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Drop-in Handbook

Caught the clay-bug? Need some extra time to finish the projects you started within your course? Then our Drop-In Sessions could be perfect for you!

Running as a teacher led drop in at our Walthamstow studio every Tuesday morning from 10am - 12:30pm these supervised sessions give students the perfect opportunity to build up their pottery skills and an opportunity for the teacher to guide you on anything you may have missed. Our regular, mentor lead sessions run on Tuesday, Thursdays and Sundays across all of our studios.

Our Drop In sessions are suitable for anyone who has done at least a 6 week course with us or the equivalent experience and are confident with working independently. It is not suitable for those without any prior pottery experience.

Drop-In students are welcome to use all tools, glazes and slips free of charge, and clay is charged at £5 per kg that you want fired.

Due to the capacity of our kiln and our growing number of students, we have had to put some restrictions in place. This is to ensure that your work can be stored safely, and that a manageable amount of work is handled by our Studio Assistants.

• Drop-In students will be allowed to fill 1 board ( approximately 25cm x 40cm) in each session. It is difficult for us to accommodate production throwers, but we would be happy to recommend studios that allow for higher volumes of work.

• To keep our kiln happy, we cannot allow work made elsewhere to be brought in for firing, or any of your own clay or glazes to be used.

• There's a maximum limit of one hand built plate per person per six week period (due to kiln restrictions), however you are welcome to make multiples of other pieces e.g. cups or bowls.

In order to ensure that you are fully equipped to use the studio, please read our handbook.

To avoid disappointment, we recommend booking your Drop-In Sessions in advance, as they fill up very quickly. If something unexpected crops up and you cannot attend, we are able to allow transfers to other dates up until 14 days prior to the date of your original booking. We are unable to offer a transfer if it is outside of this time-frame. The session times are also fixed, and we cannot offer discounts for those who wish to attend part of a session.

If you have any questions about our Drop-In Sessions, please get in touch with our Office Manager via email at officemanager@skandihus.co.uk.