Sign up to our adults only workshop to learn to make a set of 3 decorative tiles, using slabs of clay, embossed with coils. Whether you decide to incorporate them into a kitchen, frame them or add a simple hook for handing in your home is up to you.
Please note this is a hand building only session and does not include throwing a pot on the wheel.
£35pp which includes returning to paint 3 weeks later.
Limited spaces available - booking + advanced payment essential.
How it works:
We’ll begin the session with a group demonstration, during which our potter will talk you through all the tips and tricks you’ll need to create your own set of 3 decorative tiles inspired by Newcastle or nature.
You’ll start the session with a sheet of clay and with the support of our potter and oodles of inspiration you’ll end the session having made a totally unique trio of tiles.
These pieces need to be slowly dried and then fired up to 1000+°c which will take about 3 weeks, after this you’ll then have 1 month to return to paint your piece. When you return to paint our studio assistants will talk you through all the pottery painting possibilities and set you away painting. It will probably take 1-2 hours to paint your tiles, depending on how much detail you decide to add.
Once your tiles have been painted you’ll leave them with us for another firing this time to a glaze firing up to 998°c, which will make them super shiny and waterproof ready for using! Your finished pieces will be ready to collect 7 days after you paint them.
PLEASE NOTE…
Full payment is taken at the time of booking. Changes or refunds are only accepted with 48hrs notice. Please ensure all guests arrive promptly for your session. *Any handmade pots not painted within 6 weeks of making will be recycled. Read our detailed T+C’s.
GLAZING AND FIRING YOUR POTTERY:
We try our best to ensure that every aspect of the creative journey you take with us is fun and enjoyable. The final part of this journey involves the glazing and firing of your pottery up to temperatures in excess of 1000˚C. This process is carried out onsite by our studio assistants who treat each piece with the greatest love, care and attention.
We strive for perfection with every piece, however the kiln gods are not always on our side.
Handmade pieces: please be aware that sometimes items can crack or at worst explode in the kiln. If you have lost your pot in the kiln in this way we will offer you a spare as a replacement.
Painted ready made pieces: Occasionally glaze spotting can occur, as well as surface imperfections such as tiny bumps caused by brick dust flying around the kiln as it heats up, this dust can settle on items as the kiln temperature cools. If we feel it is safe to do so, we will try to fix glazing issues by re-firing the pottery. In the exceptional event of a piece of painted ready-made pottery cracking in the kiln we will offer compensation by way of a replacement voucher.
We hope you understand that we do everything we can to try and prevent such things, however it is not always possible. The unpredictable element can be both the charm and frustration of ceramics.