About
Experienced hands
We have over 30 years experience of working with adults, young people and children, sharing our passion for pottery with tens of thousands. Through skillful facilitation and a lot of laughter, we aim to enhance the lives of those we have the privilege to work with.
Visit Our Idyllic Studio
We established Eastnor Pottery in 1994. Originally, we needed workshop space and were offered a charming, redundant cottage on the Eastnor Castle Estate. As our reputation and practice grew, we expanded next door, purchased more equipment and began to share our magical space with others.
Flying Potter – We can come to you
Unable to visit us on the Eastnor Castle Estate? No problem. All the benefits, materials and equipment can be transported to a venue of your choice. We travel all over the place working in schools and community settings. The Flying Potter mobile studio also delivers to libraries, museums, art galleries, conference centres and festivals.
At the end of the session your clay creations can be transported back to our studio to be fired and returned a few weeks later. The fired outcome serves as a permanent reminder of a brilliant day.
Introducing the artists
So here we are! Sarah Monk and Jon Williams founders and co directors of Eastnor Pottery. We met as young art students studying ceramics in Bath. Our eyes met over the potter’s wheel and the rest as they say….. As well as sharing our passion and enthusiasm for pottery with others we are makers in our own right, exhibiting and selling our unique designs. Check out our individual brands.
Read Our Reviews
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A brilliant day that I would recommend to anyone – on your own or as a group…With my own wheel / space to work throughout the day, fantastic demonstrations and guidance as we progressed, and as much clay as I wanted to practice with (I had a LOT of ‘learning pots’), I was able to work at my own pace….Worth every penny and I am now positively potty about playing with clay.
Sky C
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This was such a fun couple of hours, Sarah and Jon are so welcoming and Sarah’s mentoring skills were given with patience and explanation. A really enjoyable time.
Highly recommended even if you believe you aren’t creative as my partner does.
He made a great pot and enjoyed our time. Thank you Sarah & JonErica
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We had such a wonderful day at Eastnor Pottery learning how to throw pots. We had no prior experience, but Jon and Sarah soon put everyone at ease (we were a group of 8). It’s such a warm, cosy and friendly environment to explore some new creative skills. After some demonstrations and introductory guidance, we were soon sat at our individual wheels, trying out our first pots. Jon and Sarah and their helper Ellie were really helpful, answering questions, and offering advice as we tried to get the hang of things. You can go at your own pace, but most people managed to make around 10 pots. You can choose a few of your best attempts to be fired, and delivered to you a few weeks afterwards. We had a really friendly and fun day, highly recommended if you want to try something creative and new!
Howard Wright
Plan your creative adventure
We offer a range of different experiences to suit most budgets and needs. Whether you spend 90 minutes, a day or whole weekend with us you will be guaranteed a fabulous and jolly creative time. Memories are made of this!