Studio classes
Six-week beginner courses and open-wheel evenings. Clay, tools and firing are included in the fee.
Eight students per class
Handmade stoneware · small-batch studio
Pots made to be used every day.
Ashgrove Ceramics is a working pottery studio. We throw, glaze and fire dinnerware, vases and planters in small batches, and we teach anyone who wants to sit at the wheel.
On the kiln · October and November (sample dates)
What is firing next
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Bisque loadLoading
Cone 04, 1060 °C. Greenware must be bone dry by Monday evening.
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Glaze firingScheduled
Cone 6, 1222 °C. Celadon, speckled white and iron blue.
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Shop openingOpen to all
New mugs, bowls and planters from the glaze firing, 10:00 to 16:00.
What we do
Three ways to work with clay
The shop
Mugs, bowls and serving pieces from each firing. Every piece is stamped on the base and food safe.
New stock after every glaze firing
Commissions
Matching dinner sets, restaurant ware and large planters, made to your sizes and glaze colour.
Allow six to eight weeks
Beginner course starts Tuesday 3 November.
There is one wheel per student. Tell us which evening suits you and we will hold a place.