make & paint your own mug

make & paint your own mug

join us for 2 hours full of crafty chat, inspiration & fun

meet new people, make new friends, create & feel inspired

how it works:

• you will get ~500g of clay

• I will take you through the steps to make your own ceramic mug, perfect for your morning beverage

• we will spend the first half of the session making the piece & the second half painting with a wide range of underglaze colours to choose from!

• I will take your handmade beauty & the ceramic fairies will finish your piece off for you (kiln firing & top glazing)

• the mug will be fired & available for collection or shipping (for a small fee) approximately 4 weeks after the workshop depending on kiln wait times

• it will be food safe, dishwasher friendly & a magnificent addition to your handmade collection (or the start of one!)

• all materials are provided, all you need to bring is yourself!

what you will get to go home with:

• your own handmade & hand painted ceramic mug (after it has been fired)!

• a night of stimulating conversation

• new connections & friendships

• a sense of belonging to a new community

some notes on the glazing:

• we will be using underglaze to paint the mugs

• underglazes are designed for decorative painting only (not covering the entire mug in one colour), so challenge your creativity to come up with a pattern or design that you want to do!

• I will have lots of inspiration & ideas for you to look through

• underglazes will look different once they've worked their magic in the kiln, so test tiles are provided as your guide when choosing your colour palette

everyone of all abilities is welcome, however you must be over 16 to attend <3

important things to note:

I do my absolute best to guide you through the steps of making the mug & taking care of them throughout the drying and firing process. It is extremely rare, however there is a small chance that cracks may appear in your finished cup. The best way to avoid this is to listen to the steps carefully, make your mug with care and spend a time during the workshop smoothing over any cracks that appear and sponging down your piece well before glazing. How your cup looks when you finish making it is how it will dry and look after firing, so do your best to smooth it out and remove any cracks or bumps that you don't want in the final piece!