Thursday Evenings 7.30pm-9.30pm on the following dates:
4th, 11th, 18th & 25th June 2026
£175 per person for 4-week course
 
Our 4-week 'Play with Clay' course is perfect for anyone who wants to learn the basics of ceramics or continue building their pottery skills. The aim of this course have fun but also to make some really practical, useable objects. 
 
Your teacher, Caroline Oden (co-founder of Where Inspiration Blooms), is an experienced potter, having taught this course regularly at Where Inspiration Blooms over the last 6 years.  Caroline is a really generous teacher, sharing all of her tips and tricks so that you can produce pieces you are really proud of, which is why this course is always so popular. 
 
For the first 3 weeks, you will be using slab and hand-building techniques to make a plate, a bowl and a vase/plant pot. You will learn how to work with the clay, and how to give beautiful finishes to your pieces. Using leaves, grasses, lace and stamps, you will learn the best methods to create texture and personalised designs.
 
You will also learn how to add details with techniques including coloured slip, sgraffito and score & slip.  Each week you will create an interesting and completely individual item which will go on to be fired in our kiln. We will fire your 2 best pieces from each of first 3 pottery sessions - so 6 pieces in total.  
 
The final week of the course will be devoted to glazing your 6 fired pieces. We have a wide selection of glazes and underglazes for you to choose from, or you can also bring your own if you have a specific colour you would like to use. Additional detail and effects can be added at this stage using wax resist techniques.
 
This course is good for both absolute beginners wishing to explore ceramics but also anyone one who has done a bit of ceramic work before and wants to take it further.  There will be plenty of 1-to-1 tuition. 
 
Before you book this class please note the following:
you will need to come and collect your pieces of work at a later date
sadly we are not able to post pieces of pottery out
you will be notified on email approximately 4 weeks after your class to let you know that your work is ready for collection
Pieces will be kept for 4-weeks from this point. After this time they will be disposed of to make room for other people’s work
 
We recommend this course for adults; however, teenagers aged 16 and above are welcome to attend if you wish to enjoy this workshop together, provided they also purchase a place on the workshop too. If you have younger teenagers who are interest in pottery, they may like to come to our 3-week teens course which will be on Tuesday the 5th, 12th & 19th May and 30th June, 7th & 14th July from 4.30-6pm. Details of these courses are available here.
 
For more information or if you have any questions at all please do email us on julesandcaroline@whereinspirationblooms.co.uk
 
This class will only be able to go ahead if we have a minimum number of 5 guests. All of our teachers are highly skilled in their fields, but being an artist isn't always a well paid profession so we hope you understand why it's important that we ensure that our teachers can afford to run each of their classes. Should the class not be able to go ahead we will contact you no less than a week before the class is due to take place and full refunds will be issued.