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Pottery Throwing Taster Class Reviews

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This is a fun activity in Shoreditch, London

Searching for some fun and creative activities in London? Come along and try your hand at wheel throwing with this taster pottery class in Shoreditch.

This 2.5-hour ceramics class is an ideal introduction to throwing on the wheel — perfect for complete beginners or those simply needing a refresher!

You'll learn from a skilled and friendly tutor, who will teach you the basics of throwing on the wheel, including wedging, centering and pulling up the walls to make basic forms, cylinders, bowls, cups or planters.

At the end of this pottery class, you'll have your own clay creation with the option to keep, some cool new wheel throwing skills and lastly, a newfound addiction to pottery making!

Help Columbia Road Clay Go Green!
At Columbia Road Clay we consider every aspect of making, including minimising energy and material waste in our studio. We implement methodologies that minimises water usage and use low-fire clays that require significantly less energy to fire. To further our environmentally-conscious studio practices we are now offering two ticket options:

£60 ticket for an experience-focused class, the most environmentally-friendly option. For those who just want to have fun making a pot but don't want it to be fired. No worries if you decide you’d like to keep your pots the day of, the £15 per pot firing and shipping fee can be paid at the end of the class.

£75 ticket to keep one of your lovely pots! Have the studio fire and then ship to you in ~4weeks. Select your favourite at the end of the session as a sweet memento of your throwing experience. Best of all, we’ll send it right to your door so no need to worry about travelling back to the studio to collect. We ship our pots using the most eco-conscious delivery available with recyclable packing material.

Thank you for helping us further our sustainable studio practices!


Did you know?
Clay can be reused and recycled endlessly but once fired can never return back to its original form.

Monte Testaccio in Rome is one of the largest ancient rubbish heaps, nearly a mile in circumference and is composed nearly entirely of broken pottery, some 53 million amphorae!

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Sophie Buckley
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I attended this class with my husband over the Valentine’s weekend and it was a wonderful activity to do together! All of the steps were repeated as many times as you needed, which I appreciated as someone who can be a bit forgetful. I was also impressed with how much ground we managed to cover with both of us making 3 pieces each in the allotted time.
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Posted 1 week ago
Such a fun class! Easy to find, and the teachers were really kind and helpful. Would definitely go again. Thank you!
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Posted 1 week ago
Grace Cruise
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So much fun! Gift card was easy to use, and the instructors made the experience fun, welcoming, and informative. Would love to go back.
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Tejaswi Botcha
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I had a really fun time. The instructors were great—patient, helpful, and always available if we had any issues or questions. The studio itself is absolutely beautiful. I loved the class and would definitely recommend everyone give it a go.
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Posted 3 weeks ago
Gabriele Brunelli
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Amazing!!!!! The two teachers are super! We had a great time❤️
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Posted 3 weeks ago
Vanessa Gleeson
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Our teacher and her assistant were excellent, both took time to explain the process of throwing the clay and making it to pots on the wheel and the reasons for doing each stage. I made 2 pots during the 2 hour course which will be fired and sent on to me. I can throughly recommend this course.
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Posted 4 weeks ago
Amazing instructors and class!
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Posted 1 month ago
Sonal Modhvadi
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This was my first ever pottery class and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. The teacher was excellent at explaining the technique and helping throughout. I was so happy with the items that I made. I will definitely be doing pottery again after this class! I was gifted this class for my birthday and I highly recommend it!
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Posted 1 month ago