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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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Meg Manjunath
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Instructor and TA were both so lovely, knowledgeable and helpful. Had the best time!
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Alexandra Adamuka
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Amazing class!!
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Dhana Borkar
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Perfect guidance, instructions and we learned some really cool pottery skill. This was my first time and the team made it absolutely seamless to ease into making your own pots
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Posted 5 months ago
A fun afternoon! The two instructors were excellent - very informative, supportive and patient. A well received birthday gift!
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Deja Sullberg
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Such a fun class! Loved the experience and both teachers were friendly and helpful. I think there could be less time for demonstration, as I only really spent about 40 minutes on the wheel, and the end of the class felt quite rushed. We also spent the last 20 minutes cleaning, which didn't feel like the best use of time. Whilst trying to learn, I found that at times, the teachers would step in and mold the clay for me, rather than allowing me to do it myself. I think less emphasis on perfection and more emphasis on play would be great!
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Mark Menezes
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Class was great, and Alex was a really engaging host. I think the class could be improved by having less of the demonstration without us doing anything, and more hands on time with the clay whilst demonstrating. It was a good 40 mins before we got our hands on the clay, and for me, that’s too long.
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Maheemal Bathgamage
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Ending felt rushed. Took the joy out of the experience
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Jean Clifford
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Our teacher was excellent. She was welcoming , encouraging and funny. My 2 daughters and myself had a fun morning and were unexpectedly pleased with our results, being total beginners.
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