Package of 10 Classes -
Untutored Drop In Sessions - Intermediate
£50 per session
Untutored wheel throwing or hand building practice sessions for intermediate level makers who have taken a course at Sheen Pottery Studio.
Please ready the drop in guidelines located at the bottom of the page before booking.
Suitable for proficient makers who have taken a course at Sheen Pottery, who are looking to improve and practise their skills. Some knowledge of ceramic health and safety and good studio etiquette is required. Please contact the studio via email to discuss this further if you are unsure of the requirements.
Each session is 2.5 hrs long. This is purely an opportunity for those who are more experienced throwers to practice their techniques on their own. There will be someone present at the studio who is familiar with the space and where everything is, but there will be no tuition available.
Each attendee will have their own dedicated potters wheel. Please finish working 15 minutes before the end of the session to allow proper clearing up and to finish on time. We ask that you read through our terms and conditions before booking a session. There is a brief over view of studio rules for drop in sessions at the bottom of this page for you consideration, you will be asked to sign copy of our studio rules and guidelines upon your first visit that outlines our guid-lines in more detail.
We will include 4kg of stoneware clay per session. (You can reuse or recycle this clay as required during the session). If you wish to have additional clay the cost is £5.00 per kilo. There is a weigh and pay system for any work you would like fired at £5.00 per kilo, this includes two firings and glaze regardless of whether you glaze or not. All work for firing must be weighed at leather-hard stage, stamped and recorded in the Clay Dues Book. Please settle your clay/firing dues regularly - by card is fine.
We also offer a package deal for drop in sessions, consisting of 10 sessions for £450. Upon purchase you will receive a code which you can use when selecting you’re dates through the timetable shown to the left. This code will only be valid for 10 classes.
Sheen Pottery Studio – Updated 2026
Drop In Session Guidelines and Rules
One of drop in session costs £50.00, or a block of 10 is £450.00.
1. Timing - Your session is 2.5 hours long, please do not arrive to early or stay late. The studio
will be closed at 12.30 for lunch, 4.30pm and 9pm for the evening sessions. Please allow plenty of
time to clean up.
2. Cleaning - Please wet wipe with water and sponge all surfaces including wedging bench,
worktops, wheels and mop the floor, if necessary, where you have been working, leaving the studio
as you would like to find it. Please do not put any clay down the sinks, use the recycle bucket for
slop and plaster bats for soft clay and lastly the white sink basins to trap as much clay water as
possible.
3. Clay - Only the one studio stoneware clay is to be used. The Drop in Session fee includes
up to 4kg stoneware clay per session, you can recycle and reuse this clay as required or buy
additional clay at £5.00 per kilo.
4. Firing - There is a Weigh and Pay system for any work that you would like to have fired at
£10 per kilo at dry leather hard state. This includes glaze and 2 firings regardless of whether you
glaze or not. Please record weights in the Clay Dues book and stamp your work so we know it has
been recorded. Please settle you clay dues regularly.
5. Please do not touch other peoples work in the kiln room, on shelves etc.
6. Materials Cupboard - This is not for your use. Please do not access the materials cupboard.
7. Space - There is little space in the studio so please finish any work in progress on the shelves
that needs turning or glazing BEFORE starting new work. Please take everything home with you,
including your tools, apron etc and only leave finished work for firing and work in progress on the
dedicated shelf space for Drop In Sessions. You will need to be economical with your board space
fitting as much work as possible. Please name and date your work, it will be ‘culled’ ruthlessly if left
for longer than 3 weeks or if it is unnamed.
8. Equipment- We have tools and equipment for your use, please clean and put back in the right
place after use. There are some good quality new tools for sale – please ask the technician.
9. Damages - Please report any damage to equipment, spillage of glaze. Damage to kiln or kiln
shelves from glaze drips will be your responsibility to pay for.
10. Glazing - Please pre-wash any glaze equipment in the Glaze Bucket before washing
properly in the sink. This is to stop glaze going down the drain, but also to collect it to become the
‘Mystery Glaze’
11. Please bring your own apron and towel and take home to wash.
12. Help yourself to Tea and Coffee!