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Pottery Painting & Craft Studios in Stoke-on-Trent
In the Potteries, painting your own mug feels like the right way to spend an afternoon, and LoveClay Ceramics Centre near the centre lets kids from age 8 get hands on a wheel from £25, with pumpkin painting workshops for something different. A drive out to Stafford brings you to Pretty Pots, where a two-hour session from £4.95 gets you a piece fired and ready to collect, and to Stafford Clay Studio, which is geared at adults who want to properly throw or hand build their own work. For younger children, Evers So Creative in Newport is the cheapest way in at £2.50 a piece, no fixed age given, just pick a mug or figurine and wait for the glaze. If your children are older or you fancy a session without them, Pen-y-bont Ceramics in Macclesfield is 16-plus, from £65 for wheel or hand-building tuition, and ClayWays in Nantwich, from £50, is proper wheel throwing for anyone who wants to get their hands dirty rather than just paint.
6 places From £2.50
from £50ClayWays
Nantwich
Sit down at a real pottery wheel and learn to throw a pot from scratch, or try handbuilding if the wheel looks too messy.
from £2.50Evers So Creative
Newport
Paint a mug, plate or figurine on bisque pottery, then come back a few weeks later once it's glazed and fired.
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from £25LoveClay Ceramics Centre
Stoke-on-Trent · ages 8+
Get hands on a potter's wheel to throw your own pot, or try clay sculpting and pumpkin painting workshops, all from age 8 up.
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from £65Pen-y-bont Ceramics
Macclesfield · ages 16+
A 16-plus pottery studio where you learn to throw on the wheel or hand build, with tasters, courses and group sessions.
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from £4.95Pretty Pots
Stafford · ages 4+
Pick a piece, paint it over two hours, and come back for a proper mug or plate once it's fired.
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Stafford Clay Studio
Stafford
A hands-on pottery studio where you throw, hand build or slab build your own clay pieces, with courses geared at adults.
Good to know: pottery painting & craft studios in Stoke-on-Trent
What does a paid visit cost?
Paid entry starts from £2.50 at Evers So Creative. Prices, ages and facilities are listed on every place page, taken from each venue's own published price list.
Whereabouts are they?
You'll find pottery painting & craft studios in Nantwich, Newport, Stoke-on-Trent, Macclesfield and Stafford. Every place we list is in or around Stoke-on-Trent, and each listing has the full address and directions.
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