This is an external event - hosted by us at Two By Two Brewery and Tap Room [Unit 8 Morley's Yard, Byker NE6 1PQ] not in our studio xoxo
Sign up to our adults only workshop to learn to make EITHER your very own lovely mug OR house tea light using slabs + coils 💘
£33pp which includes making one pot plus a delish drink from two by two brewery. We’ll glaze + fire your pottery, ready to collect from our studio 6-8 weeks later.
Only 28 places available - booking + advanced payment essential [last time sold out in 24hrs!]
Coming straight from work? Two by Two brewery have a great bar snack menu - Grate Newcastle Cheeseboards, Block & Bottle pork pies and Scotch Eggs etc. What a treat.
Please note this is a hand building only session and does not include throwing a pot on the wheel. Your mug will be glazed in our house glaze, a delightful teal colour, it does not include painting your pieces in our studio. Pottery will be ready to collect 6-8 weeks later from our studio in Jesmond.
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for - we’re finally hosting an event on an evening! AND it includes a boozy drink. What more could you ask for.
*soft drinks + hot drinks available too
During this two-hour session, you'll make a mug or house tea light from slabs of hand-rolled clay. After building the body of the piece, you'll get to decorate it with different imprinting and embellishing techniques.
INSPIRATION: mugs / house tea light
The lovely pots above are made by talented artists from all over the world - we’ve used their images to inspire your making, if you’re interested in learning more about each maker, please follow the individual links. Your mug will be glazed all one colour - not painted.
How it works:
We’ll begin the session with a group demonstration, during which our hand-building specialist Hazel will talk you through all the tips and tricks you’ll need to get creating.
You’ll start the session with a sheet of clay and with the support of our potter and oodles of inspiration you’ll end the session having made super cool pot.
These pots need to be slowly dried and then fired up to 1000+°c, after this your pot will be glazed in our snazzy house glaze - we call it ‘wheely teal’, because its really teal and is the same colour as our potters wheels…
We’ll send you a text when your pot is ready to collect from our studio - hopefully this will be around 6-8 weeks later. [this means your cup definitely wont be ready for Christmas, but could be an IOU gift].
PLEASE NOTE…
Full payment is taken at the time of booking. Changes or refunds are only accepted with 48hrs notice. Please ensure all guests arrive promptly for your session. *Any handmade pots not collected within 4 weeks of receiving your collection text will be donated to a good cause. Read our detailed T+C’s.
GLAZING AND FIRING YOUR POTTERY:
We try our best to ensure that every aspect of the creative journey you take with us is fun and enjoyable. The final part of this journey involves the glazing and firing of your pottery up to temperatures in excess of 1000ËšC. This process is carried out onsite by our studio assistants who treat each piece with the greatest love, care and attention.
We strive for perfection with every piece, however the kiln gods are not always on our side.
Handmade pieces: please be aware that sometimes items can crack or at worst explode in the kiln. If your pot explodes in the kiln we will offer you a spare as a replacement.
Occasionally glaze spotting can occur, as well as surface imperfections such as tiny bumps caused by brick dust flying around the kiln as it heats up, this dust can settle on items as the kiln temperature cools. If we feel it is safe to do so, we will try to fix glazing issues by re-firing the pottery.
On occasion handmade pieces can craze. This is when the surface of the glaze can get small cracks in it, which can sound like a pinging sound. This may happen when boiling water is put in them, after they have been chipped, or gradually over time. If this does happen we’d advise washing them well between uses and not using them for things that could contain bacteria as this may squeeze through the glaze cracks.
Finished pieces should be used with care as they may be more delicate than something you would buy from TK Maxx. After use it should be washed by hand, rather than in the dishwasher. We advise against microwaving your pieces as they are not ‘microwave safe’ and get very hot! We say, treat it like the precious family heirloom it could become. By all means enjoy using your wonderful creations, but treat them with the love and care they deserve.
We hope you understand that we do everything we can to try and prevent such things, however it is not always possible. The unpredictable element can be both the charm and frustration of ceramics.