Back to our Roots

For a limited time only, we’re going back to our roots. We’re running private throwing sessions from 19 April until 17 May 2021

Sunken StudioApril 12, 2021Sunken Studiothrowing lesssons, covid secure

Get In!

Member’s headlines: we’re ready to welcome you back!

Sunken StudioApril 8, 2021Studio Membership, roadmap, new members

Rise and Shine

New week long-ish pottery making intensives coming soon…

Sunken StudioMarch 13, 2021summer school, potter's life, staycation, clay intensive

Reacquaint, Restart, Reset

An outline of our plans for reopening in Spring 2021.

Sunken StudioMarch 2, 2021roadmap, opening times

Celebrating Leeds’ Female Pioneering Spirit

Opal x Joanne Crawford present a new collaboration celebrating 9 incredible female owned businesses in Leeds.

Sunken StudioFebruary 18, 2021opal video, joanne crawford

Sunken x House of Fu

We’re making dishes and bowls for House of Fu.

Introducing TubeClay by Sunken Studio

Pay for the parts you use when you use them. TubeClay.. take risks with clay. Cut your losses at any stage.

Sunken StudioFebruary 10, 2021TubeClay, clay, materials

Community Helping Communities

Thank you for helping use raise £1150 for Simon on the Streets.

Sunken StudioFebruary 6, 2021fundraiser, The Great Charity Pot Sale, community

Super Seconds Saturday!

It’s our big spring clean! Pots, pots and more pots… fancy homing our missteps and misfits?

Sunken StudioFebruary 4, 2021seconds, sale, super second saturday, samples

Hello, hello, hello

Where’s the tomato? Tomato ain’t great on plates…

Sunken StudioJanuary 30, 2021The Great Charity Pot Sale, fundraiser, charity, Pourers

The Great Charity Pot Sale

Potters helping to raise funds for local Charities. First event Saturday 30 January 2021.

Sunken StudioJanuary 23, 2021The Great Charity Pot Sale, Pourers, iron saturates

Members make: Neil’s pot

Big, bold and beautiful.

Sunken StudioDecember 10, 2020resist, handbuiling, large scale ceramics

Christmas 2020

Get your e-courses and pots in time for Christmas - last dispatch day, last collection day and pottery sale!

Sunken StudioDecember 9, 2020pottery shop, click and collect, gift ideas, last orders 2020, christmas 2020

Members make: Victoria and Finch

Introducing studio member and designer maker Victoria and Finch.

Sunken StudioDecember 3, 2020Sunken StudioStudio Membership, Lidded Jars, wheel thrown pottery

Our bountiful balloon!

Jump onboard our biggest pottery raffle to date!

Sunken StudioNovember 28, 2020pottery raffle, christmas, studio pottery

Making pots at home: Amy

Boom! Your clay journey starts here, or there, or wherever you like. Our e-tasters have started.

Sunken StudioNovember 24, 2020slab building, handbuiling, pottery making kits

eeeeeeeh... we've launched some new e-courses!

Start making coil pots, pinch pots or slab pots at home.

Sunken StudioNovember 20, 2020pottery making courses, pottery making kits, coil building, slab building, pinch pots, bloopers

Winter Updates: Courses and Memberships

Our 2021 calendar, new studio based courses, e-courses and firing services.

Sunken StudioNovember 7, 2020pottery making courses, firing services

Our New Neighbours

We have new neighbours. Just next door are Duke Makes. They are digital, we’re analogue.

Sunken StudioOctober 18, 2020Sunken Studioduke makes, duke studios, sheaf street, digital fabrication, maker space

Studio Life: Our Big Move

We have moved our pottery. We’re still in the South Bank area of Leeds but our space is bigger and brighter.

Sunken StudioOctober 7, 2020maker space, Studio Life, duke makes, studio pottery