Beginners Pottery Daytime - Bury St Edmunds

Beginners Pottery Daytime - Bury St Edmunds

By Bury St Edmunds Learning Centre at WSC

Perfect for complete beginners learn the basics of hand-building, decorating, and glazing , and create your own pieces to take home

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Location

University and Professional Development Centre

73 Western Way Bury St Edmunds IP33 3SP United Kingdom

Good to know

Highlights

  • 70 days, 3 hours, 15 minutes
  • In person

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

This ten-week pottery course is term time only. Thursday 2pm - 4.15pm

"Enrol by 6th September and save 5% on your course fee — no code needed!"

This friendly and supportive course is perfect for complete beginners ready to discover the joy of working with clay. Over 10 weeks, you’ll learn a range of hand-building techniques — including pinching, slab building, coiling, and using moulds.

You’ll explore pattern, texture, and mark-making, and experiment with decorating your pieces using slips, oxides, underglazes, and glazes. Along the way, you’ll learn the basics of glazing to give your work a beautiful finish.

By the end of the course, you’ll have a collection of unique, fully fired pieces to take home and enjoy.

This aims to be a friendly class with support and encouragement from your tutor and your course mates.

No previous experience necessary, just enthusiasm to learn and have a go!

These sessions are tutor-led and structured weekly, making them ideal for those new to pottery. Please note that these courses are not suitable for individuals with prior pottery experience, as they are designed to introduce foundational skills.

What Do I Need to Bring:

  • Please wear closed toe shoes and an apron.
  • Please bring a notepad, sketchbook and pencils.
  • Pottery tools are provided but you are welcome to bring your own if you prefer.

All Materials included in course fee

Please note: Each session runs for 2 hours and 15 minutes, with the last 15 minutes set aside for tidy-up. This tidy-up time is not included in the course fee.

Important Information:

All our courses run based on a minimum number of participants.

If you are no longer able to attend, please contact us at your earliest convenience. Cancellations received within 2 days of the course start date are non-refundable.

Missed sessions by individual students are non-refundable.

When purchasing more than one ticket—whether for yourself or on behalf of others—you must provide the correct individual information for each attendee. Duplicate or identical information cannot be used for multiple tickets and may result in registration issues.

If you have any questions, please contact us E: bury@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk

Term Dates: Thursday

Autumn Term 25.09.25 - 04.12.25 (Half Term 30/10

Spring Term 08.01.26 - 19.03.26 (Half Term 19/2)

Summer Term 16.04.26 - 25.6.26 (Half Term 28/5)

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5% off applied
£199.50
Sep 25 · 14:00 GMT+1