Away Days

Looking for a creative and fun activity to reward or motivate your staff? These stimulating sessions are designed for groups of seven or more participants.

Away from the office

The opportunity to bond with your colleagues in a fresh environment away from the distractions and interruptions of everyday life is recognised as a valuable one. The unique and creative atmosphere of Eastnor Pottery provides the perfect setting for your team to engage with each other. Coupled with the indisputable fact that making pottery is good for the mind body and soul, where else would you want to spend time having a good time and learning about each other’s strengths and attributes.

Inexpensive creative fun

We have a range of clay projects exploring various making techniques including the potter’s wheel, starting at just £20 per head. Team experiences last 1.5 hrs, 3 hrs or a full day and make for a great break-out activity for meetings and conferences held in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.

Scheduling a meeting or event further afield?

The Flying Potter would be delighted to offer the Eastnor Pottery Experience in a venue of your choice. Price available on request.

Individual experience rewards

We’ve noticed forward thinking companies and organisations incentivize their staff by providing bursaries to spend on an experience or activity of their choice. We offer day and weekend potter’s wheel courses where participants immerse themselves in the art of making pots on the potter’s wheel. Participants often return to work or their everyday life relaxed, energised and with new perspective.

Office party

Getting creative with clay makes for a fun and fantastic alternative to the traditional Works Christmas do. Come and celebrate the end of another year with us.

COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS

We’ll be asking you to arrive no earlier than 5 mins before your session starts.

We’ve set up the furniture and potter’s wheels to account for the 2m social distancing rule and will be observing social distancing through-out your session.

We’ll be wearing perspex visors. Please bring your own face mask to be worn inside the Pottery at all times.

On arrival, you’ll be directed to a waiting area and asked to wash your hands. Your experience will commence once the previous participants have departed and we’ve had opportunity to clean tools and prepare your wheel(s)

Weather permitting, classes will take place outside on the lawn or in the ‘Potting Tent’ marquee.

Please bring your own apron and an old towel (sharing is fine). The clay doesn’t stain and washes out easily so alternatively, wearing old clothes is perfectly acceptable too, but please don’t forget the towel!

If for any reason you or anyone else from your household feels unwell on the day of your session, please do not attend. We can re-schedule your experience at a mutually agreeable time in the future.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Clay Modelling Projects (temporarily unavailable due to covid-19 restrictions)

Pinch-pot sculpture: £20

a superb pottery frog hand modelled by a customer at eastnor pottery herefordshire

Create a hollow ball by joining two thumb-pots together. Mould, manipulate and sculpt your sphere into anything you like – vegetable, mineral or animal! Paint your fabulous creation with a kaleidoscope of under glaze colours.

Coil-pot creation: £30

Make a mug, jug or pencil pot by rolling long snakes of clay and coiling them around an upturned flower-pot. Smooth the coils together, add handles or modelled detail and then paint your vessel with coloured slip.

Potter’s wheel optional extra: £20

close up of clay covered hands on the potter's wheel at eastnor pottery

Add this to either of the two projects above and everybody in your group gets to make a pot on the potter’s wheel too.

Potter’s wheel projects

work colleagues makeing pottery on the potter's wheel at eastnor pottery

Potter’s wheel experience – regular £35 (temporarily unavailable due to covid-19 restrictions)

1.5 hr session. Sharing one potter’s wheel between two, take turns to throw some shapes!

Potter’s wheel experience – Deluxe £70 (temporarily unavailable due to covid-19 restrictions)

3 hr session. Create a collaborative commemorative pot with contributions from everyone in your group. Sharing one potter’s wheel between two, take turns to make pots and vessels. Turn your creations into mugs, jugs and decorative bowls by adding handles and motifs when resting from the wheel.

Potter’s wheel experience – Ultimate £130 (temporarily unavailable due to covid-19 restrictions)

Full day (10am – 4pm) Create a collaborative commemorative pot with contributions from everyone in your group. Sharing one potter’s wheel between two, take turns to make pots and vessels. Turn your creations into mugs, jugs and decorative bowls by adding handles and motifs when resting from the wheel. You will have the opportunity to paint your creations with coloured under glazes and explore other hand-building techniques.

All of the above include tuition, materials and firing. Finished work will be ready for collection from the Pottery approx. one month later. P+P can be arranged at cost. (£30 – £50 depending on weight of consignment)

Not quite got the seven?

Check out our potter’s wheel experiences for couples and small groups.

How to book

1) Choose one of the projects above.

2) Message the Pottery to check availability and book your session. Or if you’d rather speak with us, please tel: 01531 633886. The office is open Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 4pm and we are offering experiences Thursday – Saturday with group start times of 10am and 2pm. Sundays and evenings may be available for large groups.

3) Once a date and time have been agreed, we require a non returnable £50 deposit to secure the booking. This can be deposited via BACS (Account no: 03830985 Sort code: 09-01-50) or by cheque (made payable to Eastnor Pottery and posted to Eastnor Pottery, Home Farm, Eastnor, Ledbury, Hfds, HR8 1RD) Once we have received your £50 deposit, we’ll email you confirmation. The balance of payment is required 7 days prior to your workshop.

Group booking FAQ’s

Clothes: The sessions are no-where near as mucky as you may at first think. However, the wearing of old clothes is advisable. You may want to bring your own aprons?

Food and drink: Due to covid-19 restrictions we are regrettably no longer able to offer groups the opportunity to consume food and drink at the Pottery.

Planning a smaller party? Why not take advantage of our pre-bookable potter’s wheel sessions for individuals, families and small groups.

Enquire about group bookings