The more decorating techniques, the better! Sardinian studio member Elena shares how decorating pots with colourful slips, intricate sgraffito, mono printing, slip inlay, and underglaze pencils helps with her recovery from depression and anxiety.
Read MoreArt imitating reality and reality imitating art: Stella discusses how we interact with so many objects everyday that could be used to inspire our work.
Read MoreHand meets digital: our hacks for recording life at the pottery.
Read MoreThis guide aims to help you gauge what course to do next, and wether a membership is suitable for you.
Read MoreDo we do it? Yes we do!
Read MoreAlex has been a studio member since February 2020. She uses a range of wheel and hand techniques: frequently hacking, stacking and tailoring forms into characterful hybrid pots.
Read MoreLearn more about the stages of clay. This film is a speedy (but long) introduction to how clay behaves at different stages.
Read MoreSlips and underglazes are an accessible way to introduce decoration, texture, and colour to your pottery.
Read MoreWe raised £1459 for Simon on the Streets through our Charity Prize Draw. Thank you!
Read MoreKimberley Schofield has recently taken responsibility for the Member’s Newsletter. She’s a member too and will be sharing stories, interviews and projects to support our members and celebrate what they do.
Read MoreWhat’s the difference between a vase and a bottle? All bottles can be vases, but can all vases be bottles? When does a bottle stop being a bottle? Does any of this matter: should the flowers determine what’s what?
Read MoreHow we improvise with carrots and sticks, and how we’ve used low and high tech construction methods to make tools we then use to make pots, tiles, button prototypes, decorations and large scale slabs.
Read MoreOliver and the alchemist’s shed. Adapting to seasons.
Read MoreMild, medium and hot, hot, hot. We’ve upgraded our heaters to infrared.
Read MoreWe recently welcomed Milly Recci to our team through the Government’s Kickstart Scheme.
Read MoreTrials and tribulations in the world of slip: analogue rudely meets digital on Butterley Street, Leeds.
Read MoreWe’re making a limited-edition decorative tile for sponsors of the restoration works at Hyde Park Picture House this Winter. These handmade tiles are inspired by the Picture House’s Marmo faience and donations will go towards its repair.
Read MoreAll things clay on Saturday: images from our Autumn Ceramics Festival, 6 November 2021.
Read MoreOur winter festival is back! Drop in and say hello, discover what we do. Rebecca, Chris, Billy, Jo, Nova, Milly and many of our members will be available to talk all things clay! We’re hosting workshops, selling pots, and we’ll have a few e-course kits, and TubeClay ready to go.
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