Welcome to Castlemaine Clay.

Where you can unleash your secret inner potter…

Have a go at pottery

Clay Taster

This 2-session course gives you a little taste of working with clay, see if pottery is the craft you’ve been looking for. Be warned - pottery is highly addictive.
Wheel

Try your hand on the potters wheel. Our beginner classes are for the complete novice, and those looking to improve on basic skills.
Hand Building

All the pottery skills for making without a wheel - pinch, coil, slab and more. Get the basics and make your own pottery without needing loads of equipment.
Clay for Kids

Let your small people loose in the pottery studio. Make monsters, sculptures, bowls, planters or anything you like! For kids 8+.

Gain new skills

Slip Craft

A four-part deep dive into the creative and technical possibilities of slip. Each term builds directly on the previous one—moving from decoration to one piece moulds, to two part moulds and advanced techniques. Enrol in one workshop, or commit to the full series.
Glaze Craft

A four-term program about colour, surface, and glaze chemistry. Build your glazing knowledge progressively—from using studio glazes and decorative techniques through to making glaze from scratch. Like our Slip Craft series, each workshop can be taken individually, or you can sign up for the whole year and take a deep dive.
Clay Club

Take your projects further with these supported studio sessions. Work with a small group of potters in our light filled studio and Ella will be there to answer questions, offer advice, help you plan and support you to up your pottery game.