Events & Exhibitions

London Potters – Annual General Meeting

London Potters Annual General Meeting. Please mark your diaries for 15th October 2022. 2:00pm - 5:00pm. Location to be confirmed. All members are invited. The meeting will include a special guest as the key note speaker as well as networking time.

Free

Members Exhibition Private View

The Department Store 248 Ferndale Road, London, United Kingdom

This is the London Potters Members Exhibition Private View.  All exhibitors are invited. Date: Thursday 3rd November 2022 Time: 18.00 - 21.00 Location: Downstairs at The Department Store, 248 Ferndale Road, Brixton, London, SW9 8FR. Agenda: 18:00 Private View Opens 19.00 Judging and Prize giving 21.00 Close

Free

Kate Malone MBE Studio Visit – Exclusive to London Potters members

UPDATE: This event is now sold out. Please email events@londonpotters.com with your email and contact info to be put onto the waiting list.   Our wonderful Honorary  Ambassador Kate Malone MBE is opening her Balls Pond Studio exclusively for London Potters members to visit. Meet Kate and chat all things ceramic, ask questions over tea […]

£60.00

Hand Skills: Why do they matter and why do we need to pass them on?

In this 2023 kick off lecture for London Potters, Duncan Hooson and Julia Rowntree of Clayground Collective will challenge the conventional view of clay simply as a medium for making pots. Clayground will challenge you to look at your own skills in a new light and reflect on the responsibility to pass these on.

£11.00 – £12.50

LP Showcase at Barbican Library – Private View

Barbican Library Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, United Kingdom

This is the Private View of the LP Showcase at Barbican Library Date: Wednesday 8th February 2023 Time: 18.00 - 20.00 Location: Barbican Library Exhibition Space, Level 2, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS Nearest Underground Stations: Barbican, Moorgate, St. Paul's Artist images from left to right: Birgit Pohl, Sheena McMahon, Liz Workman, Ömer […]

Free

Sharpen Your Turning Tools Workshop with Rei Raz

Cernamic, 36a Windus Road, Stoke Newington N16 6UP Cernamic, 36a Windus Road, Stoke Newington, London, United Kingdom

This is a practical workshop, led by Rei Raz, where you will be able to learn to sharpen your tools and test them on leather hard pieces. By the end of the workshop you will gain some understanding of tool design and edge geometry, and hands-on experience in sharpening one of your turning tools using […]

£27.00 – £30.00

Introduction to Sogetsu Ikebana – Talk & Demonstration

This is the first out of two events where the art of Ikebana meets ceramics. We are delighted that Kaoru Furukawa, Director of Sogetsu School of Ikebana London Branch (SSILB) will be kicking off the event with a talk about Ikebana. The talk will be followed by demonstration arrangements by Mrs Irene Moore, Chartered member of SSILB.

£11.00 – £12.50

State of Clay Session 1 11am – 1pm: Throwing Miniature Porcelain Pots

Open Ealing. Unit 14, School Lane, Dickens Yard W5 2TD Open Ealing. Unit 14, School Lane, Dickens Yard, Ealing, London

We are pleased that State of Clay is offering 2 x two hour workshops to throw miniature porcelain pots with slip decoration for 20 attendees on the 20th May 2023.

Free – £50.00

State of Clay Session 2 2pm – 4pm – Throwing Miniature Porcelain Pots with Slip Decoration

Open Ealing. Unit 14, School Lane, Dickens Yard W5 2TD Open Ealing. Unit 14, School Lane, Dickens Yard, Ealing, London

State of Clay is offering 2 x two hour workshops to throw miniature porcelain pots with slip decoration for 20 attendees on the 20th May 2023. This includes a talk, demonstration and practical work on mini wheels. Attendees may make between three to six pots during the two hour session. Attendees will receive finished pots which are fired to 1260C 1 - 2 weeks after the workshop. 

£45.00 – £50.00

Saggar Firing with Nam Tran

Cernamic, 36a Windus Road, Stoke Newington N16 6UP Cernamic, 36a Windus Road, Stoke Newington, London, United Kingdom

During this workshop, attendees will learn to saggar fire using the burrito firing method (as is called in America) i.e. using temporary saggar to insulate the pots in a raku kiln and using different matters and ferric chloride to create effects on burnished forms. Attendees will need to bring two bisqued, burnished with terrasig forms, […]

Free – £55.00

2023 Annual Makers Award

We are pleased to announce our fourth Annual Makers Award, open to all London Potters members regardless of their stage on the ceramic journey.  You may be a student, part time or professional maker to apply. The award encompasses our education remit in order to help you, our members, advance your ceramic practise. To apply you must complete your application form providing details on what you would do with the prize money and how it will help you.