FRIDAY mornings from 9am to 12noon starting on 16th January 2026.
£275 for the whole term (10 weeks)
£164 for the 1st half of term (5 weeks)
£164 for the 2nd half of term (5 weeks)
£38 for a single week
 
Dates of classes are:
1st half of term - 16th, 23rd, 30th January and 6th & 13th February
One-week break for half term on 20th February
2nd half of term - 27th February and 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th of March
 
Our Pottery Open Studio sessions are perfect if  you have had some experience working with clay before, either having graduated from one of our "Play with Clay" or wheel-throwing courses or done a course somewhere else. They are not suitable for complete beginners.
 
We run 3 different Open Studios each week:
Tuesday mornings from 10am to 12.30pm
Tuesday evenings from 7pm to 9.30pm
Friday mornings from 9.30am to 12noon
 
In our Pottery Open Studio you're very welcome to come along and make whatever you want, using our equipment and clay with the added bonus that one of our ceramics teachers is always on hand to offer advice or guidance. You are also very welcome, during these sessions, to use one of a our pottery wheels.
 
Our Pottery Open Studio sessions run weekly during term time at The Studio in Holmer Green.
Included in your weekly studio fee is the opportunity to have one small batt of your pieces fired and glazed. Any additional pieces can be fired by us for an additional fee.
 
If you are unable to make one of your pottery classes, and have booked a full or half term then we do offer you the opportunity to swap with another member of our pottery community.  This would need to be arranged by you.  If nobody is able to swap with you then our normal refund policy would need to apply and sadly we will not be able to offer you a refund.  If you have booked a single class then our normal refund policy applies or you are welcome to swap with another person.  To make swapping easier for you, we have created a 'swaps' whatsapp group which we can invite you to upon request.
 
Easter firing deadline
We do our best to fire pieces as quickly as possible, usually within two weeks, though extra kiln requests may take a little longer. With the volume of work we handle, occasional delays happen, but we keep them to a minimum.
 
To ensure your pieces are ready before the Easter break, please note this term's deadline is Tuesday the 10th of March. Any glazed work submitted by this date is guaranteed to be ready for Easter.
 
WHAT TO EXPECT AT OUR POTTERY OPEN STUDIO?
We’ve put together a brief guide as below so you know what to expect on this class. As with all of our classes if you have any other specific questions please email us on julesandcaroline@whereinspirationblooms.co.uk
 
Our doors open 5 minutes before class. This gives us enough time to get the room and refreshments ready so please don’t come super early as we can’t always let you in!
Each guest is allocated a table space to work on and you are welcome to use all of our clay tools/equipment.
Please can we ask that you respect the end of class time, factoring time at the end of the class to clean any equipment that you have used during the session.
We are a small owner-run business so we don’t have the deep pockets of the larger organisations who teach clay but we try to be as generous as we can. We hope you understand that we do have to have limitations to stay afloat.
We have allocated a maximum amount of clay per person per class of 2kgs – this also prevents lots of extra clay being put by for recycling. 
It is so difficult measuring how much of your work we can fire per class but to keep it simple we have come up with the following. For both bisque and glaze firings we can fire a whole small batt of your work. Obviously you can stack the bisque but not the glazed!
The clay allocation and firing only apply during the session you are attending. You cannot carry it over, take it away with you to use at home or pass your allocations onto someone else.
If you wish for us to fire more then do ask us for our kiln charges sheet which details cost per size of item.
All of our studio glazes are brushing glazes, with small amounts of clear pouring glazes for the inside of vases or cups. A lot of our regular customers prefer to bring their own so that they can be more in control of the look of their pieces.
We will have 5-6 wheels in the room available to use per class. At the moment that is more than enough for the number of people who are throwing during the sessions, but we will keep an eye on this. 
We endeavour to fire pieces as quickly as we can but we don’t fire up the kiln every single day so please allow 2 weeks minimum for your pieces to be fired and returned to you.
Either Caroline or Andrea are available to help at all of our Pottery Open Studios classes but please do bear in mind that if they have a full class their time does need to be equally spread across everyone.
 
We hope all of the above makes sense and very much look forward to welcoming you to your class!
With our warmest wishes, Jules & Caroline