Foundation Pottery Course
Go beyond a one-off experience. This 5-week pottery course is designed for complete beginners: you start by wedging clay, then build real skills in hand-building, wheel throwing and decoration, progressing week by week with the same instructor guiding you throughout.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
At the end of the course, choose your best 5 pieces to be professionally glazed and fired. Extra pieces can be fired for £5 to £10 each depending on size, within our studio size guidelines.
Suitable for ages 15 and over. Unlike our taster class, you have time to practise properly on the wheel and see real progress from week to week.
Each course runs once a week for 5 weeks, 2.5 hours per session, at our Royal Wharf studio: 3 Royal Crest Avenue, London E16 2PG. Places are limited, so booking secures your spot for all five weeks.
Can't make these dates? Get in touch and we'll let you know when the next course opens.
A look at the course at Bonbon Royal Wharf. Tap any photo to see it larger.
No. The course is designed for complete beginners and starts with the very basics of preparing clay.
A taster class is a single session to try clay. The Foundation Course gives you five weeks with the same instructor, so you get far more time on the wheel and build skills you can keep developing afterwards.
The course is suitable for ages 15 and over.
Your booking secures your place for all five weeks. Missed sessions cannot be refunded, rescheduled or moved to another course, so please check you can make every date before booking.
Your best five pieces are glazed and fired as part of the course. Extra pieces can be fired for £5 to £10 each depending on size, within our studio size guidelines.
Finished work is kept for a limited time after the course ends. Unfired clay is reclaimed through our studio recycling process, and we encourage mindful use of materials throughout.
Cancel more than 14 days before the start date for a full refund. Cancellations 7 to 14 days before receive a 50% refund, and less than 7 days before a 20% refund.
If the minimum number of participants is not met, or for reasons beyond our control, we may cancel or reschedule a course. We will let you know at least 7 days before the start date and offer a full refund or a place on a future course.
At Bonbon Royal Wharf, 3 Royal Crest Avenue, London E16 2PG, about 3 minutes' walk from Pontoon Dock DLR.
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