The Grain Store

The Grain Store is a brand new pottery studio which sits alongside our founding site, The Old Workshop, nestled in the Kent countryside and surrounded by orchards. Since opening in May it has become home to a range of new classes including:

  • Decoration & Glazing

  • Throwing for Beginners

  • Hand Building

  • Slip Casting

  • Sculpture

This new space will also enable us to expand our evening class schedule, offer more classes for children and increase our range of one-off workshops. Please subscribe to our newsletter to be kept informed as further classes and courses become available.


Short Courses

We will be running four short courses in our new studio, The Grain Store, this September 2022. These will each consist of four three-hour classes delivered over a four week period, with a choice of morning or afternoon sessions. These courses include:

Decorative Platter Making

Stephen Duffy

Monday 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th September 2022

Throwing for Beginners

Africa Lopez

6th, 13th, 20th, 27th September 2022

Wheel Thrown Porcelain

Peter Black

Wednesday 7th, 14th, 22nd, 28th September 2022

Ceramic Assemblage and Mixed Media

Stathis Dimitriadis

Thursday 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th September 2022


Slip Casting Classes

We are also excited to announce a new regular class, Slip Casting, run by David Richardson on Fridays. The course will run for 7 weeks during our Autumn Term! This is the first ever slip casting course held at The Ceramic Studio and we have brand new equipment ready for use. Sessions will run every Friday from 16th September - 28th October 2022 with both morning and afternoon sessions available.


Guest Potters

We have an exciting line up of guest potters workshops at The Grain Store in October and November 2022. All of these are now open for booking:

Tanya Gomez

Throwing Large

3rd-5th October 2022

3 day workshop £525

Elaine Bolt

Porcelain and Mixed Media

17th October-18th October 2022

2 day workshop £525

Richard Phethean

Throwing Bigger Pots

24th-28th October 2022

5 day workshop £850

Chris Keenan

Wheel Thrown Porcelain

31st October-4th November 2022

5 day workshop £995

James Ort

Ceramic Animals

7th-8th and 24th November 2022

3 day workshop £525

Matthew Blakely

An Exploration of Glazing

16th-18th November 2022

3 day workshop £525

Catherine Kurtz

Let’s Get Drawing

21st-25th November 2022

5 day workshop £500

 

If you are coming from further afield for one of our courses, we have put together some information about where to stay and how to get here which you might find helpful: