Description
Read before placing your order for Private Tuition
How to book:
- Select the number of people and the number of hours in one session. The price displayed is the total cost. The maximum number of people in a group is 5, and the maximum bookable tuition time is 3 hours.
- Once you have placed your order for private tuition, we will contact you to discuss what aspect of pottery and ceramics you would like tuition. We will pair you with the right tutor and arrange a convenient time for you to receive your private tuition.
- Private tuition can be held in the yellow spot where is says “Private Lesson, subject to the availability of the teacher.
- If you’d like to discuss your requirements, including specific dates and times before booking time with us, please get in touch.
- If you can only do a weekend, let us know and we will ask if any of our other teachers are available.
The process:
- To create a finished glazed piece of pottery on the wheel, you’ll need 3 visits.
- Throwing of the pot
- Turning the base once it’s dried out a bit
- Once the pots have been biscuit fired, you can return to glaze them.
- If you can only manage 2 visits;
We can turn the base on the pots for you at £7.50 per pot, and you can return to glaze them. - If you can only manage 1 visit;
You can throw the pot and tell us what colour glaze you want them. We can finish them from there (turning and glazing) for an extra cost. - If you don’t want to keep the pots
That’s fine, you can enjoy a one-off pot-throwing experience. - You’re welcome to decide if you’d like the follow-up sessions after the first session is finished.
- Most people have a 2-hour session, which gives enough time to throw 2 – 4 pots. The bare minimum is 1 hour, but we can’t guarantee a successful pot in that amount of time.
- You’ll need at least a few days between the first and second visit to allow for sufficient drying time between throwing and turning. The timing of the third visit depends on when we get enough pieces in the kiln to do a biscuit firing. We do them fairly often so shouldn’t be too long.
Pricing
- 1 person £30 per hour
- 2 people £20 per hour per person (total £40 per hour)
- 3 – 5 people £15 per hour per person (total £45 – £75 per hour)
- If you’d like the pots to be fired so you can complete the whole process, we charge an amount for any pieces you decide to have fired calculated by weight. This covers materials such as clay and glaze, as well as firing costs in the kiln. Usually costs are around £6 – £10 for an average sized mug or bowl (approx 2p per gram)
