This is an 6 week course where you will learn hand building and taste of throwing for Beginners / intermediate level.

This course is for the students who have no or little experience in ceramic and want to enhance their existing skills.

This Course includes:

Introduction to the material and the processes including in creating pottery. The introduction will also include safety talk
You will be taught all about clay preparation
Hand building techniques, Pinching, Coiling and Slab building
Surface and slip decoration techniques
Glazing technique
Taste of Throwing and Trimming

Throughout the course you will practise all these techniques by…

Things to remember

The studio is located in front of Grow restaurant and bar. Nearest station: Hackneywick

Please bring your apron.

Firing and material fee £1 .5 per 100g will apply for your pieces.

Alisa - 21 March 2020

Yasuko-san’s studio is a perfectly peaceful place to spend Saturday mornings~ I felt the balance of taught techniques and freedom to experiment was great, I’ll be back!

Uta - 13 July 2019

This is an excellent course for beginners and those with prior experience alike. Yasuko’s teaching is based on her wide expertise in the craft and aesthetics of ceramics design. She shares her knowledge expertly and with patience. Highly recommended.

Obby Guarantee

We ensure quality. If your class doesn't reach your expectations, we'll give your money back.

Age Requirement

Flexible cancellation policy

Any class can be cancelled and fully refunded within 24 hours of purchase. See cancellation policy.

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Yasuko Arakawa Ceramic Studio

Yasuko Arakawa is a London based ceramicist, born in Kyoto, Japan, who’s work draws from her aesthetic background to create ceramics that bring to mind a heritage of craft whilst inspiring a progression of contemporary product usage.

Yasuko’s craft develops the affordance of natural materials into a form that allows the person engaging with the product a feeling connection, through her utilization of carefully mixed glazes and variant grades of clay, enhancing the experience of ceramics beyond function.

Her work also aims to explore the possibilities of narrative, through both function and form, to suggest playfulness and initiate…

Yasuko Arakawa Ceramic Studio

Hackney Wick

Unit 20, Main Yard, 86 Wallis Road

In front of Grow Bar and Restaurant

E9 5LN

London