To attend these sessions you must be happy and of the level that you can work independently - setting up your wheel, wedging your clay, throwing etc.

There will be a technician present for any emergencies, to help if you really can’t find something or to take any payments. They are on a work exchange program and will primarily be there to make their own work, so we ask that makers respect their time.

These sessions are for those currently on a course with us to get some extra studio time.

You’ll be aware of how our studio runs, where everything is, health and safety and studio systems.

• You may wish to use these sessions just to practice throwing and then reclaim the clay.

• You’re also more than welcome keep pieces to trim for your next class, or make and finish in the drop in.

• You’re responsible for loosely wrapping your work in plastic so it won’t dry out too much before you’ll be back to trim.

• You must label your piece with a post it clearly with your full name, today’s date, your course number and date you’ll be back to trim.

• Leave your work on your course shelf.

• The studio is not responsible for ensuring your work is the right level of dryness for your next session. This is your responsibility to wrap your work correctly and come back to trim in good time.

• 30 mins before the end of the session, clear up begins. You’re responsible for washing up everything you’ve used, cleaning down your wheel, wedging any collapsed pots and moping around you wheel.

• There may be a class starting immediately after your allotted drop in time, so you’ll need to be out of the studio on the dot.

• You can use as much clay as you like during the session.

• Any pieces to be fired are charged at £5 per kg (same policy as Developer Course)

• See below “Firing Work” for details

Firing is £5 per kg. (Same as the Developer course system)

Work is always weighed at leather hard, once trimmed.

If you’d like to fire a piece, once you’ve trimmed it ask the technician on duty who will weigh it and take a pay

You must clearly label your piece on the bottom with full name, date and your course number.

Glazing your work needs to be done in the course you’re enrolled on. These drop in sessions are for throwing/trimming/slips.

If you’re going to miss your final glaze session of your course, our general policy is that our technicians can glaze your work for you in our house glossy clear glaze. Please drop us an email to request this if you’ll miss your glaze session.

These sessions are for potters hoping to practice, develop their skills and make a handful of pieces each session.

They’re not for potters who have commissions to fulfil as we cannot accommodate either large quantities of pieces or very large items going through out kilns from individual potters.

We will judge this on a case by case basis if we deem someone is attempting to use the sessions in this way.