What We Do at Sundragon Community Pottery
From our home at Birmingham’s Old Print Works in Balsall Heath, we offer pottery courses, workshops, and membership for all ages and abilities.
Pottery Courses
Our team of friendly and knowledgeable tutors Katie Hess, Ian Gwynne, Nessa Grimes, Kate Wade, Austin Gannon, James Smith and Imogen Richards, run courses throughout the year covering all aspects of pottery. Whether you’re interested in wheelwork, you’d like to get into hand building, or you want to find out more about techniques like raku and glazing, we’re sure to have a course for you! We welcome ages 16+ and all experience levels, and also offer sessions for children and families.
Pottery Membership
Sundragon Community Pottery also offers studio membership for anyone with basic knowledge of pottery to come and go as they please. This gives you access to the pottery, clay, tools, glazes, and equipment. The route to membership is to take at least one of our 6 week courses so you can understand how our studio operates. Tutors will advise when you are ready for the open access members studio. Members are often on hand to provide assistance and offer guidance to their fellow members. Please click the button below to find out more about membership fees and how to pay.
Our Courses
Here are just a few of the courses we regularly run at Sundragon Community Pottery.
Wheelwork
Whether you’re a beginner or intermediate thrower, our wheelwork courses will help you learn how to make beautiful and functional bowls, mugs, teapots, and more.
Hand Building
Unleash your inner artist on one of our hand building courses, where we’ll show you how to make anything and everything from basic pinch pots to impressive sculptures.
Decorating
From glazes to slipware, raku and beyond, our decorating courses will give you the skills you need to turn even the most basic pot into a completely unique work of art.
Pottery for Beginners
We offer a welcoming environment to novices, with well-paced courses designed to introduce you to the basics of pottery covering tools, techniques, and processes.