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7 Spot Pottery

7 Spot Pottery is an artist-run community pottery studio near Manchester City Centre, offering an authentic ceramics experience as an independent micro business.

We offer pottery classes, ceramics workshops, and group events led by experienced ceramicists and qualified teachers. Since opening in April 2017 in a modest 250 sq ft space, 7 Spot has grown and now occupies a 900 sq ft studio inside Makers Quarter, Salford.

As practicing ceramic artists, we offer courses and workshops in both functional and sculptural ceramics, drawing on over 30 years of combined experience in teaching art and making ceramics. Our artist-led approach ensures you learn directly from professional makers who are passionate about their craft.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive educational environment, welcoming individuals of all skill levels and experiences. We believe in the therapeutic benefits of working with clay, whether for personal enjoyment or professional development.

Our fully-equipped studio features 2 top-loading kilns, an extruder, a slab roller, and 12 pottery wheels. As an authentic pottery studio, we prepare our own studio glazes and decorating slips, and we glaze fire to cone 6 oxidation - giving you a genuine, hands-on pottery experience.

Decorative miniature ceramic house with a brown stone-like exterior, a pitched roof with dark gray tiles, a small circular window near the roof peak, and a yellow door. It is placed on a round white base.
A young woman with short brown hair and light skin, wearing a bright blue sweater, looks slightly to the side with a puzzled or confused expression on her face, standing against a plain white background.

Pascal Nichols

Studio Manager / Tutor

@pascal_g_lansard

Pascal founded 7 Spot Pottery in 2017 to pursue his ceramic practice and provide ceramics facilities and education to the local community. With a BA in Ceramics and a PGCE in Art & Design, he is a qualified teacher with over 15 years of experience teaching learners of all ages and abilities as a freelance practitioner.

Pascal's work is inspired by the aesthetic qualities of late medieval pottery, characterized by boldly formed functional wares with distinctive, roughly applied decorations such as faceting, incising, and thumbed embellishments.

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Eva Elliott

Studio Manager / Tutor

@ee_pots

Eva is a self-taught ceramicist and jewellery maker with 15 years of educational experience in both formal and informal educational settings. She holds a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art (Sculpture) and a PGCE in Art and Design.

Inspired by her love of textiles, country pottery, and folk art, Eva is a versatile and flexible practitioner who eagerly embraces new challenges, both practical and creative. Her workshops offer a chatty, relaxed environment where all learners are actively included and supported to reach their full potential.

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Merida Richards

Sessional Art Tutor

@amrceramics

Alice Merida Richards is a ceramic artist and musician based in Manchester. She uses wheel throwing, hand building and mould making techniques to create work that is both decorative and functional.

Drawing inspiration from ancient objects, using imperfect shapes and flat colours she explores form and abstraction.

She combines personal practice with teaching as well as various collaborative projects. She works out of Studio 65 in Old Trafford and is part of Manchester Ceramics Collective and Plates Supper club

Eloisa Pope

Studio technician & coordinator

@eloisa_art

Eloisa Pope is a Manchester-based multimedia queer artist and fine art graduate who creates quirky, feminist ceramics alongside printmaking and performance art. Her work celebrates LGBTQ+ themes and challenges conventions through playful yet powerful artistic statements that explore identity, community, and self-expression.

Always open to collaborations and projects that push artistic boundaries and celebrate diverse voices in the arts.