This is a two hour masterclass with Bristol based ceramic artist Get Ya Pots Out. This Masterclass will include weighing and preparing the clay (wedging) before learning techniques including slab rolling, surface textures & detailing. Together you will make a slab built pot which you are able to personalise with wonky & wobbly bits, stretch marks, body hair and all the beautiful parts of our bodies that make us unique! You may choose to use your own body for inspiration or your imagination; you are completely free to create your pot however you may wish. All bodies and all abilities are welcome. It’s so refreshing to see the variety of Emma’s pots – designs include pregnancy and mastectomy pots, skin with vitiligo, stretch marks, nipple piercings and hair. There’s tattooed breasts, breast reduction scars, tits adorned with flowers, symmetrical and unsymmetrical breasts alike. There’s the saggy and the pert, the large, the small and everything in between. I think PYTAL’s popularity in part is due to a wide variety of women seeing themselves represented in Emma’s work, in a way they haven’t previously. Not only can they see a piece of art that looks like them, they can own it. I think my favourite thing is opening up the kiln after a glaze firing to see how everything's turned out. Every firing can be completely different and you can't always guarantee the alchemy and magic which has taken place during the previous 24 hours. At this fun London pottery class, you’ll be shown how to work with clay, how to construct your own pot and then you'll focus on the art of adding boobs! Your pots will then be left to dry and then kiln fired. For a shiny, waterproof pot, you can join one of our painted ceramics sessions. Once it’s painted, we’ll glaze and kiln-fire it again and it will be completely waterproof - perfect for a cup, plant pot or anything really!

We also host creative birthdays, hen parties, team building days and brand / PR / influencer events, get in touch if of interest. Finished pieces should be used with care as they may be more delicate than something you would buy from TK Maxx. After use it should be washed by hand, rather than in the dishwasher. We advise against microwaving your pieces as they are not ‘microwave safe’ and get very hot! We say, treat it like the precious family heirloom it could become. By all means enjoy using your wonderful creations, but treat them with the love and care they deserve. This is a fabulous, fun and safe space to get creative and celebrate all bodies being beautiful. This is perfect for evening get togethers with friends, hen do’s & birthdays (the list could go on!). Whatever your reason for coming to join us, we can’t wait to see you there! Join in with your friends (great fun if you're looking for birthday party ideas or hen party ideas!) or head along with family or colleagues to learn pottery making together. Alternatively, have a go solo and meet other crafty beginners in the neighbourhood. I really enjoy camping, having a fire and being outdoors. Living by the sea is relaxing in itself and I love to walk along the beach and go sea swimming. Occasionally I manage to relax with a book but as I've just bought a house, which needs plenty of attention, relaxing isn't always a priority.

Alternatively, you can take your pot home and paint it with acrylic paint. If painted with acrylics, your pot will look great, but it will not be waterproof or food safe. It will still look super cute on a shelf and would work for a cactus pot! Then there's the elephant in the room – my boob pots. These have proven a big hit and I continue to develop them in various functional forms. Mugs, vases, jugs, bowls, egg cups, plant pots – you name it, I will create a unique boob pot in any form. All shapes and sizes, every one unique, and I love it when customers try to find their personal body match. With Emma’s boyfriend being so creative (he studied photography at Uni and takes the photographs of the pots.) He is also a talented painter, (they collaborated on an abstract painted pot together) and more work may be on the cards. Emma says she does no experimental work at the moment, which she wants to try more of. “Have more fun, do more collabs, don’t take it so seriously”,that’s her plan.

I’m not happy with how my pot turned out and felt a bit disappointed. I would suggest a bit more time for newbies and if people are late start without them. It was my first time doing pottery and I sadly didn’t enjoy it. It was actually Emma’s boyfriend who was the potter in the relationship, having previously completed a ceramics course – something Emma had always wanted to do. She tells me she has always been creative, but had never quite found her niche. She made her first pot, modelled on her own breasts, as a Christmas present for her boyfriend. After making the pot for him, Emma caught the clay bug so to speak. Alongside working in retail,she completed a 10-weeknight course in pottery. Admittedly, she tells me she doesn’t use too much of the technical aspects in her work — the glazing or use of a kiln (perhaps one day, she notes.)I'm a potter working in the Ouseburn area of Newcastle, where I have a studio which I share with other potters. My work is mostly functional stoneware pieces and sets which I throw and decorate using my signature rawpot glaze effects. I enjoy commissions and working collaboratively with other artists as this challenges my practice and encourages me to explore new techniques and step out of my comfort zone. I understand it’s not your fault the others were so late but we should have started on time without them.