The Craft Pottery Studio
BEST FOR
Ages 6-18
WHERE
Glasgow
What it’s like
Hand-building and wheel-throwing sessions where kids coil, pinch and shape clay into jugs, animals or fairy houses.
This is a proper clay studio, not a paint-your-own-mug setup. Kids get taught hand-building techniques like coiling and pinching, and turn that into mini jugs, animals, fairy houses or whatever character they're currently obsessed with, then decorate the finished piece with coloured slips. There's pottery wheel throwing too, though that's a different age bracket and a different kind of workout, more on that below.
Sessions run weekends only, 12 to 4pm on Saturdays and Sundays, and you need to book and pay online in advance. No turning up on spec here, they don't take walk-ins. Wheel classes start at 14+, so if you've got a younger child keen on the wheel specifically rather than hand-building, that's worth knowing before you book the wrong session.
The bit to flag: this isn't a same-day-take-it-home craft. Fired pieces take weeks to be ready, and you've got 10 weeks to collect before uncollected work gets donated to their free pots box. It's a fair policy but an easy one to forget about once the school term picks up again.
Worth knowing too that the studio's up on the first floor of an old warehouse, stairs only, since the lift's out of action. If wheelchair access matters, their sister studio for pottery painting is on the ground floor instead. Parking's a couple of streets away or on-street, and apparently quieter Sunday to Thursday if you're driving in on a weekday session.
Facilities
Need to know
- Best for
- 6 to 18, though wheel throwing needs 14 and up
- Booking
- All sessions must be pre-booked and prepaid online
- Parking
- Q Park car park 2 blocks away. On-street parking available, usually quiet Sunday-Thursday
- Parties
- Kids' birthday parties: 1.5-hour session at £35 per child or 2-hour session at £40 per child, for 10-18 children
- Wheel classes can be strenuous and uncomfortable for longer sessions, worth bearing in mind for younger or less patient kids
- Clay can irritate skin conditions like eczema or psoriasis, so mention it beforehand if that's a concern
- There's no blue badge parking on the street nearby
- New session dates get released in batches through the year, so plan ahead if you want a specific weekend
Plan your visit
What ages is this suitable for?
Hand-building sessions are aimed at kids from around 6 up to 18. Wheel throwing classes start at 14, though they say they can sometimes make exceptions if you email ahead.
Do we need to book in advance?
Yes, everything has to be pre-booked and prepaid online. They don't take walk-in bookings, so turning up on the day won't work here.
When can we actually visit?
Saturdays and Sundays, 12 to 4pm. There are seasonal exceptions too, so double check the specific weekend you're planning around.
How long until we get the finished pottery back?
It takes a few weeks for firing, and you've got 10 weeks total to collect the piece. After that, uncollected work gets donated to their free pots box, so it's not one to forget about.
Can we do a birthday party here?
They run kids' parties as a hand-building workshop with firing included, for 10 to 18 children. It's £35 a child for 1.5 hours or £40 for 2 hours, and pieces are ready in 3 to 4 weeks.
Is the studio wheelchair accessible?
It's first floor only and the lift isn't working, so it's stairs. Their sister pottery painting studio is on the ground floor if step-free access is what you need.
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