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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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Anwesha Singh
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I was looking for an activity to do with my mum that both of could equally enjoy and this was the perfect solution. Our teacher, Melissa, was kind and patient. My mum enjoyed every minute of it and that to me was the perfect gift.
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Posted 1 year ago
The tutor was excellent! Having no prior experience throwing, my family and I were quickly and clearly given an introduction to throwing followed by a demo of preparing, centering and shaping the clay. Then it was our turn! The four of us and the tutor had the studio to ourselves so we were able to receive 1-to-1 guidance. The tutor was very attentive, providing instruction when we needed it. I found the experience inspiring and therapeutic. I will definitely be joining more throwing classes in future.
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Posted 1 year ago
Wonderful class, and expert, clear instruction with plenty of support. Highly recommend 10/10.
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Posted 1 year ago
Lenka Scigulinsky
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What a great class full of fun. Two hours went by so fast. Class was very informative and teacher was very nice and patient. Even though it was 4 of us there it felt private. I highly recommend this class.
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Posted 1 year ago
Amazing experience! Melissa was super helpful and explained everything for us. Highly recommended class!
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Posted 1 year ago
Hannah Penhall
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The teacher was super helpful and patient with a class of relative newbies to pottery. The process was explained to us and made us feel like we were learning a lot of new skill. Very fun couple of hours that has given me the pottery bug to do more! Also went alone and would say it’s a great solo activity as small groups of 4 and very friendly.
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Posted 1 year ago
Good class, intimate setting, small group. Good teaching, had fun.
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Posted 1 year ago
Becky Laxton-Bass
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It’s great! Lovely location and a great two hours - highly recommend
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Posted 1 year ago