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Cow Pat Pots Pottery studio · Bradwell-on-Sea Book a session
Workshops & booking

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From paint your own pottery to hand-building and the potter's wheel – small, friendly sessions for beginners and all ages. Pick a workshop, choose a time and book.

Hand-painted plate made as a wedding gift at Cow Pat Pots
Paint your own

Paint Your Own Pottery

All ages · From £7 · No experience needed

Up to 2 hours
Handmade slab-built mug from a Cow Pat Pots workshop
Hand-building

Make Your Own Mug

Slab-built mug · 2 sessions · Max 6 people

2 hours
Decorated ceramic tiles and coasters
Hand-building

Make Ceramic Tiles & Coasters

8 decorated tiles · 2 sessions · Ideal gifts

2 hours
Handmade ceramic house plaque
Hand-building

Make Your Own House Plaque

2 sessions · Make & glaze · Beginners welcome

2 hours
Hand-built slab tea pot
Hand-building

Build a Tea Pot

Textured slab-built tea pot · 2 sessions

2 hours
Pottery on the potter's wheel at Cow Pat Pots
Potter's wheel

Have a Go on the Pottery Wheel (16+)

Make 2 pots on the wheel, then glaze them

Ages 16+
Handmade ceramic pieces from a wheel and hand-building taster
Potter's wheel

Have a Go on the Wheel & Make a T-Light Holder

Wheel throwing + hand-building taster · Groups welcome

2 hours
Ceramic baby keepsake plaque
Keepsakes

Baby Keepsake Tiles & Plaques

Hand or footprint · Glazed & fired for you

1 hour
Pottery pumpkin made for Halloween
Seasonal

Make a Pottery Pumpkin for Halloween

Halloween special · Make before 23 October

Seasonal
A pottery workshop at Cow Pat Pots
Courses

5-week Introduction to Pottery

Build a foundation of ceramic skills over five weekly sessions: pinch pots, slab building, coiling, throwing on the wheel and glazing. You'll leave with a collection of your own pottery – and maybe some new friends.

5 sessions of up to 2 hours Max 6 people £150 per person

New dates are announced here. Ring to register your interest in the next course.

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Before you book

Good to know

Small, friendly groups and free parking at the studio. Some workshops need a quick confirmation from me – those show Request to book.

8+ days' notice

I can reschedule your session or refund you.

7 days or less

I can't reschedule or refund, but your place is yours to pass to a friend or family member.

Collecting your pottery

Pieces are fired after your session. I'll let you know when they're ready to collect.

Full terms

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