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Mud, fire, patience, and your own two hands.

Kilnward is a shared ceramics studio with small classes, open wheel time and a shop of pieces fired in our own kilns.

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A speckled clay vase stands on a pottery wheel beside a sponge and tools in a sunlit ceramics studio.
Clay-covered hands shape a vessel on a spinning pottery wheel in a sunlit studio.
Speckled cream ceramic cup with a brown rim and exposed clay foot, isolated on a transparent background.

Thrown slowly, fired twice, kept forever.

Bristol6 wheels
Shelves of pale ceramic cups, bowls and vases beside an open kiln in a sunlit pottery studio.

Find your way into clay

  • Wheel taster

    Two hours on the wheel, two pieces to keep, fired and glazed for you.

    Start here£48

  • Handbuilding evening

    Pinch, coil and slab: make a planter or a set of cups without a wheel.

    £42

  • Glaze lab

    Dip, pour and layer our studio glazes on your own bisque pieces.

    £38

  • Six-week wheel course

    Centring to trimming, one evening a week, with practice time included.

    £295

Workshop booking

This week at the studio

Pick a day and grab a seat. Aprons, clay, firing and glazing are all included.

Six weeks from lump to mug

  1. 01

    Wedge and throw

    Clay kneaded, centred and pulled up into a shape on the wheel.

  2. 02

    Trim

    Leather-hard pieces turned upside down and given a foot.

  3. 03

    Bisque

    First firing to 1000 °C makes the clay hard and thirsty for glaze.

  4. 04

    Glaze

    Dipped in our own oatmeal, celadon or tenmoku glazes.

  5. 05

    Glaze fire

    Second firing to 1260 °C. Then the best moment: opening the kiln.

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Pieces from our kilns

Every piece is one of a kind, thrown by the Kilnward team. Choose a few and collect or have them posted.

Make it a habit

Drop-in

£15per 3 hours

Already throwing? Book a wheel and a shelf for the session.

  • Wheel and tools
  • Studio glazes
  • Firing charged by weight
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Recommended

Member

£85per month

Eight sessions a month and a shelf of your own.

  • Eight 3-hour sessions
  • Personal shelf
  • 10 kg clay included
  • Firing included
Become a member

Unlimited

£140per month

For the obsessed. Any open session, any week.

  • Unlimited open studio
  • Two shelves
  • 20 kg clay
  • Firing included
Go unlimited

Muddy hands, full shelves

I went to one taster as a birthday present and joined as a member three weeks later.
Esme FairlieMember since spring
Hattie made centring click in one evening after I had failed at it on YouTube for a year.
Callum ReidSix-week course
My mugs are wonky and I love every single one.
Amaka EzeWheel taster

Before you get muddy

Do I need any experience?

No. Tasters and handbuilding are designed for complete beginners.

When can I collect my pieces?

About three weeks later, after trimming, bisque and glaze firing. We email you.

What should I wear?

Clothes you do not mind getting clay on, short nails and no rings. Aprons provided.

Can I book a private group?

Yes, for up to 10 people on weekend evenings. Ask us for dates.

Get your hands in the clay

Book a two-hour taster, or take home something already fired.

Book a classShop pieces
Shelves of pale ceramic cups, bowls and vases beside an open kiln in a sunlit pottery studio.