8 Places Available
2-Day Workshop
30–31 August 2025

10:30am–4:30pm (includes 1-hour break)
£180

Suitable for all levels

In this hands-on two-day workshop with potter and Clay College graduate Camille Biddell, you'll explore slip printing onto clay using plaster moulds, and turn your printed slabs into unique hand-built forms.

With a range of textured and plain moulds available, you’ll experiment with layering slip, using paper stencils, stamps, roulettes, and slip trailing to add depth and texture to your work.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own texture ideas—anything that could be translated onto clay surfaces or used to create custom stamps.

Over the course of the workshop, you’ll create a variety of pieces, from flatware like soap dishes to upright forms such as mugs and jugs.

Each participant can choose two pieces to be clear-glazed and kiln-fired by 7 Spot Pottery staff. Additional raw pots can be taken home for finishing, with a small fee to cover clay costs.

Fired pieces will be ready to collect approximately 4 weeks after the session.

Workshop Schedule:

Day 1

- Use textured moulds to print slip onto clay slabs

- Cut and form initial shapes: soap dishes, mugs, jugs

- Create your own stamps and roulettes for texturing

Day 2

- Assemble upright forms using previous day's slabs

- Explore additional surface decoration using flat plaster batts for slip trailing and printing.

- Add detail with stamps, roulettes, and stencils.

Find out more about Camille and her work here: https://www.camillebiddell.com/about

8 Places
2-Day Workshop at 7 Spot
23–24 August 2025 | 10:30am–4:30pm (includes 1-hour break)
£180

Suitable for improvers

Join us for a hands-on, intermediate 2 day workshop with artist Merida Richards, focusing on altering and assembling thrown forms.

Over the course of these two special sessions, you’ll explore innovative ways to transform simple thrown cylinders into striking sculptural forms. Through guided demonstrations and individual practice, you’ll learn how to slice, dice, and reassemble your wheel-thrown pieces to create dynamic, unexpected shapes.

This workshop is designed to build on your existing techniques and introduce new approaches to working with wheel-thrown clay.

Ideal for intermediate throwers—participants should be comfortable centring and throwing up to 2lb (approx. 1kg) cylinders.

Come ready to get your hands dirty and leave with bold new ideas, practical skills, and a collection of original works that reflect your personal style.

Each participant can choose two pieces to be clear-glazed and kiln-fired by 7 Spot Pottery staff. Additional raw pots can be taken home for finishing, with a small fee to cover clay costs.

Fired pieces will be ready to collect approximately 4 weeks after the session.

Find out more about Merida here: https://www.manchesterceramicscollective.com/alice-merida-richards

10 Places
Decorative Surfaces Workshop at 7 Spot
16th August | 11:30-5:00pm
£80

Suitable for all levels

In this one-day workshop with Yorkshire artist Becca Brown, we’ll explore a variety of surface decoration techniques applied to clay at the leather-hard stage. Working on stoneware tile shapes, you'll learn how to create rich, layered surfaces using mono-printing with slip and oxides, gelli printing, stencils, wax resist, sgraffito, and water etching.

These techniques are perfect for building confidence and sparking ideas you can take into future projects. Finished pieces will be fired and glazed with a transparent glaze, or left unglazed if preferred.

This workshop is suitable for all skill levels—whether you're just starting out or looking to deepen your decorative skills.

Each participant can choose two pieces to be clear-glazed and kiln-fired by 7 Spot Pottery staff. Additional raw pots can be taken home for finishing, with a small fee to cover clay costs.

Fired pieces will be ready to collect approximately 4 weeks after the session.

Find out more about Becca and her work here: https://beccabrown.squarespace.com/about

Glaze Making 101
2-Day Course | 10th & 17th August 2025
10:30am – 4:30pm
£200 | 8 Places Available

Suitable for all levels

Curious about what goes into a glaze? This hands-on two-day course offers a friendly, practical introduction to the fascinating world of glaze formulation.

Through presentations, demonstrations, and practical making, you’ll learn:

The fundamentals of glaze theory and basic chemistry

What raw materials make up a glaze—and what roles they play

How to read a recipe and mix a glaze

How to safely work with glaze materials

How to colour glazes using oxides and stains

How to fine-tune results using line blends and testing techniques

Bring a notepad—there’s lots to take in!