SUMMER SCHOOL
💥 UP TO £120 SAVING💥
June 3 - Sept 10 | Tues, Weds, Thurs | 6.30 - 9pm
Book a single session for £60 or save with a plan of 3 (£30 saving) or 6 sessions (£120 saving)
Our Wheel Throwing Summer School is our discounted and flexible wheel-throwing programme for the quieter months: 3 evenings a week of dedicated time at the wheel, bookable as a one-off or in money-saving packs of 3 or 6.
Suitable for complete beginners and intermediate potters alike.
Where our standard 6-week courses split your time between wheel and hand building, Summer School is all wheel: more sessions, more repetitions, faster progress.
The 6-session pack works out at £40 a session: our best summer rate, and the closest thing we offer to a full beginners course, but with the flexibility to fit your sessions around holidays and however your summer plays out.
What you'll learn:
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Beginners — wedging, centring, pulling walls, throwing bowls and cylinders, and trimming
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Intermediates — refining technique, working larger, exploring new forms with 1:1 guidance
Max 7 students per session, so you'll get real time with your teacher.
Before purchasing your plan please note
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Any pieces you wish to keep can be fired and glazed for an extra fee (£5-£15 size dependant)
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Before purchasing your plan, please check how many spaces are available on each session on the quick book calendar below: Plans only apply to Summer School Wheel-Throwing sessions and are not refundable so make sure to book all your sessions as far in advance as possible to avoid disappointment.
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You can reschedule your sessions up to 7 days prior in your Members Account which is accessible in MORE
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Expert teachers with plenty of 1:1 support (max 6 students per class)
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Beginners: learn wedging, centering, throwing bowls and cylinders, and trimming
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Intermediates: build on your technique with advanced guidance
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Beautiful, calm, centrally located studio- just 1 min walk from stations
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Free tea, great tunes & relaxed friendly vibes
Why Throw at Dalston Clay?
*Firing and in-studio dip glazing of your pieces will be an extra charge of £5 - £10 depending on size. You can also glaze your work yourself at a Glazing Tutorial
Book a single session
2 hr 30 min
60 British pounds
Or find a session plan that works for you...
3 Sessions of Summer School
150£3 x Wheel Throwing Summer School Sessions (£50/session)Valid for 3 months6 Sessions of Summer School
240£6 x Wheel-throwing summer school sessions (£40/session)Valid for 6 months
SAVE
£30
SAVE
£120
Please note that we cannot transfer your booking after one week before your session.
Please see our cancellation policy for further details
If you have already purchased your session plan or would like to purchase a single session of
Wheel Throwing Summer School you can quick book here
Your Teachers
Maya Bansal
is a multidisciplinary artist who graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2025. She works across ceramics, glass, metal, sound, and olfactory media. Her practice explores the societal use of beauty as a vehicle for engaging audiences with urgent social issues. Through immersive, sensory-driven works, she combines materiality and narrative to create accessible entry points into complex subject matter. Influenced by modernist and postmodernist thinking, her work balances optimism with critical reflection. Bansal embeds difficult themes within enchanting, fairy-tale-like visuals, encouraging empathy through subtle engagement rather than confrontation and fostering dialogue and reflection.
Esme Hillier
is a self taught potter whose practice centers around using foraged and found materials; local hand-dug clays, wood and bone processed into ash, rust, broken glass, shells, anything left over or behind! Her work embraces happenstance, even whimsy.
Barnaby Hosking
After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2003, Barnaby has exhibited internationally, working across video installation, sculpture, painting and printing. His subjects explore art-making processes and his connection with nature.
Since 2014 he has developed his ceramic practice as artist and teacher through Dalston Clay. Trained in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), he lives and works between Dalston and North Norfolk, roaming between barn, yurt and camper van.
You can see Barnaby's work at www.barnabyhosking.com
Pink Landscape vase. Raku fired
Yibei Liu
is a figurative sculptor exploring the human condition. Fascinated by human behavior and emotions since childhood, she questions why people act and feel as they do. Her work serves as a personal documentary, capturing her evolving understanding of the complex relationship between emotions, actions, societal influences, and psychological motivations.
Ben Nichols
Ben is a London-based potter from rural Kent, drawn to the wheel since childhood. His practice centers on deep respect for clay's versatility and responsiveness, creating pieces that balance intention with spontaneity—blending traditional technique and contemporary design.
After studying Ceramic Design at Central Saint Martins, he continued evolving his work across London studios, producing, experimenting, and teaching. He's passionate about creating functional yet expressive pieces and helping others discover clay's tactile, meditative process. He aims to foster creative spaces that encourage curiosity, skill-building, and meaningful connection to craft.
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As a CIC and Social Enterprise, it is our intention to make Dalston Clay a studio that is available to everyone, regardless of financial circumstance. While we need to function as a business, we never want money to be the reason why someone can't benefit from what we've built. If you truly can't afford the full cost of our offerings, we invite you to contact us to discuss your situation and we will endeavour to sort something out.
