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Here’s all the Potter’s Wheel Course dates for 2024. (weekends are in italics) Please select any of our BOOK AN EXPERIENCE buttons to start the booking process. We look forward to welcoming you to Eastnor Pottery :)

January 6, 13, 17,  27&28

February 3, 10, 21, 24&25

March 2, 6, 16, 23&24

April 3, 6, 20, 27&28

May 4, 15, 25, 18&19

June 5, 22, 29&30

July 3, 13, 20, 27&28

August 3, 10, 14, 24, 17&18

September 14, 28

October 5, 9, 19, 26&27

November 2, 13, 16, 23&24

December 7

Group of pottery making participants on a potter's wheel workshop in Herefordshire

 

 

Voucher

happy potters wheel weekend course participant at eastnor pottery

Do you have a partner, best friend or relative who would just love to make a pot on the potter’s wheel? Or do you have a loved one who’s totally smitten with The Great Pottery Throw Down? Well, here’s a great opportunity to scratch that particular pottery itch!

Purchase an Eastnor Pottery Gift Voucher as a Christmas present, any amount – you choose, and the lucky recipient will be able to redeem it against any one of our fantastic potter’s wheel experiences.

Our extremely popular Introduction to the Potter’s Wheel Class starts at just £49 pp.🤗…or for a totally immersive and relaxing experience, splash out on a full Potter’s Wheel extravaganza £150 for the day or £280 for the weekend.

Vouchers are valid for 12 months and we have scheduled classes and courses peppered throughout the calendar so the fortunate recipient will be able to take to the wheel at any time of year.

Purchase Experience vouchers right now, direct from our website.

Experience the potter's wheel vouchers

course participant signing their pots at eastnor pottery

course participant signing their pots at eastnor pottery

Here at Eastnor Pottery, we encourage all our Potter’s Wheel Course participants to sign their creations – you just never know when they’ll turn up on the Antiques Roadshow!

How would you mark yours?

course participant signed pot at eastnor potterycouple displaying their finished pottery they have just made on a weekend course at eastnor pottery herefordshire

 

splodz blogz blogger make a pot on the potter's wheel at eastnor pottery herefordshire

splodz blogz blogger make a pot on the potter's wheel at eastnor pottery herefordshire

Zoe is a dedicated blogger Splodz Blogz  and having visited us earlier this year, published this lovely post about our Introduction to the Potter’s Wheel Class.

Thank you so much Zoe for doing the business and were made up you had such a lovely time here at Eastnor Pottery.

“Eastnor Pottery was such a lovely environment to learn a new skill and I came away feeling like I had been at least a little bit successful. I’ve put their Potter’s Wheel Weekend Course on my birthday list, and would highly recommend the short 90-minute taster to anyone who fancies giving pottery a go.”

weekend pottery course participant handles the clay

happy potters displaying their coloured pots made on a pottery weekend at eastnor pottery

Say hello to Leigh and Kate who recently participated on one of our Potter’s Wheel Weekend Courses.

Once we got chatting, it was clear both were going to make excellent potters! Leigh practically has clay running through his veins…

His grandad had been one of the last ‘Firemen’ to attend to the very last bottle kiln firing in Stoke on Trent. In fact, when the kiln was decommissioned, Gladstone Pottery Museum asked him if he would like to be employed to fire their bottle kiln as part of their exhibition program. He naturally declined having spent a lifetime loading and unloading bottle kilns, it was the last thing he fancied doing in retirement!

Leigh’s Grandmother was employed as a packer for Beswick and his Aunty was a guilder for Wedgewood.

weekend pottery course participant handles the clay

Kate grew up in Cornwall and has associations with the creative community in St Ives – home of revered 20th Century potter and writer Bearnard Leach.

 

No pressure then when they took to the wheels…

husband and wife weekend pottery participants at eastnor pottery

They certainly lived up to our expectations and took to the wheel like ducks to water. Oh, and it appears they are both a bit of a whiz with needle and thread too. They lovingly made their aprons especially for the weekend course.

pottery course participants scratch a monogram into the base of a pot