Pottery 101

I had two lovely groups of students attend today's ceramic botanical vases workshops here in the Blended Monkey Crafts Studio.

I had two lovely groups of students attend today's ceramic Christmas decorations workshops here in the Blended Monkey Crafts Studio.

Our half-day clay blossom tile sculpture experience was great fun. Everyone's created their own unique bloom! Keep an eye on our socials and website for dates of our next clay sculpture experiences here in the Blended Monkey Studios.

Our half-day clay bird sculpture experience was a great success. Keep an eye on our socials and website for dates of our next clay sculpture experiences here in the Blended Monkey Studios.

Fabulous green man sculpture experience taught by Christine Pike in today's workshop in the Blended Monkey studios.

It was lovely to have some of the ladies from the Elm WI over to make botanical vases here in the Blended Monkey Studios!

What a lovely group of students - everyone created beautiful coiled elements & lovely botanical slab vases.

Another fabulous large hare sculpture experience!

What a lovely group of tile making & glazing students!

It was great to finally visit the Gladstone Pottery Museum in Stoke! It's definitely worth a visit!

I had the pleasure of teaching a lovely group of students the techniques of coiling and slab - creating beautiful vessels.

A warm welcome awaits at Blended Monkey. Enjoy the large relaxing gardens, small group sizes, and a friendly, inclusive environment.

Our next half-day sculpture experiences are on 2 August - check out our blog post for more info.

Despite many years of glazing experience, I always make sure I test any new glazes on the various different clay bodies ...

THROWING on the wheel is a skill that demands months if not years of practice before you can really feel “centered” 😉.

We also offer group ceramics workshops here and at other venues - have fun hand building with clay.

Our "creative with clay" coiling & botanical vases workshop at the Farmland Museum in Waterbeach was a real success.

Our tile making & glazing experience is very popular as students get to decorate their own unique tiles in colours of their choosing.

Another fab group of students learning the relaxing art of coiling clay and making unique vases using pressed-in botanicals.

Clay can be formed using so many different techniques - students at today's workshop practised coiling and slabbing to make lovely pieces.