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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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Such a great session! Our lovely teacher made it very easy to follow and we all created some really cool pieces! Can’t wait to come back!
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Posted 1 year ago
Robert Keirle
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This taster class was great and very easy to book. Our teachers were very friendly and helpful, patiently taking us through the basics of throwing pottery on the wheel. My partner and I loved it. Highly recommended.
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Posted 1 year ago
Fun activity to do with your friends. Good way to learn a bit more about pottery and try your ability. I will do it again for sure. The staff were very friendly and helpful and the place is such in a nice location!
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Posted 1 year ago
Thomas George Wilson
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I liked how friendly the teacher we had was. She was very helpful and funny. She even gave us an extra piece of clay because we were a small group and finished early. I did it with my mum and it was the best birthday gift.
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Posted 1 year ago
Natasha D’Aguiar
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The teacher was great! Friendly and informative.
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Posted 1 year ago
Mellie was a great teacher and we had a lot of fun! It was really interesting to learn about the whole process from start to finish.
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Posted 1 year ago
Eszter Safrany
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This class is a very advised! The shop is cosy, the teacher was very nice, friendly with lots of knowledge! She really made claying fun. I really liked it!
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Posted 1 year ago
Ben Sigsworth
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Really pleased with the taster session held at Columbia Clay. The process was explained and demonstrated well by someone who clearly enjoyed their role. I highly recommend.
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Posted 1 year ago