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  • Home
  • POTTERY PAINTING
  • Hand-building courses
    • One day courses
    • 6 week hand-building courses
  • Throwing classes
    • One hour throwing lessons
    • One day throwing courses
    • 2 week throwing sessions
    • 6 week throwing courses
  • Parties & private sessions
    • Clay work
    • POTTERY PAINTING
  • Gift Vouchers
  • Tech exchange
  • studio hire
    • 5 week Wheel hire
    • 5 week Hand-building hire
  • Studio info

6 WEEK HAND-BUILDING COURSES 

Notice: We are currently taking a break from our lovely handbuilding courseS. We will hopefully return End of spring 2026. Please email to be added to a waiting list - [email protected]

Beginners Level 1
This course is designed for complete beginners but anyone with some experience are welcome to join.
Through this course you will learn the main hand building techniques which include pinch pots, slab work, coil pot construction and Sgrafitto decoration. In total you will make 6 pieces of pottery to take home!
Although we will be working on structured projects each week, you are encouraged to explore your creativity and make your piece your own!

Group size: Up to 8
Age: 16+
Cost: £200
​Duration: 2 hours a week for 6 consecutive weeks 
Week 1 - Pinch pots
Week 2 - Imprinted slab bowls
Week 3 - Coil Pot
Week 4 - Sgraffito Tile
week 5 - Glazing  
week 6 - Glazing 

booking
PLEASE ENSURE TO SELECT CORRECT DATE ON THE BOOKING CALENDAR AND ADJUST QUANTITY OF PARTICIPANTS ACCORDINGLY. Date shown is the start date.
​YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY SCHEDULED IN TO ALL SESSIONS WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE SAME TIME each week.
​Our courses are run in term time. if we happen to have a 5 week term we will break for the school holidays and resume after.


Beginners Level 2 
This course has been designed for those that have attended our level 1 courses and now have got the pottery bug!
We do however, welcome people who haven't attended our level 1 course but some experience in pottery is required.
You will be working on some of the techniques from the level 1 course but projects will be slightly more challenging. 

​Group size: Up to 8
​Age: 16+

Cost: £200
​Duration: 2 hours a week for 6 consecutive weeks
Week 1 - Slab mugs 
Week 2 - Lidded pot 
Week 3 - Pinch pot model
Week 4 - Marbled clay
week 5 - Glazing  
Week 6-  Glazing 

BOOKING
PLEASE ENSURE TO SELECT CORRECT DATE ON THE BOOKING CALENDAR AND ADJUST QUANTITY OF PARTICIPANTS ACCORDINGLY. Date shown is the start date.
​​YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY SCHEDULED IN TO ALL 6 SESSIONS WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE SAME TIME EACH WEEK
​OUR COURSES ARE RUN IN TERM TIME. IF WE HAPPEN TO HAVE A 5 WEEK TERM WE WILL BREAK FOR THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AND RESUME AFTER.

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Contact Us

Email: [email protected]
​Phone: 07527 957 237

​Wot Pots,
Westbury Wildlife Park
​Trym Rd,
Westbury - on - Trym,
​Bristol
BS9 3ET