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St Leonards Ceramics Studio

Ceramics studio in St Leonards-on-Sea dedicated to wheel throwing and hand-built ceramics.

With classes and courses for adults and children, open access membership and taster sessions, everyone can enjoy working with clay

28/08/2026

For sale in our shop,Ben Murray, simple and sophisticated design.

We are open again from Friday 4th September to browse our shop and buy from from out teachers and members work..

27/08/2026

This short course is designed for anyone interested in learning how to work with wild, locally sourced clay as a material. Most commercial clays available today have gone through extensive industrial processing- they are mined, refined, and often blended with materials from various regions or even from around the world.

By exploring and working with local wild clay, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the material in its natural form and its unique characteristics, its challenges, and why commercial clays have added materials for stability, firing consistency, and glaze compatibility.

We will focus on the direct experience of gathering, preparing, and testing wild clay. You’ll learn:

What defines local clay and how to identify potential sources

Ethical and safe methods for collecting clay — including what not to take and how to respect public land

How to prepare and test samples for firing

How clay behaves at different firing temperatures

How wild clay can be used to create slips, glazes or your clay body

By the end of the course, you’ll have a hands-on understanding of wild clay’s natural properties and methodical approach to working with local clay.

This course is suitable for anyone, be it a potter, artist, curious gardener, or those who enjoy getting their hands dirty. All of the classes take place in the studio and you will be encourage to bring in your own clay samples in week two after discussing where to look for clay.

Booking link in bio

24/08/2026

Join us this autumn, just a few places left on the Monday and Friday am wheel throwing classes and Thursday pm.

Booking link in bio

21/08/2026

Join us this autumn for a wheel throwing course, workshop or taster session.
All of our courses are for beginners and all levels of experience.
Tasters are a fun day out with family or friends or an introductory day of working with clay if your not sure yet about joining a course or deciding on wheel throwing or hand building.
Our workshops are taught by our teachers and guest potters and focus on building skills and learning new techniques.

Booking link in bio

19/08/2026

Well done potters who came to the 3 day Throwing for Improvers Workshop at the weekend.
We will be announcing our next workshop very soon.

14/08/2026

Join us this autumn for 6 week courses.
Our hand building classes are sold out, but there are spaces in the wheel throwing classes on:
Mondays 10-1 and 6-9pm

11/08/2026

A feat of ceramic engineering.

09/08/2026

Porcelain Paper Clay Workshop this weekend. Its such a versatile material, we cannot wait to see what they make with clay and slip.

07/08/2026

Summer term is now over, but our kilns continue to run and we have two fantastic workshops- Porcelain Paper Clay and 3 day Throwing for Improvers, both taught by our talented teachers.

While we will have a little break, now is time to sign up for the autumn term courses and workshops or join as a new member in either the main studio or in our dedicated members room.

Address

36 Marina
Saint Leonards
TN380BU

Website

https://www.stleonardsceramics.co.uk/

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