Family Pottery Workshops

Join us for a chance to make the themed project listed in session. Clare will teach you what to do with the clay in easy step by step instructions. Families will work together in their creations and the outcomes will depend on the skill level/age of everyone involved. We will model our characters, scenes and decorations from clay and then paint them with coloured slip to decorate. Everyone will have fun playing with the clay and at the end of the session will have created pottery models as a family. All the pieces made will be left at StraightCurves to be fired and made ready for collection approx 2-3 weeks after the workshop.

Adults and children will work together on this workshop so we need 1 adult to accompany up to 2 children.
Children need to be 4 years or older.

Additional children/adults can be added if space allows at £6 per person please enquire for further details.

You don’t need to bring anything along with you as everything you need will be provided on the day.

When everything is ready to be collected and taken them home you will have lovely little models depending on which session see below for more details.

Gnome Garden - (at least 2 gnomes and a gnome garden) which can even be left outside in the garden, will you have gnomes living at the end of your garden?!

Festive Fun - Snowman and some Christmas decorations for your home.

Egg-cellent Easter - Create an Easter bunny each and work together to make a basket for your Easter eggs.

Clay needs to be fired twice after it has been dried which is why there is a wait of approximately 2 weeks for the finished pieces to be ready. As is sometimes the case with clay there can occasionally be a degree of unpredictability with the firing timings and outcomes. This project has been planned to have a minimum chance of any issues but we like to explain that this is always a factor when working in clay. This is the joy and challenge of making pottery!