friendship mugs

join us for this 2-visit clay workshop

join us in creating this lovely heart mug from stoneware clay and professional underglazes.

14 days after building your mug you will return to glaze (paint) it.

this is part-one (building) of the heart mug workshop. you will need to book part two (glazing) separately.

glazing time in not included in the building price - click here to book

Workshop Details

our friendship mugs are the perfect best friend meetup activity, or night out for you and your closest pal, partner, sibling, or even mom or pop!

relax and enjoy creating this lovely and heartfelt pumpkin-inspired mug. learn clay hand-building techniques to shape and build your mug in the first visit. return once the clay is fired to add the colourful glaze and turn this into a charming treasure, ready for your next tasty beverage!

Timeline

1. Build & Sculpt: 1 hour of building and an extra 30 minutes for smoothing, if needed. Create using our high fire clay and we will dry and fire the clay in the kiln.

2. Glaze: Return to the studio to add the beautiful glazes. Book at least 14 days after your build date. We recommend booking 1 hour, depending on the amount of detail :)

3. Pick up: We will fire it again in the kiln. In approximately 14 days after glazing, it’ll be ready for pickup.

Size

3.5" H × 3" W

Techniques & Materials

techniques: hand-building, tape masking, glazing

materials: stoneware clay, underglazes, high fire clear glaze

Stoneware Clay 101

The most important thing to remember when working with clay is to relax and enjoy the process of making hand made art! Clay is like magical mud for creating fantastic pottery and cool ceramics. First, you shape it into whatever you want. Then it has to air dry and go into a super-hot oven called a kiln, where it gets fired at really high temperatures (around 1,200°C!). After it’s been fired once it’s ready for the colourful and clear glazes! Finally, it gets fired again to cure the glazes to the clay.

"Autumn paints in colours that summer has never seen."

—Unknown