Short Courses
Check out our pottery short courses below.
Anagama Course
This weekend course (all day Saturday and Sunday) to make an Anagama piece will be hosted by John McKenzie. An Anagama is a Japnese cave kiln. John will teach you how to throw on the pottery wheel, and Zoe will teach you how to hand-build pieces. All pieces will be fired, and one of your chosen pieces can be put in the Anagama wood-fired kiln on 20th + 21st February.Â
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Weekend course
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23rd + 24th Jan: 10am - 4pm
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£250 per person
Jan 2027
Check out our special short courses (suitable for beginners), below. To enquire about attending one of our courses, press the "Contact Us" button and fill out the form. We will aim to get back to you within 2 business days with payment information.
What's On?
Feb 2027
Head Sculpture Course
 We have guest sculpture and professional model maker - Sara Ross, joining us in February, who will be teaching us how to build a head sculpture with a live model. Pieces will all be fired, but there will also be an exciting opportunity to fire your head sculpture in John Mackenzie's Anagama kiln for an additional £100 on 20th + 21st February.Â
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Weekend courseÂ
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6th + 7th Feb: 10am - 4pm
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£250 per person
March 2027
July 2027
 Raku Course
Raku is a fast firing process where the pieces are taken out of the kiln red hot and covered in sawdust. It produces a crackle effect glaze, stained black from the sawdust and copper glazes can be gold coloured if the piece is completely starved of oxygen. If you like fire and some drama this course is for you! Â
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2 week course
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17th + 31st July: 10-4pm
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£175 per person
Ridge Tile Course
We'll start this 3 week course by building a pottery slab to fit over the ridge for your desired location (e.g. home or outbuilding), so make sure to bring the dimensions of the angle with you. Previous projects have included dragons, horses, owls and pussycats. You can personalise with glazes or by rubbing metal oxides onto your piece for a rustic, weathered finish.Â
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3 week course
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12th, 19th, 26th August: 6-9pm
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£150 per person
August 2027
September 2027
Pit Firing Course
On this 3 week course, we'll spend the first 2 weeks making decorative pots or hand built animals using the coil pot and pinch pot methods. Then, the pieces are bisc fired before being wrapped in seaweed and organic matter to create earthy brown and orange tones. There will be an opportunity to use Terra sigilatta so that the pots can be beautiful burnished. Alternatively, you can experiment with sodium silicate to create a fractured, cracked surface.Â
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3 week course
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9th + 16th September: 6-9pm
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26th September (firing all day): 10-4pm
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£150 per personÂ
October 2027
 Raku Course
Raku is a fast firing process where the pieces are taken out of the kiln red hot and covered in sawdust. It produces a crackle effect glaze, stained black from the sawdust and copper glazes can be gold coloured if the piece is completely starved of oxygen. If you like fire and some drama this course is for you!Â
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2 week course
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16th + 30th October: 10-4pm
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£175 per person