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Explore our range of practical classes and tuition designed to help you move forward with confidence, wherever you're headed next.
Clay Pathways
Small steps. Lasting forms. In the quiet of Chapel Mews.
At Mews Art Studio we believe pottery is a gentle, personal journey. Our six pottery wheels and sunlit workspace in Chapel Mews, Hove, create an exclusive setting where only a handful of makers gather at a time.
Whether you have never touched clay or have been shaping it for years, our Mews Clay Pathways guide you from first curious touch to confident, creative mastery. Every pathway is limited to 6 participants so you receive individual guidance in a calm, supportive atmosphere.
All materials, firings, glazes and tools are included. Aprons provided — just bring yourself (and an old shirt if you wish).
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Pathways
First Touch
Your gentle introduction to clay in the mews.
A relaxed 2.5-hour taster session designed for complete beginners and curious locals. You’ll spend the morning (or evening) pinching, coiling and slab-building two small pieces, then watch a quiet wheel demonstration that often sparks something deeper.
Duration: 2.5 hours
Price: £45 per person
Max 6 participants
Includes: all clay, tools, glazing and firing of your two pieces (ready in 2–3 weeks)
Outcome: Leave with finished work, a studio tour, and the warm certainty that you belong here.
Perfect as your first step into our members-only world. Many of our current members began exactly here.
Clay Roots
Where your practice takes hold.
A six-week foundations course for those ready to build real confidence in the studio.
Over six unhurried sessions you’ll move through handbuilding, throwing on your own wheel, combining techniques, and finally glazing your finished work. By the end you’ll know our studio inside out and be ready to book open studio time independently.
Duration: 2.5 hours once a week for 6 weeks
Price: £195 for the full series
Max 6 participants (one wheel each during throwing weeks)
Includes: all materials, bisque and glaze firings, personal sketchbook
Schedule: Tuesday evenings (quietest slot in Hove)
Graduates receive priority open-studio access and 10% off their first month of membership
Throwing Flow
Find rhythm on the wheel.
A four-week intermediate series focused entirely on the wheel. With your own wheel for every session, you’ll practise centring, pulling consistent walls, shaping bowls, cylinders and simple vases, then learn trimming and finishing.
Duration: 2.5 hours once a week for 4 weeks
Price: £165
Max 5–6 participants
Ideal after completing Clay Roots or for those with some prior experience
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Surface Stories
Give your pieces voice through texture and mark.
A one-day intensive exploring the beautiful language of surface decoration. Learn slips, underglazes, sgraffito, texture, and simple resist techniques on tiles or vessels you’ve already made (or will throw during the session).
Duration: 5 hours (including lunch break)
Price: £85
Max 6 participants
Includes: all materials and firing