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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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Jack Webster
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Amazing class and great teacher
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Posted 5 months ago
Yushi Redhead
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We had so much fun plus it was very informative. The teachers were fantastic and very hands on and helpful. Would highly recommend if you want to have a go at throwing!
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Posted 5 months ago
Our teacher was Unu and she was absolutely lovely and took her time with each person making sure we were on the correct track and if not asking if we were okay with her hands on top of ours guiding us the correct way. Even giving me a different technique as I was struggling with a few steps. Unu also made sure if we wanted photos to leave our phones out for photos. A wonderful experience. I turned up alone but had a lot of laughs with everyone. Definitely recommend going. I was a little anxious going alone but my anxiety left immediately.
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Posted 5 months ago
Stavrina Tofallis
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Just left our amazing class with Alex and are on such a high! Was so much fun and a great introduction to pottery throwing! Me and my sister both made bowls to take home and had fun playing around with a second piece. Alex was so helpful and made the experience so calm, patient and we learnt so much from her! Would definitely recommend and we will be going back for more!
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Posted 6 months ago
Grant Walker
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Alex, is a great teacher. A very warm friendly welcome. Great fun had by all. I am so glad I did this. I got covered in clay. LOL
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Posted 6 months ago
Laure Rosset
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had a fantastic time as a complete beginner. It was so much fun and relaxed and the teacher was fantastic. Would highly recommend!
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Posted 6 months ago
Great class, very informative and supportive teacher. Only suggestion would be to offer drinks/advise on byo option to make it a more Friday night vibe
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Posted 6 months ago
Joshua Froome
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Alex was a great teacher, really helped understand the pottery throwing process while encouraging us to try for ourselves.
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Posted 6 months ago