Potter's Wheel Day Course

£180 per person

Escape to the country and spend a whole day learning how to make pottery on the potter’s wheel. Your own potter’s wheel and an inexhaustible amount of clay to play with. We’ll have you throwing respectable shapes by lunchtime – guaranteed.

On Arrival

You are guaranteed a warm welcome from your hosts, celebrated studio potters Sarah Monk and Jon Williams.

Professional Demo

After introductions and refreshments, you’ll settle down to watch a detailed and entertaining potter’s wheel demonstration. Then it’s aprons on and time to ‘saddle up’!

Throw Down Time

We have developed an easy to understand, five step process to making a pot on the potter’s wheel and for the first two or three attempts, we move through the stages altogether as a group. By the third go, participants have pretty much got the hang of things and are encouraged to develop at their own pace with individual tutoring as and when required. In the afternoon we scale up, make bigger pots and try different shapes.

Finishing Up

At the end of the day and after the wheels have been cleaned it’s decision time! You’ll have made loads and loads of pots, far more than you’ll ever need. We ask you to select your favourite one or two to keep as a memento. They will be left with us to be fired, glazed and posted out to you at no extra cost. If you can’t make up your mind what to keep, extra pots can be purchased on the day for an additional fee. Your glazed gems will arrive at home approx six weeks later.