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People come and learn how to work with clay, they stay to be part of the community. Experinced maker, technician and tutor. Pat Joyce who does the Raku workshop.

Our studio is located in the historic Vasanta Hall, Letchworth; A welcoming, calm space with experienced tutors, quality materials and a gorgeous garden full of birdsong. Made with Clay is open:

Mondays 10-1pm and 6-9pm with Zara

Tuesdays 10-1pm with Debbie and 6-9pm with Alice

Thursdays 1-4pm and 6-9pm with Debbie

Alternate Saturdays 10-4pm with Debbie

Beginners attend a beginners course th

at enables them to work independently. The tutors are:

Debbie Bent, the founder, who is very experienced both as a tutor and technician having tutored in various institutions from the University of Herts and Oaklands College to Courtyard Arts and who founded Digswell Ceramics Community before Made with Clay Studio. Zara Benomran who started as a trainee technician with Debbie and who has since graduated to having her own classes. Alice Sparkes a maker who sells under Little Shop of Pots who has been teaching with the studio for over a year. We also have three working apprentices, Alma Sheren, Taja Costigan and Reena Lennon and a volunteer team who manages our swaps with Emma Van der Veen as the co ordinator. We are a community. We help each other and support each other. The Ceramic facility is not for profit so we all take some responsibility for it's running. Members are taught to work independently but everyone's journey is different and our approach is geared to your needs. We are artists. We know how to nurture everyone's individual creativity and the atmosphere is positive, calm, encouraging and creative.

18/07/2026

🕊️ *FREE POTTERY WORKSHOP – MAKE CERAMIC BADGES* 🕊️

🎟️ Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clay-badge-making-with-made-with-clay-studio-and-stand-up-to-racism-tickets-1988318388825

Come and get creative with us! We’re teaming up with Made With Clay Studio to make ceramic badges in support of Stand Up To Racism.

Badges have a long history in anti-racist and anti-fascist organising in Britain. In the late 70s, the Anti-Nazi League handed out badges by the thousand — worn on jackets and school bags, they turned solidarity into something visible everywhere you looked, and helped push the National Front back out of the mainstream. Rock Against Racism did the same through gigs and merch, making anti-racism part of everyday culture rather than just a slogan on a placard.

That’s the spirit we’re channelling here - small, handmade, and worn with intent. Come make something of your own to carry that tradition forward.

📅 *Sunday 2nd August, 12–2pm*
📍 *Made With Clay Studio,* 6 Gernon Walk, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3HW

Free to attend, donations for SUTR welcome on the day. All welcome, no experience needed

28/05/2026

19/05/2026

New to pottery? Don’t worry, welcome to the club!🏺

Here is a beginners friendly guide to everything you need to get started whether you plan to do pottery here at Made With Clay Studio or setting up your own space.

Swipe through to see the essentials you’ll need to get your hands dirty! ✨

What is the one essential you can’t live without? Let use know below!👇

26/03/2026

Students are offered the chance to donate their Christmas week fees towards workshops for their local community. As well as Garden City Housing in a monthly basis, this month we also worked with Herts Vision Loss who support people who are blind or have partial sight.

They were really receptive and open with great listening skills.

We had to use touch, showing techniques on their hands to enable the participants to feel how hard to press and what movement to use in order to change the shape of a pot.

They made several wonderful little pots using Terracotta clay, which is a messy but tactile clay to work with.

Those of us who are sighted did do a visual check to make sure no one wandered off with random clay stripes on their faces or fingernails with a layer of clay underneath.

We got to make a new doggy friend too. 🐾

Cant wait to give them their pots back 🏺 so that they can feel the difference.

27/02/2026

There is something poetic and grounding about working with black clay🌑. It is raw, unapologetic, and tells a story unlike any other medium.

From the first touch to the final firing, it has been incredible to watch these pieces come to life with such depth and emotion. 🐦‍⬛

13/02/2026

Check out our 2026 opening times at Made With Clay Studio! ✨

If you would like more information about our class schedules or joining the studio, please feel free to send us a DM, email us, or visit our website at [link in bio]. 🏺

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25/01/2026

My train journey to work this morning reminded me of the students currently using frosted jade. It is such a beautiful dark winter green.🪴

I am looking forward to seeing when the lovely spring hues will arrive. 🌿✨.

23/01/2026

Florian Gadsby’s beginners pots. Still very lovely but it’s taken 15 years of continuous throwing and glazing to get to where he is now.

15/01/2026

I was looking at our stoneware glazes today and I really love the diversity and depth each one has.🏺✨

Swipe too see my top picks. Which one do you love? ❤️

Address

Vasanta Hall. 6 Gernon Walk

SG63HW

Telephone

+441462634597

Website

http://www.madewithclaystudio.com/

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