Pottery Residential Courses ( 5th -7th July )

Our weekend residential courses run for 3 days and 2 nights. They are designed for all levels and ability, from the experienced potter to the complete beginner, our aim is to inspire your inner artist with the fantastic medium of clay.

All the food is cooked on the premises and we aim to use as much as we can of our own home grown vegetables, and duck and chickens eggs.

The garden is a wonderful place to relax and is open for you during your stay.

Dinner on arrival and all breakfasts and lunches are included, but we do not provide a daily evening meal. There are several local pubs and restaurants to explore.

Non potting companions, who would like to take advantage of the beautiful surrounding nature, are welcome to stay on a bed and breakfast basis as long as they are sharing a room with a potter.

Courses will only go ahead if there are 4 people booked.

Weekend Program

Friday

We start the course on the Friday at 18.00 with a welcome talk and a glass of wine or tea and a look around the studio, this is the perfect time to get to know one another.

Dinner will be served at 20.00

Saturday

Breakfast at 9.00, your choice of a cooked breakfast or continental style.

10.00 meet in the pottery studio, where we will start the day with a throwing demonstration, after which you will be allocated a potters wheel for the weekend.

During the day you will get one to one help with your throwing technique or anything else you are working on.

Lunch will be served at 13.00.

We will meet in the pottery studio again at 14.30 where there will be another demonstration for around 30 minutes.

Where after you can carry on working.

An experienced potter will be on hand to assist with your work 17.00.

The pottery studio will close at 18.00.

Dinner is not served on Saturday, we recommend the local pub The Old Red Lion which is approximately 300 m away.

Sunday

Breakfast at 9.00, your choice of a cooked breakfast or continental style.

10.00 meeting in the pottery studio for a turning demonstration.

During the day you will get one to one help with your turning techniques or anything else you are working on.

Lunch will be severed at 13.00

We will meet in the pottery studio again at 14.30, to include further short demonstrations

17.00 Clearing up your potters wheel and selecting your pots.

Check out at 18.00.