Painted ceramic baby hand and footprints

Some things are worth making slowly.

Westbourne's own pottery studio, a short walk from the Victorian Arcade and Alum Chine beach. Everyone is welcome at the wheel.

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Welcome

Hello, I'm Jo.

I've spent ten years making, teaching and firing, and now my wheels and my kiln have a home in Westbourne. Come in for an hour or an evening, sit down at the wheel, and see what your hands can do. Never touched clay before? Most people haven't. That's the fun part.

Wessex FM Best New Business winner, ten years at the wheel.

More about the studio

Painted ceramic plate with a baby's hand and footprints

Bespoke baby prints · The gift no one else makes

And for the smallest hands in your life.

One quiet morning, a gentle press into soft clay, and you'll have them at this size forever. Painted prints or raised 3D casts, glazed by Jo, fired twice, ready in about three weeks. Posted anywhere in the UK.

From £35 · 3D casts from £60

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Suitable from just a few days old. We take our time.

What's on this autumn

Every class starts the same way. An apron, a wedge of clay, and no idea what you're capable of yet. Pick a day and find out.

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Wednesday evening wheel class

Autumn term from Wed 16 Sept · 7 to 9pm · weekly

£150 per term Book

● Available

Saturday morning taster

Sat 3 Oct, 10am to 12:30pm · one-off

£48 Book

● Available

Christmas gifts, made early

Sat 24 Oct, 10am to 1pm · one-off

£55 Book

Fresh from the kiln

Everything here was made by someone who walked in as a beginner. The shelf changes every week, and your first bowl could be on it.

Clay snowmen with fairy lights after their first firing — Neve's snowmen, first firing

Raised cast of a baby hand and foot in a box frame — Harper's prints, nine weeks

Painted hare sitting on a ceramic moon — The hare and the moon, glazed and home

Red-capped ceramic mushroom fairy house — A fairy house from the Thursday group

Painted handprint plate — Quinn's handprint, eighteen weeks

Children painting clay snowmen at the big table — Half-term little makers

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Around the kiln

Most people come for one class and stay for the company. Start with a taster, settle into a weekly group, and when the Kiln Club opens you can rent bench time, use the wheels and fire your own work here.

Visit Around the Kiln

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Kiln Club memberships launch this autumn. Register your interest and be first on the list.

Firing night is the last Friday of the month. The members' shelf comes out of the kiln at 6pm.

“The Wednesday class is the highlight of my week.”

Sue, Westbourne

“Frankie's footprints made his nana cry. Happy tears.”

Amy, Southbourne

Well-behaved dogs welcome

Step-free access, prams and wheelchairs welcome

Buses stop on Poole Road, parking close by

Tue to Sat, 9:30 to 5, plus evening classes