Studio Memberships

Discover the joy of working with clay at Ceramics Classes London!

Whether you’re a beginner exploring a new creative outlet or an experienced potter looking to refine your skills, our studio will cater to all levels. This is a great opportunity to work on personal projects while surrounded by other fellow artists. Our studio is welcoming you!

 

We offer taster sessions, 4 or 8 weeks courses in throwing and hand building techniques.

Taster sessions are 1.5 hours long in this session you will be introduced to ceramic techniques. This is a one on one or group session for beginners. You will learn how to throw a pot on the pottery wheel or how to hand build with clay to make a small coil pot cup or sculptural form making one or two items which will be fired and glazed with a clear shiny glaze and ready to collect three weeks later.

Our 4 or 8 weeks courses are 2.5 hours long and are a great introduction to learning how to work with clay. Beginning with centring the clay and throwing a series of cylinder shapes on the pottery wheel. Continue to develop practicing your throwing techniques and refine your shapes using turning tools. In the final session you will learn how to apply a glaze to a selection of your work. Cost is Inclusive of all materials and firings.

 

1 Week Classes

During the one week course you can work on self directed projects over five consecutive days from 10.00-1pm Mon-Fri. Projects include hand building on Monday: coiling/slab-built forms to make a series of pots, plates and sculptural forms in clay. Learn how to centre clay & throw cylinder shapes on the pottery wheel on Tuesday & Wednesday. Refine thrown forms and continue to develop hand built sculptures and pots and decorate with coloured slips on Friday. The glazing 2 weeks afterwards TBA.

 

One day workshop with Louisa Taylor 10.30-5pm.

What is a glaze? How to make a glaze: weighing, mixing, creating a glaze profile/identity.

Types of glazes: shiny, matt, maiolica ware, special effect. Firing temperatures (earthenware/mid-temp/stoneware) and types of firing (oxidised and reduction). Basic structure of a glaze - role of flux, silica, and alumina.

Test tiles and glaze ingredients are provided. Tests will be ready to collect by the following week.

Lunch and refreshments are provided.

 

Figurative Drawing and Sculpting

This course will enhance and advance your skills in observational drawing and creating clay-sculpted figures.
Working from a life model for observation, the course will equip you with various creative and innovative approaches to sculpting and carving techniques to shape clay. You will learn how to accurately gauge human figure proportions through drawing and carving/sculpting the figure each session. All material costs, model and drawing materials are provided.

Wabi-Sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent and incomplete. Throwing with clay on the pottery wheel or working with clay at the table is a primitive sensory act. Wabi-is a way of life, Sabi-making objects that are earthy, imperfect often ambiguous forms. #wabi-sabi #imperfect #pottery #throwingpots #claytherapy
We offer throwing taster classes everyday either 1-1 or 2-1 and groups of up to 8 people in #Barnes and 10 people in #Hammersmith. It’s a fun learning experience in a bright and creative environment. Learn how to centre clay on the pottery wheel and create masterpieces that you will cherish forever. Makes a great first date, birthday gift, anniversary present or treat for yourself. Book online via the website www.ceramicsclasseslondon.com link in bio ~ book now button👆🏻 #potterytaster #makingmemories #claytherapy #pots #cups
The #sensory act of #making. Artists have used clay for centuries to make #vessels whether these are vessels intended to be used or admired, #functional or #sculptural, all artworks starts with personal expression. #Clay as a material offers healing
The #sensory act of #making. Artists have used clay for centuries to make #vessels whether these are vessels intended to be used or admired, #functional or #sculptural, all artworks starts with personal expression. #Clay as a material offers healing qualities and awakens #creativity. Sensory stimuli transfers between the left and right brain and heightens our perception of #form, texture and spatial relationships. Our #members @ceramicsclasseslondon started off from small #humble beginnings with a ball of clay. Join one our #hand-building & #throwing courses to see where a ball of clay takes you. #lifelong journey. Link in bio 👆🏻book now button. Choose our #Hammersmith or #Barnes studio. We are also welcoming new memebers to join.
Hand-building & throwing 4 weeks courses start on Wednesday 10th May 6.30-9pm in #hammersmithandfulham & #barnes Learn how to centre clay on the pottery wheel and throw some cups, learn how to hand-build with clay and make sculptures, pinched,coiled and slab built forms at the table~plates~cups~vases. Add texture and colour. 4x sessions, glazing is on the last session of each course. Courses are 4 consecutive weeks. Link in bio 👆🏻book now button. #handmadepottery #sculptures #claytherapy #wednesday #makingmemories #platespotter
Your first #pottery session might make you feel a bit anxious as you struggle to centre that ball of clay but is a #mindful activity proven to be a great stress reliever giving one an intense focus as you feel the #clay slipping through your fingers you enter into a #meditative state. Join one of our #throwingpottery 4 weeks courses and #relax. Our next courses start on #Sundays in #Hammersmith and #Saturdays. Link via the book now button in bio 👆🏻
We have a few spots left in our 4 week throwing course starts tomorrow Tuesday 2nd May 10.30-1pm or at 6-8.30pm in #barnes so sign up now link in bio: book now button 😊 #potterymugs #throwingpottery #richmondlondon #ceramicsdaily
We have a few spots left in our 4 week throwing course starts tomorrow Tuesday 2nd May 10.30-1pm or at 6-8.30pm in #barnes so sign up now link in bio: book now button 😊 #potterymugs #throwingpottery #richmondlondon #ceramicsdaily
The ancient art of #glazing is a process of #alchemy using #products from the earth formed from recipes as far back as 4000 B.C when the glazing of small #cups was first practiced. The chemical transformation of silica, frit and metal oxides applied to a pot create endless fascination to artists and #potters. At #Ceramics classes #London you can learn this process from throwing a pot / #hand-build then how to apply a glaze. Link in bio book now button. 4 weeks/8 weeks courses start soon!
Courses start again soon in #Hammersmith & #Barnes 29th April 2-4.30pm: 4 weeks throwing on the pottery wheel. Monday 1st & Wednesday 3rd May: 10.30-1pm & 6.30-9pm. Hand-building & throwing 8 weeks and 4 weeks courses. 4th May: Throwing 4 weeks course 10.30-1pm/ 6.30-9pm #Barnes High Street Sunday 7th May 2-4.30pm: 4 weeks throwing in #Hammersmith & #Fulham Link in bio 👆🏻book now button #claytherapy #potterythrowdown #pots #plates #mumsnet
Throwing on the pottery wheel starts Tuesday or Thursday 10.30-1/ 6-8.30pm for 4 weeks in #Barnes on 2nd May. Book your spot via the book now button link in bio. #claytherapy #potterythrowdown #richmond #throwing #ceramicsclasseslondon
Thursday 4 weeks throwing course starts 6.30-9pm this week April 20th in Hammersmith with Vesna and in May 4th 6.30-9pm in Barnes with Sara. This course is a mixed ability course and suitable for beginners or more experienced students looking to extend their skills on the pottery wheel. It all starts with the cylinder shape from there the possibilities are endless🏺 As part of the course you will learn how to apply a glaze to your best work, you will cherish your first pots forever 🫶 Book your spot now the link is in our bio👆🏻 Www.ceramicsclasseslondon.com Book a class in barnes page or book in Hammersmith 🙌 #potterymugs #throwingclay #creativity #hammersmithandfulham #barneshighstreet #bca #richmond #claytherapy #interior #makersgonnamake #ceramicsclasseslondon #thursday
Inspired by crumpets and enjoyed with crumpets 😋 Want to make your own? Sign up to our hand-building and throwing courses on Fridays or Saturday mornings in Barnes. #handmade #slabbuiltceramics #rustic #interiorstyle #ceramicsclasseslondon #barnes
Inspired by crumpets and enjoyed with crumpets 😋 Want to make your own? Sign up to our hand-building and throwing courses on Fridays or Saturday mornings in Barnes. #handmade #slabbuiltceramics #rustic #interiorstyle #ceramicsclasseslondon #barnes #richmond #bca
Join us for our next 4 weeks throwing course starts Thursday eve 6.30-9pm in Hammersmith £200 all inclusive of materials and firing costs 🏺 Please sign up via our website www.ceramicsclasseslondon.com 👆🏻link in bio
Dreams help us explore the vast unknowns in our lives, including those that reside within ourselves, dreams about houses and the rooms in them can have many significant meanings about what is living or hiding in our hearts and minds. Our studio member Mo has been working on this clay house of dreams for months and It’s exciting and nerve wracking to open the kiln soon to see how it turns out. 😊 #dreams #ceramicsculptures #house #studio #makingmemories #claytherapy #ceramicsclasseslondon #hammersmithandfulham #barnes #richmond #claytherapy
Hand-building & throwing 4 weeks courses start again this week in Hammersmith 6.30-9pm & Throwing 4 weeks courses in Barnes. Suitable for beginners and more experienced artists, Thursday 10.30-1pm /6.30-9pm: Throwing 4 Wks courses start a
Hand-building & throwing 4 weeks courses start again this week in Hammersmith 6.30-9pm & Throwing 4 weeks courses in Barnes. Suitable for beginners and more experienced artists, Thursday 10.30-1pm /6.30-9pm: Throwing 4 Wks courses start again and we are offering drop in for students enrolled on our courses 😊 1week courses also available in Hammersmith/Barnes Children’s half term pottery starts too! Book via the website 👆🏻link in bio www.ceramicsclasseslondon.com #ceramicsofinstagram #claytherapy #potterylove #makingmemories #barnesville #hammersmithsndfulham #richmond #book #creativity #halfterm #mumsnet #easter
Thank-you Zenith Media for a lovely afternoon in the studio yesterday making plates and throwing shapes on the pottery wheel 😘🥂 #zenithmedia #teambuildingactivity #corporate #hammersmithandfulham #ceramicsclasseslondon #potteryfun #plates #pottery
Thank-you Zenith Media for a lovely afternoon in the studio yesterday making plates and throwing shapes on the pottery wheel 😘🥂 #zenithmedia #teambuildingactivity #corporate #hammersmithandfulham #ceramicsclasseslondon #potteryfun #plates #potteryparty
Kids classes are every Saturday 10-11.30am and Sunday 10-11.30am in Hammersmith @ceramicsclasseslondon suitable for aged 6-16yrs, £45 includes materials and firing costs 💃 Book online www.ceramicsclasseslondon.com / book a class in Hammersmit
Kids classes are every Saturday 10-11.30am and Sunday 10-11.30am in Hammersmith @ceramicsclasseslondon suitable for aged 6-16yrs, £45 includes materials and firing costs 💃 Book online www.ceramicsclasseslondon.com / book a class in Hammersmith-children’s classes Our teenagers 4 weeks pottery courses in Barnes are 6-8pm on Wednesdays £180 for 4 consecutive weeks, starts again next wk so book now! Www.ceramicsclasseslondon/book a class in Barnes-4 weeks courses 🏺 #kidsactivityproviders #claytherapy #childrensparties #create #ceramicsclasseslondon #potteryfun #weekend #mumsnetparents #hammersmithandfulham #barnes #tfl❤️ #studio
#throwingpots #hammersmithandfulham #ceramicsclasseslondon #tomnorrisartist #claytherapy #interiordecorating #slipdecoratingtechniques #studio #ceramicsclass #learning
Making memories. The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul, providing the connecting thread between our past and our future. Beginnings are critical however small. Come and learn how to make your first p
Making memories. The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul, providing the connecting thread between our past and our future. Beginnings are critical however small. Come and learn how to make your first pot, glaze your first pot and discover the alchemy of glaze. This will determine your direction. Make memories. Our next 4 or 8 week courses start in March @ceramicsclasseslondon #makememoriestogether #alchemists #potter #throw #wheelthrownmugs #bca #hammersmithandfulham #barnesvillage #ceramicsclasseslondon #claytherapy #glazeporn
Sunday Sanctuary 4 weeks throwing course starts on March 5th 2-4.30pm in Hammersmith with Klinta. Come and get some clay therapy and throw some shapes on the pottery wheel 🏺We teach mixed ability classes so suitable for beginners and more experienc
Sunday Sanctuary 4 weeks throwing course starts on March 5th 2-4.30pm in Hammersmith with Klinta. Come and get some clay therapy and throw some shapes on the pottery wheel 🏺We teach mixed ability classes so suitable for beginners and more experienced artists 😊 Book via the website www.ceramicsclasseslondon.com 4 weeks course/Sunday Sanctuary ❤️ #Fulham#hammersmithandfulham #claytherapy #sundaysanctuary #sundayvibes #potterythrowdown #pot #throwingpottery #relax #play #mumsnet #ceramicsclasseslondon
Such an amazing sculpture @ceramicsclasseslondon Saturday hand-building 4 weeks course 🤩 #sculptureart #ceramicsclasseslondon #ceramiccoating #potteryglaze #making #creativelifehappylife #claytherapy #barnes #richmond #bca
Wabi-Sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent and incomplete. Throwing with clay on the pottery wheel or working with clay at the table is a primitive sensory act. Wabi-is a way of life, Sabi-making objects that are earthy, imperfect often
We offer throwing taster classes everyday either 1-1 or 2-1 and groups of up to 8 people in #Barnes and 10 people in #Hammersmith. It’s a fun learning experience in a bright and creative environment. Learn how to centre clay on the pottery wh
The #sensory act of #making. Artists have used clay for centuries to make #vessels whether these are vessels intended to be used or admired, #functional or #sculptural, all artworks starts with personal expression. #Clay as a material offers healing
Hand-building & throwing 4 weeks courses start on Wednesday 10th May 6.30-9pm in #hammersmithandfulham & #barnes Learn how to centre clay on the pottery wheel and throw some cups, learn how to hand-build with clay and make sculptures, pinch
Your first #pottery session might make you feel a bit anxious as you struggle to centre that ball of clay but is a #mindful activity proven to be a great stress reliever giving one an intense focus as you feel the #clay slipping through your fingers
We have a few spots left in our 4 week throwing course starts tomorrow Tuesday 2nd May 10.30-1pm or at 6-8.30pm in #barnes so sign up now link in bio: book now button 😊 #potterymugs #throwingpottery #richmondlondon #ceramicsdaily
The ancient art of #glazing is a process of #alchemy using #products from the earth formed from recipes as far back as 4000 B.C when the glazing of small #cups was first practiced. The chemical transformation of silica, frit and metal oxides applied
Courses start again soon in #Hammersmith & #Barnes 29th April 2-4.30pm: 4 weeks throwing on the pottery wheel. Monday 1st & Wednesday 3rd May: 10.30-1pm & 6.30-9pm. Hand-building & throwing 8 weeks and 4 weeks courses. 4th May: T
Throwing on the pottery wheel starts Tuesday or Thursday 10.30-1/ 6-8.30pm for 4 weeks in #Barnes on 2nd May. Book your spot via the book now button link in bio. #claytherapy #potterythrowdown #richmond #throwing #ceramicsclasseslondon
Thursday 4 weeks throwing course starts 6.30-9pm this week April 20th in Hammersmith with Vesna and in May 4th 6.30-9pm in Barnes with Sara. This course is a mixed ability course and suitable for beginners or more experienced students looking to exte
Inspired by crumpets and enjoyed with crumpets 😋 Want to make your own? Sign up to our hand-building and throwing courses on Fridays or Saturday mornings in Barnes. #handmade #slabbuiltceramics #rustic #interiorstyle #ceramicsclasseslondon #barnes
Join us for our next 4 weeks throwing course starts Thursday eve 6.30-9pm in Hammersmith £200 all inclusive of materials and firing costs 🏺 Please sign up via our website www.ceramicsclasseslondon.com 👆🏻link in bio
Dreams help us explore the vast unknowns in our lives, including those that reside within ourselves, dreams about houses and the rooms in them can have many significant meanings about what is living or hiding in our hearts and minds. Our studio mem
Hand-building & throwing 4 weeks courses start again this week in Hammersmith 6.30-9pm & Throwing 4 weeks courses in Barnes. Suitable for beginners and more experienced artists, Thursday 10.30-1pm /6.30-9pm: Throwing 4 Wks courses start a Thank-you Zenith Media for a lovely afternoon in the studio yesterday making plates and throwing shapes on the pottery wheel 😘🥂 #zenithmedia #teambuildingactivity #corporate #hammersmithandfulham #ceramicsclasseslondon #potteryfun #plates #pottery Kids classes are every Saturday 10-11.30am and Sunday 10-11.30am in Hammersmith @ceramicsclasseslondon suitable for aged 6-16yrs, £45 includes materials and firing costs 💃 Book online www.ceramicsclasseslondon.com / book a class in Hammersmit
#throwingpots #hammersmithandfulham #ceramicsclasseslondon #tomnorrisartist #claytherapy #interiordecorating #slipdecoratingtechniques #studio #ceramicsclass #learning
Making memories. The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul, providing the connecting thread between our past and our future. Beginnings are critical however small. Come and learn how to make your first p Sunday Sanctuary 4 weeks throwing course starts on March 5th 2-4.30pm in Hammersmith with Klinta. Come and get some clay therapy and throw some shapes on the pottery wheel 🏺We teach mixed ability classes so suitable for beginners and more experienc
Such an amazing sculpture @ceramicsclasseslondon Saturday hand-building 4 weeks course 🤩 #sculptureart #ceramicsclasseslondon #ceramiccoating #potteryglaze #making #creativelifehappylife #claytherapy #barnes #richmond #bca

— Nina

“Zoe is an absolutely brilliant tutor - the range of techniques she teaches and her creativity are inspiring. I always love doing courses with Zoe and come away with exciting pieces and new ideas! I can’t recommend her highly enough.”

— Sofia

“Zoe is a wonderful teacher and I learnt so much from working with her. She demonstrated a lot of innovative and beautiful techniques and I love everything I’ve made with her!”

About Ceramics Classes London

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Ceramics Classes London is a haven of tranquility and space for learning. Established in 2019.

Courses and taster classes are offered in hand building, sculpture, wheel throwing and decorating techniques. Studio membership is available for more experienced artists.

CCL was founded by Zoe Lloyd MA Royal College of Art and a PGCE from the Institute of Education.

The Arch is Located on Cambridge Grove in Hammersmith, West London. The Barn on Barnes High Street, South West London.