This pottery taster workshop will teach you how to make a cup using the slab building technique. Finish off your one of a kind piece by creating your own individual markings and textures by etching and carving into the clay. Your handmade piece will be bisque & glaze fired and ready for pick up at a later date.

This well-rounded course introduces the fundamentals of creating functional ceramic pieces while encouraging you to bring personality into your work through texture, form, and sculptural exploration. Through Naomi’s demonstrations and hands-on learning, you’ll explore a blend of hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques while discovering the joy of working with clay and its many creative possibilities. This course is open to beginners, as well as those looking to expand their skills.

Whether you’re aiming to become a Mud Master or simply looking to relax after a long day, this four-week multi-level evening workshop will take you through wheel throwing, trimming, and glazing techniques.

With Iza’s guidance, you can create your own cups, mugs, bowls & vases or materialize a clay project you have in mind. Open to beginner and intermediate potters—no prior experience needed.

Create mesmerizing marbled ceramic vases and cups by combining contrasting coloured clay and shaping it on the potters wheel. In this hands-on weekend workshop, you’ll learn the basics of agateware: from mixing pigmented clay to wheel-throwing on day one, and trimming your works to reveal a swirl of vibrant patterns on day two.

Whether you're new to pottery or looking to add a new technique to your skill set, this workshop will leave you inspired and with beautiful, one-of-a-kind pieces to take home.

Looking for time to focus on a project or need some technical advice? Join us on Fridays to work independently in our fully equipped ceramics studio. These weekly drop-in sessions are perfect for practitioners seeking studio space to develop their own projects or hone their skills. You'll have support from one of our wonderful technicians, who will be on hand to offer basic technical guidance. Our technicians, Val Ong and Georgia Hood, will be sharing the role – with Georgia stepping in while Val is away on an artist residency.

Join this 2-day teapot workshop. On day one, you’ll create the elements of your teapot on the wheel—forming the body, lid, and spout by throwing off the hump. On day two, you’ll make a handle, trim and refine each piece before assembling everything into a finished teapot and decorating with underglaze.

Previous experience on the wheel is recommended. Make and fire up to two teapots.

Enjoy a relaxed weekend learning how to make your own mugs. On day one, you’ll focus on throwing cylinders on the wheel and shaping your forms. On day two, you’ll trim your pieces, attach handles, and decorate them using underglazes.

This is a multilevel workshop, suitable for complete beginners as well as those with some experience who want to practice and refine their technique through repetition.

Join artist Olivia Asher for a hand-building workshop focused on texture, tactility and embracing irregularity. This workshop encourages an intuitive approach to working with clay and its natural movement. Participants will explore pinching, coiling, surface manipulation, and tactile mark-making to create small vessel forms that sit between the sculptural and the functional. Suitable for any skill level.

Learn the pinch pot technique in this immersive hand-building pottery workshop. These workshops are designed for learning the basic pottery techniques for handbuilding with clay.

Use the themed technique to create a bowl, trinket dish, or simply experiment and go with the flow. All pieces will be bisque and glaze fired, ready for pick up at a later date.


This pottery taster workshop allows you plenty of room to experiment and to create your own bespoke vessel such as a mug or cup, while learning the basics for hand-building with clay. Your creation will be fired and ready for pick up at a later date.

A playdate for the plant-obsessed (or plant-curious). Join us for a slow, creative session where you’ll build a tiny self-contained world to take home. This workshop is about connection, creativity, and getting your hands busy in the best way. Come solo or bring a friend — you’ll leave with something beautiful and a little lighter than you arrived

Within this course you’ll be taken through the steps to create your own taper candles, tuned to your desires and intentions. Spell candles are used to represent certain goals, herbs and oils are dressed in to amplify their purpose and manifestations used within the practice of magikal rituals, opening the door of enchantment in your life. Through this course you'll create your own hand dipped wax candles, selecting a colour and rolling them in your choice of herbs and oils.

Unleash your artistic potential as we delve into traditional drawing techniques. From outlines and shading to texture and perspective, we'll capture the likeness of reference photographs. Join us to refine your skills, unlock new horizons, and create stunning artworks that leave a lasting impression.

This course will introduce you to the head drawing methods taught by masters Frank Riley, Andrew Loomis and John Asaro. Through this you will learn how to see the head in shapes and planes for doing portrait paintings and drawings and learn how to accurately see proportions, where to place the features on a face. By the end you will be able to capture portraits with confidence, speed and efficiency. In the long term, using the charcoal pencil as a brush will also teach you how to paint when you move on to other mediums. This portrait drawing class occasionally includes live models for observation and practice.

This course will be an introduction into figure drawing where we will learn how to construct more realistic figures by learning about gesture, structure, and proportion. We will learn how to convey a sense of gesture to give flow and life to the figure and structure to give a sense of 3D form. We will also learn about how to construct a figure in proportion by finding key landmarks on the figure helping us to map the figure out. This class includes life drawing models for drawing practice.

Come along and work independently in our printmaking studio. Studio One Toi Tū has three print presses available, including a large-scale printing press, and we want our community to utilise them. Bring your own projects and work alongside likeminded creatives. Our longstanding printmaking tutor, Beth Serjeant will be able to provide technical advice and some limited materials will be available.

Join Ina Arraoui for a printmaking class to explore the exciting possibilities of printing with recycled Tetra Pak cartons. Learn how to cut, ink, and print images to achieve a variety of visual effects, expressive lines, shapes and textures.

Suitable for beginners and those new to printmaking.

Mokuhanga, the Japanese method of water-based woodblock printing, is best known for the iconic ukiyo-e prints of Japan’s Edo period. In this course, you’ll be introduced to the fundamentals of this sustainable and low-tech printmaking technique. You’ll explore design considerations, carving methods, the effective registration system and printing techniques unique to mokuhanga. The course is suitable for beginners as well as experienced artists, printmakers, and anyone with an interest in Japanese art and craft traditions.

Learn a fun and cost effective way to create stencils for screen printing in this hands-on 4 hour workshop. Using an embroidery hoop, mesh, and screen filler, you’ll make your own DIY screen and print an original design with water-based inks. Take home your handmade screen and finished prints so you can continue printing on textiles or paper at home.

Suitable for beginners, as well as anyone wanting to learn a new printmaking technique.

Join Tamariki Pottery and explore the joy of working with clay! In this hands-on class, children will learn the fundamentals of pottery while creating both functional pieces and imaginative sculptural forms. They will experiment with texture, decoration, and underglaze techniques to bring their ideas to life. 

In a fully equipped art studio, students work progressively to develop their own visual language. Experienced artist and tutor, Tanja, supports students and encourages research and exploration into art history, music, and popular culture. Directed by individual needs, students discover their creative potential and build confidence in their art practice. This course is ideal for teens at all skill levels and is a great bridge for those considering further education in the arts.

This term offers a ceramics-focused exploration of clay, complemented by drawing and colour work, and will conclude with an exhibition in our Sidewalk Gallery.

The Casual Drop-In Art Group invites school leavers to immerse themselves in a relaxed and friendly environment that includes on-site galleries, studios, art classes, and communal outdoor space. You can join us for an hour or stay for four in the dedicated sculpture and making studio. There will be an opportunity to explore your own interests with clay, drawing, and painting media—or bring along your own work. Experienced artists will be available to guide your ideas, providing insights and techniques to help you. All materials, equipment, and clay firings will be provided. Let us know if you are thinking of joining us by booking a spot, and enjoy some art making time with others.

Design your own Monster Mug this winter holidays! Choose from your favourite freaky Monster. Create your own hand built clay Mug. Glaze it, decorate it and bring your Monster Mug to life. Take home a colourful, fired, full functional ceramic Mug!

Design your own Monster Mug this spring holidays! Choose from your favourite freaky Monster. Create your own hand built clay Mug. Glaze up - bring your Monster Mug to life. Take home a colourful glazed and fired ceramic Monster Mug just in time for Halloween!

Celebrate the spooky season by creating your own Halloween clay beasts and creatures. In this hands-on workshop, we will explore sculpting techniques, texture, and character design to bring eerie creations to life. From mischievous goblins and strange monsters to whimsical creatures inspired by folklore and fantasy, participants will be encouraged to let their imagination run wild. Come dressed to get a little messy and enjoy two creative days of sculpting, storytelling, and Halloween fun.