One day courses at Thaxted Potters
We are a collective of amateur potters and do not offer regular classes. However we do run some one-day courses and taster days, listed below. Sign up to our mailing list to receive notifications when new courses or taster days are announced.
Alternatively, we have gathered some links to other potters in the area who do offer classes and one-to-one sessions
Taster days
Try your hand at both throwing and handbuilding in clay.
Dates TBC but probably July 2025.
Pottery teaching
Below is a list of links to other potters in the area who offer classes and one-to-one sessions.
- Elmhurst Creative – throwing & hand building, based in Cottenham, Cambridge
- Gemma Smale Ceramics – specialist in throwing, based at Parndon Mill, Harlow
- Hilda Tattersall – throwing & hand building, based in Saffron Walden
- Hylands Estate: Ceramics by Alex – specialist in hand building, based near Chelmsford
- Pop Up Pottery – specialist in hand building, based in Takeley, Stansted
- Sarah Went Ceramics – specialist in porcelain throwing, based in Cambridge
- Wightman Studio – throwing & hand building, based in Duddenhoe End, Saffron Walden