CLAY WORKSHOP 〰️ Community Pottery Studio Liverpool

✨Looking to try something new this year? Welcome to Clay Workshop✨ Our founder @oliviarowan_ceramics created Clay Workshop as a creative space where everyone is welcome to discover the magic of ceramics, right in the heart of Liverpool. Working with clay is about more than just making – it’s relaxing, rewarding, and a chance to create something completely unique with your own hands. At Clay Workshop, we offer a variety of one-off workshops, including throwing on the wheel, crafting your own breakfast set, making candle holders, and so much more💫 For those wanting a deeper dive into pottery, we also run 6-week and 12-week courses, perfect for building your skills step by step. Whether you’re looking for a fun activity, a new hobby, or a creative way to spend time with family and friends, or even make some new friends, there’s something here for you. So why not join the creative clayground? Come and explore, create, and make something amazing with us! 🎨🥰 📍Location | 24 Arrad Street, Liverpool, L7 7BP - behind Hope Street Videographer | @chloelloydphoto #clayworkshop #creativeeventsliverpool #creativeliverpool #liverpoolpottery #liverpoolpotteryworkshop #eventsliverpool #creativeevents #ceramicworkshop #potteryworkshopsliverpool #clayworkshopliverpool #pottery #ceramics #clay

✨ Big news! ✨ I’m so excited to finally share that I’m part of Series 8 of The Great Pottery Throw Down! 🎉 This has been the most incredible experience that I still fully can’t believe I’ve got the chance to be apart of! Working with clay alongside 11 of the most talented, creative, and downright lovely potters has been an absolute dream. Each of them brought such unique energy and skill, and I feel so lucky to now call them friends 💛🥰 The production team has been nothing short of amazing too! They’ve poured so much care and passion into making the show what it is. From the behind-the-scenes crew to the judges and hosts, every single person made this journey unforgettable✨ I’ve laughed, cried, and learnt more than I ever thought possible, and I am just so so grateful for this opportunity. Thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way, I can’t wait for you all to watch and join us on this clay filled adventure! 🏺💫 The series starts on Sunday 5th January, 7:45pm on Channel 4. Can’t wait to see you all there💫 AHHHHH I can’t bloody believe it🤩🤩🤩🤩 @potterythrow @channel4 #GreatPotteryThrowDown #Series8 #PotteryFamily #ClayAdventures #Greatpotterythrowdownseries8 #ceramics #pottery #channel4 #ceramicartist #ceramicist

Recent pottery painting faves 🎨💛 #potterypainting #potterypaintingstudio #potterystudio #potterypaintingideas #pottery

In memory of our beautiful friend Zoe🌻 10 years ago in August, we lost a very special person. Ever since her passing, Zoe’s family host a football tournament around her birthday, bringing people together to celebrate her life and raise money for two incredible charities: @lovejasminesupport and @ifucareshare This year, @thezoetynantournament will take place on 16th May at Jericho Lane Football Hub, and we’re raising funds through a raffle packed with amazing prizes. These are just some of the prizes you can win if you enter the raffle: ✨Signed football shirts ✨£500 cash ✨Nintendo switch 2 bundle ✨Free pottery workshop 🎟 Raffle tickets are £1 each 
🎟 £5 = a full book of raffle tickets + you get to pick a FREE pottery item We’ll be selling raffle tickets at the studio on:
Saturday 9th May & Sunday 10th May | 10AM - 5PM The free pottery includes pieces that haven’t been collected, as well as donated work from our amazing local potters and Clay Workshop members 💛 Every ticket sold helps support families dealing with unimaginable loss and raises awareness around suicide prevention. If you can’t make it but would still like to support, drop us a message, every bit helps. Thank you 💛

An end of an era at Arrad Street 🥹 We’ve officially handed the keys back to our very first proper Clay Workshop studio…and wow, it’s really made me pause and reflect. Before Arrad Street, I started running workshops back in September 2024 in a shared studio with other artists. It was such a lovely creative space, but freezing cold and definitely not ideal for ceramics 😂 Still, it’s where the idea really started to take shape. I’d always had this dream of creating a pottery studio where I could share the magic of clay. After a lot of research (and a lot of hope), I reached out to @kingstrust to see how they could support young entrepreneurs. Me and Jim had no money to get this off the ground, so their support genuinely made it possible. After long days teaching at college, I’d come home and spend hours working on business plans and figuring out what I wanted Clay Workshop to be. Then we found the Annexe on Hope Street…and I’ll never forget that first viewing. I’d never had a studio of my own before, so being offered that space honestly felt like a dream come true. Arrad Street was small, way too small for what we do now, but at the time it felt HUGE. And more importantly, it’s where everything began. Starting with just 4 people in a workshop, slowly building a community, figuring things out as we went. From late nights building tables and wiring electrics, it all grew into what Clay Workshop is today. It’s crazy to think how much has happened in just a year and a half! We’ve worked so hard (and still do), but we absolutely LOVE it and wouldn’t change any of it! Getting to do this as a job and share pottery with you all, really is the best feeling💛 We’ve now moved into a bigger member space, which is so exciting, but leaving Arrad Street feels big. It’s where the foundations were built, where the risks were taken, and where this little idea became something real! And truly, we wouldn’t be here without you. Every single person who’s booked a workshop, supported us, got stuck in with clay, thank you. You’ve helped build this 🥰 Here’s to another chapter💛✨ #potterystudio #smallbusinessstory #smallbusiness #learnpottery #pottery

If you’ve ever joined us for a pottery painting session at Clay Workshop, you might’ve spotted a little handmade touch to our paint palettes 🤔 That’s because we made them ourselves! Because honestly, why use plastic when you can paint from handmade ceramics instead? 😉✨ #potterypaintingstudio #potterypainting #potterystudio #pottery #thingstodoliverpool

Pottery painting icons💥🎨🤩 #potterypainting #potterypaintingstudio #potterypaintingideas #potterystudio #thingstodoliverpool

We had such a gorgeous session this weekend with this lovely bunch from @yogacitaliverpool 🧘‍♀️🎨✨ Kel got in touch to organise a social for their yoga community and chose our Mug Maker Workshop, and what a choice it was! Everyone created such gorgeous pieces. I can’t wait to get them fired and glazed to see the finished results✨ Thank you so much for spending your time with us and for supporting Clay Workshop. We absolutely love collaborating with local independent businesses and bringing creative experiences to different communities, it really does mean a lot 💛 If you’re looking to organise a team social, group booking or something a little different, just drop us an email! We’d love to have you in the studio. #clayworkshop #potterysocial #potterystudio #teamsocial #thingstodoliverpool

Before ➡️ After Pottery painting can look a little dull in colour before pieces go into the kiln… but just wait for the glow up ✨ Once they’ve been glaze fired, the colours completely transform and really pop 💥 This is because underglazes are formulated with ceramic pigments that fully develop at high temperatures. During the firing, the clear glaze melts into a glass like layer over the surface, which deepens the colour, adds shine, and makes everything look richer and more vibrant. It’s always a bit of kiln magic✨ Swipe for some of our recent before & after favourites #potterypainting #potterystudio #potterydesign #potterypaintingideas

A little sneak peak at what we’re working on over at 23 Roscoe Street More wheels, more shelves = more pottery memberships 👀 More information to come soon! We will be contacting people on our waitlist within the coming weeks regarding more membership spots. In the meantime, enjoy some footage of Jim putting together the flooring over at the new studio🔨🪚 Video by the fabulous @chloelloydphoto #potterymemberships #potterystudio #potteryclass #learnpottery

We offer a range of pottery courses designed especially for complete beginners. No experience needed, just a willingness to get stuck in! Our mission is simple: to get as many people hooked on pottery as we are. There’s something incredibly grounding, creative, and genuinely joyful about working with clay… we promise, it quickly becomes an obsession👀 Most of our upcoming courses are now fully booked, but we do have a few final spaces remaining on the following: ✨5 Week Everything Course | 30th April – 28th May | 1PM–3:30PM ✨5 Week Everything Course | 11th June – 9th July | 6PM–8:30PM ✨5 Week Throwing Course | 11th June – 9th July | 1PM–4PM If you’ve been thinking about it, now’s the time to book! We’ll be releasing new course dates from July onwards very soon. Our email subscribers always get first access, so if you want early booking (and the best chance of securing a spot), make sure you’re signed up. Book your place via the link in our bio ✨ #potterystudio #learnpottery #potterycourse #potterylife #potterylove

A brilliant afternoon trying something new 🎨 From natural potters to wobbly wheels, lots of fun was had — thank you @clay.workshop for hosting us! Creative Arts Badge ✅