Pottery Hand-Building
Our hand-building pottery workshops are all about getting your hands into clay and seeing where it takes you. It’s a slower, more tactile way of working, with plenty of room to explore, experiment, and learn by doing. Forms grow gradually, ideas shift as you work, and the process is just as important as the finished piece.
You can join a one-off taster to try out hand-building and get a feel for the material, or take part in a regular course where skills build naturally from week to week. The longer format gives you time to settle in, play with ideas, and develop more confidence with various techniques.
The workshops are relaxed, friendly, and supportive, with space to chat, concentrate, and enjoy working with clay at your own pace. You’ll leave with finished work, new skills, and the urge to keep making.
Get muddy. Learn as you go. Take home something made to last.
A focused, hands-on pottery experience perfect for beginners who want to really get stuck into clay in a single, relaxed workshop.
Over 2.5 hours, you’ll be guided through simple handbuilding techniques and have the chance to try the potter’s wheel, experimenting freely in a friendly studio environment.
Recent workshops have included Japanese Kurinaki techniques, garlic grater plates, matcha bowls, organic serving platters and more! The possibilities are endless, come with an idea in mind or allow yourself to be inspired in the studio.
Workshop price includes clay, access to tools and equipment, simple glaze and kiln firing. Choose your favorite glaze on the day and I will finish your piece for you, ready to collect in 6-8 weeks time. If you would like to explore painting, glazing and surface decoration in greater depth a separate follow up workshop will be available to book.
*We’ll run the class with a minimum of 3 people.
A focused, hands-on pottery experience perfect for beginners who want to really get stuck into clay in a single, relaxed workshop.
Over 2.5 hours, you’ll be guided through simple handbuilding techniques and have the chance to try the potter’s wheel, experimenting freely in a friendly studio environment. Price includes clay, use of equipment and tools, and the required two kiln firings to fully finish your pieces. You’ll have the opportunity to choose a glaze on the day and I will finish your pieces for you, ready to be collected in 8-12 weeks.
Alternatively you are welcome to book in sooner into a follow up workshop where you will learn further techniques such as trimming, painting with underglazes and engobes, sgrafitto and other surface decorations, as well as glazing.
Once you are familiar with the studio and processes you may also book into open studio sessions where you can pay by the hour to practice everything you have learned or finish up pieces from previous classes.
Please bring your own apron if you have one. Please note pottery takes time! Pieces need a week or longer to dry completely before being bisque fired and then again before being glaze fired. The whole process takes several weeks. Please get in touch if you need your pieces sooner and we will do our best to accommodate you.
*We’ll run the class with a minimum of 3 people.
This is a four-week course running on Tuesday mornings from 9:30am to 12:00, with each 2.5-hour session giving you plenty of time to develop your skills across the four weeks.
Sessions for this course take place on:
Tuesday 22nd September
Tuesday 29th September
Tuesday 6th October
Tuesday 13th October
(If you can’t make one of those dates you are welcome to do a make up class on another day).
You’ll be introduced to core handbuilding techniques—pinching, coiling, and slab building—while experimenting with a variety of tools, clay bodies and glazes. You’ll also have the opportunity to try the potter’s wheel, taking turns throwing and trimming.
Follow your own ideas or draw inspiration from prompts and demonstrations as you create cups, bowls, vases, planters, and more. This course is suitable for complete beginners as well as those with some experience. Your finished pieces will be ready to collect 8-10 weeks later.
This is a four-week course running on Tuesday evenings from 17:30-20:00, with each 2.5-hour session giving you plenty of time to develop your skills across the four weeks. Sessions for this course take place on:
Tuesday 22nd September
Tuesday 29th September
Tuesday 6th October
Tuesday 13th October
(If you can’t make one of those dates you are welcome to do a make up class on another day).
You’ll be introduced to core handbuilding techniques—pinching, coiling, and slab building—while experimenting with a variety of tools, clay bodies and glazes. You’ll also have the opportunity to try the potter’s wheel, taking turns throwing and trimming.
Follow your own ideas or draw inspiration from prompts and demonstrations as you create cups, bowls, vases, planters, and more. This course is suitable for complete beginners as well as those with some experience. You will have the opportunity to decorate your pieces with a range of materials and techniques like underglazing, glazing, layering glazes, scrafitto and more. Your finished pieces will be ready to collect 8-10 weeks later.
Come and work on whatever you like: your sketchbook practice, a painting in progress, a sewing project or have a play with clay. The space is yours. Bring your favourite materials or a selection of studio supplies are available if you need them.
This is a self-guided session. If you want to use the pottery wheel or sewing machines then please make sure you have completed a dedicated course with us first.
Clay available to purchase in studio @ €10 per kilo.
Kiln firing charged separately per kilo @ €12 (bisque and glaze firing included).
Drop-ins are welcome, but space is limited so a spot isn’t guaranteed unless you reserve here first :)
See you in the studio soon! Leanne xx
Join us for a relaxed and social evening of ceramic painting at Make Space Studio! This is the perfect way to unwind, get creative, and spend time with fellow makers.
You’ll have the chance to experiment with a range of professional-quality materials, including Speedball underglazes with an acrylic-like feel, watercolour-style underglazes for a more painterly effect, underglaze pencils and fine liners for intricate detail, and a variety of glazes to layer and play with — including speckle and crackle effects.
Have unglazed pieces from a previous pottery course at Make Space that are still waiting to be finished? This is your chance to glaze them in good company. New to ceramic painting? No experience necessary, everyone is welcome!
Come for the creativity, stay for the company — see you there!
Included in the price: glazing materials, glaze kiln firing, refreshments.
Available to purchase on the night:
You can choose from the following Bisqueware
Mini Trinket Dish €4
Cup €8
Side Plate €12
Small Bowl €14
Large Bowl € 20
Bud Vase €12-€15
Large Vase € 20
A small, focused session where you get real guidance to bring your own sewing project to life. Whether you’re finishing something you started at home, tackling a new idea, or need help figuring out the best approach, you’ll have hands-on support tailored to exactly what you’re making.
Bring your project, your questions, or just a rough idea! You’ll get help working out the details, troubleshooting as you go, and building real confidence with your machine, in a relaxed small-group setting.
Included:
∙ Use of sewing machines (with the opportunity to use professional Bernina machines)
∙ Quality thread, equipment and sewing supplies
∙ Individual guidance and instruction throughout the session
∙ Access to our curated collection of specialty fabrics (available to purchase)
Please bring your own fabric and project materials, or purchase fabric from our in-studio selection. New to sewing? Come along to one of our guided beginner workshops, that’s the perfect place to start.
Duration: 2.5 hours
Workshop will go ahead with a minimum of 3 participants.