Classes
Pottery Throwing Six Week Courses
Manor Farm Pottery runs a range of pottery courses, designed for complete beginners as well as makers with experience looking to advance their skills and creativity. Our small class sizes mean more one-to-one contact time with your tutor in every session, helping you build confidence and refine technique.
Course Format
Beginners - For those new to throwing or returning after a break, focusing on foundational skills.
Intermediate or Developers - For anyone looking to expand their knowledge of throwing, hand-building, and surface techniques.
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Our throwing course will introduce you to a range of throwing techniques and is aimed to build your confidence at throwing independently on the potter’s wheel. During the course you will learn how to centre clay, throw cylinders and bowls, pull handles and turn foot rings. There will be an opportunity at the end of the course to glaze all your pieces.
This course is suited to complete beginners or anyone new to throwing who may need a refresher.
Level: Beginners and refreshers.
Duration: 6 weeks. 7.00-9.15pm
Includes: Earthenware clay, transparent glaze, firings.
Tutor: Suzanne King
Please note:
+Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty+
This class is limited to 5 students and you will have access to your own wheel each session.
Participants must be aged 18 years and over
Our throwing course will introduce you to a range of throwing techniques and is aimed to build your confidence at throwing independently on the potter’s wheel. During the course you will learn how to centre clay, throw cylinders and bowls, pull handles and turn foot rings. There will be an opportunity at the end of the course to glaze all your pieces.
This course is suited to complete beginners or anyone new to throwing who may need a refresher.
Level: Beginners and refreshers.
Duration: 6 weeks. 10-12.15pm
Includes: Earthenware clay, transparent glaze, firings.
Tutor: Jill Roynan
Please note:
+Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty+
This class is limited to 5 students and you will have access to your own wheel each session.
Participants must be aged 18 years and over
Intermediate pottery for students who've mastered basic wheel techniques and want to advance. Through hands-on sessions you’ll refine throwing consistency, learn advanced trimming and joining, tackle complex forms (lidded and multi-part pieces), and explore surface decoration like slips, sgraffito, and underglaze.
Small classes ensure ample wheel time and one-on-one support; optional open studio hours foster experimentation and peer exchange. By course end you’ll have stronger control of form and finish and a cohesive body of improved work.
Level: Intermediate
Duration: 6 weeks. 7.00-9.15pm
Includes: Earthenware clay, transparent glaze, firings.
Tutor: Suzanne King
Please note:
+Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty+
This class is limited to 5 students and you will have access to your own wheel each session.
Participants must be aged 18 years and over
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