byob hand-building pottery evenings!

Here you can book a pottery evening, for yourself or a group!

These are BYOB pottery evenings where I will show you some different hand-building techniques, and you will have free reign to make whatever ceramic pieces your heart desires!  You’re welcome to bring whatever drinks you’d like, I will supply cups  :-)

details about the pottery evenings:

• The groups are held in the Winchmore Hill studio every Saturday, from 6-8pm, with up to 8 people per group. 

• Adults only! There will be alcohol present so no children or under-18’s please!

• Please note these are hand-building sessions, so won’t involve using a pottery wheel. We will be going through how to make a pinch pot, how to attach handles and how to decorate your pots with engraved drawings and carved patterns. Each attendee will have one pot glazed and be able to choose from a range of colours (with the option to glaze more pots at an additional cost).

• Pots will be bisque fired, glazed, fired again, and ready to collect around 2-3 weeks after the pottery evening. I will send out an email or text message when they are ready to pick up, so you can come and bring them home!

Each 2 hour session costs £40 per person (excluding eventbrite booking fees), which covers:

• 800g clay

• All pieces fired

• All pieces glazed in 1 solid colour (not including pieces made with any additionally bought clay)

• Guidance with hand-building techniques

Additional costs :

• multiple glaze colours (i.e - inside and outside different colours) - £6

• glaze design / detailed glazing - £12

• each additional pot to be glazed - £4

• extra 800g ball of clay - £4

If you would like to avoid the Eventbrite booking fees, you can book in the shop or via email :-)

If you would like to make a group booking for a different day or time, please contact me at amberpankhurst@icloud.com, and I will do my best to accommodate your request! Prices for group bookings start with a flat rate of £240 for up to 6 people, or £320 for up to 8 people.

Pottery evening vouchers are also available to buy as gifts for family and friends! Please head to the “online shop” section of my website, where you will find a section named “BYOB Pottery Evening Vouchers”. You will receive an email with the voucher attached - when you are ready to use your voucher, please contact me via email, and we can arrange a date :-)

disclaimerS !

• Refunds will only be accepted a minimum of 7 days before the event, as I’m dependent on the income from these evenings, and am unable to find people to fill in for last-minute cancellations. I know things can’t always be predicted, so if you should be unable to attend within 7 days of the event, please let me know and I can supply an at-home pottery kit, where you will be able to make a pot at home, and bring it into the shop to be fired and glazed. Thank-you for understanding !

• Firing and glazing can be very unpredictable, and there is no guarantee that your pots will survive two rounds in the kiln. While some breakages are minor and can be easily fixed, there is always the chance that with any air trapped inside, your pots could explode or break apart when fired. Luckily this has only happened to me a couple times before! But if it should happen to your pot, you are welcome to come to the shop + pick up another ball of clay for £4, which you can use to make another piece at home, and bring in to be fired. (I will also do my best to keep the broken pieces together, so they can be superglued back into one piece!)

Please click the button below (or at the top of this page) to be redirected to the Eventbrite page where you can make a booking:

Here are some of the wonderful things people have made so far: