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Pottery Throwing Taster Class Reviews

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This is a fun activity in Bethnal Green. , 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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Thomas Cuthbertson
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Meli was friendly, professional and helpful - honest about the challenges of throwing, while also celebrating the joy of it with us in good measure. I recommend it for anyone curious about using clay for fun and a bit of a challenge too. I received this experience as a work leaving present and I was very happy with it! Thank you.
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Posted 1 year ago
Highly recommend if you are interested in learning this craft. Our teacher Melissa had a great way of teaching with some fantastic tips/ advice. If you have never done pottery on a wheel before I would recommend one of these classes with fewer people rather than in a large group.
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Posted 1 year ago
Debra Sharpe
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What a fantastic experience, learnt loads, Melissa is a fantastic teacher, brilliant venue, highly recommended and will be back.
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Posted 1 year ago
Judy Ashbolt
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If you want a brilliant introduction to pottery throwing this is the one to do! So much explanation and guidance and hands on Thoroughly enjoyable Thank you
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Posted 1 year ago
Drew Macleod
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Alex was a great teacher, easy going and loads of fun! We are so happy with our pots and experience, highly recommend to our pals
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Matthew Harriman-Brady
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Posted 1 year ago
Sophie was amazing! She had so much knowledge, wisdom and patience with our group. It was such a fun experience & can’t wait to come back again. Thank you :) X
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