Paint your own pottery
Pick a ready-made mug, plate or bowl and decorate it with colour, stencils and a steady hand.
Photo: Andrea Calabretta, CC BY 2.0
What you do
The pottery is already made; your job is to make it yours. You choose a piece of unglazed bisque ware, sketch a design in pencil and paint it with underglazes, using sponges, stencils, wax resist or fine brushes. The host explains how colours change in the kiln, so the pale paint on your brush comes out bright and glossy. It is relaxed enough to talk through and absorbing enough that phones stay in pockets.
What you take home
Your piece, glazed and fired by the host, usually ready to collect within a week or two.
Who it suits
Mixed groups of any size, including people who say they cannot draw. Easy to run at the office or alongside a meal.
The practical bits
- Duration:1.5–2.5 hours
- Public sessions:usually 6–20 people
- Private and team sessions:from 6 people. Bigger teams get more tables, sessions or hosts.
- Where:at the host's studio, or at your office or venue
- Drinks:works without alcohol
- Good for:Team socialsChristmas partiesNew-joiner welcomesWellbeing weeksBirthdaysDate nights
This is an activity format, not a specific class. Tell us your city and date and we find a host who runs it, with real dates and a per-person price.
Where you can book this
Pick a city to ask for it there. Not listed? Any city in the world works: tell us where you are and we find the host.
Europe
- DenmarkCopenhagen
- FranceParis
- GermanyBerlinMunich
- IrelandDublin
- NetherlandsAmsterdamRotterdam
- PortugalLisbon
- SpainBarcelonaMadrid
- SwedenStockholm
- United KingdomBathBirminghamBishop's StortfordBrightonBristolBurton-on-TrentCardiffColchesterEdinburghFolkestoneGerrards CrossGlasgowLeedsLeigh-on-SeaLeighton BuzzardLiverpoolLondonLutterworthManchesterManningtreeMilton KeynesNewcastlePlymouthSaffron WaldenSheffieldWinchester
North America
Oceania
Middle East
Typical prices
- Typically ≈ US$80–240 pp in London
- Typically ≈ US$65–187 pp in Manchester
- Typically ≈ US$60 pp in Dubai
Middle half of per-person prices across classes we have researched there, shown in your currency (≈). Your quote depends on the host, date and group.
