An Olla is an unglazed terracotta pot which is buried in the soil amongst your plants. When it is filled with water it slowly seeps through the walls of the pot to the roots of the plants, acting as a slow, efficient and ancient irrigation technique.
Join our workshop on Wednesday 3rd of June 6.00-8.00pm and make your own Olla pot!
This is a variation on our normal throwing on the wheel workshop. This workshop is specifically designed for children aged 9-16 who want to try using the wheel. There will be one wheel shared between an adult and a child who will alternate making pots on the wheel.
In this 90 minute session participants are taken through the basics of operating an electric potter’s wheel and will learn to produce a few small pots for later collection.
In this 3-hour workshop you will build your own functional butterdish using slabs of clay. You will learn the fundamentals of slab-built pottery, as well as experimenting with surface texture and design.
Monthly Home School Pottery Group
Since February 2024, our home school pottery sessions have been a local favourite for young people aged 9–16. Originally run as private groups, we are excited to be opening these up to the wider home-educating community from September 2026.
These sessions are designed for deep learning. We prioritise teaching your children the proper skills of pottery, making use of our fully equipped city centre studio. To ensure students have the time to build, refine, fire, and glaze their pieces, we will be working in 3-month blocks.
Taster session: If you would like to try a session before committing we will be running a stand alone taster session 10th July 1.30-3.30pm.
After the success of our February workshop, we are running our coil built plant pot workshops again this July 24th.
Use coils of clay to build your own plant pot and decorate using stamps and cut-out shapes. Free packet of seeds with every plant pot.
Come and make your own large terracotta plant pot Saturday 25th July 2026 11.00-4.00pm
During this 4-hour workshop you will be lead through the process of creating your own large terracotta plant pot using the traditional coiling technique.
This summer we are inviting budding potters aged 9-16 to our 4 day pottery class in the heart of Lancaster for a week of craft, creativity and fun.
We will be using a combination of slab building and sculptural techniques to build our own sculptural story boxes over 4 mornings 10-12pm Monday to Thursday.
Come along on Friday 7th August to celebrate the summer season by creating your own pottery fruits and vegetables.
Using a variety of sculptural techniques we will help you build a variety of life like fruit and vegetable sculptures.
This month’s sessions will be looking at getting your stationary in order with two pencil themed projects
In the morning session we will be making coil pot pencil pots and decorating them with colourful underglazes. This session will last one hour and is suitable for all ages and abilities.
The afternoon session is a slightly longer project, making sculptural pencil hedgehogs which once loaded up will be the perfect spiky companion for holding all your pens and pencils. This session will last two hours and although all ages are welcome we find the longer projects are most suited to children aged 8+.
POTTERY CLUB for children aged 9-11 (PRIMARY YEARS 5&6)
This 6-week class runs alongside the school term, and will take place each Tuesday 4-5.30pm.
Each week we will work on different projects in the pottery studio, using handbuilding and throwing techniques to make and glaze a selection of decorative and functional items.
We will look at sculpture, slab building, coil pots, decorative techniques and glazing. There will be opportunities to explore different tools, equipment and types of clay. There will also be an opportunity for a taster of throwing on the wheel one week.
POTTERY CLUB for children aged 11-14
This 6-week class runs alongside the school term, and will take place each Wednesday 4-5.30pm.
Each week we will work on different projects in the pottery studio, using handbuilding and throwing techniques to make and glaze a selection of decorative and functional items.
POTTERY CLUB for teens aged 15-18
This 6-week class runs alongside the school term, and will take place each Thursday 4.15-5.45pm
Each week we will work on different projects in the pottery studio, using handbuilding and throwing techniques to make and glaze a selection of decorative and functional items.
Create a true heirloom this winter with a completely handmade nativity/ Christmas scene.
This is a four-session class spread over four Monday evenings in November 5.30-7.30pm. Note there is a week’s pause between weeks 3 and 4 to accommodate firings before the final glazing session.
You will be guided through all the stages of planning and building your scenes by our experienced teachers in our fully equipped city centre studio. We will look at different handbuilding techniques to create figures, scenery and props. In the final session we will look at glazing your pieces ready for collection at the end of the following week.
Print your own Christmas cards is back!
In this workshop you are taken through all the stages of making your own lino printed Christmas cards (with time to get them posted!)
You will learn to draft, carve and print your designs using traditional printing methods and tools, including using two different presses and hand printing techniques. This course is suitable for complete beginners!
