for 2 people, or be in a smallish group of friends.
*If you want to try both types of pottery, choose a throwing workshop when booking online. Or you can just email us with your request.
Private Workshop Prices:
Half Day:
£180 for two people
£250 for three people
£50 for each additional person (max 6 people in total)
Full Day:
(includes a nice lunch, and you can have a go at throwing if you want to)
£360 for two people
£480 for three people
£100 for each additional person (max 6 people in total)
Check our online booking page for workshop availability, if you don't see the date or time you want please email us as we may be able to help!
Please see our group booking page for groups larger than 6.
The price includes clay, a selection of glazes and firing. Hot drinks and aprons are also provided.
On-street parking is free at weekends and you can park on our drive at other times.
If needed we can post your finished pots to you for a small cost (usually around £7).