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Pottery painting, Clay and Craft workshops by the sea
Handmade Margate is a cosy seaside shop and craft studio, offering pottery painting and creative workshops for all ages alongside a selection of handmade ceramics, art, and vintage curios.
It’s the perfect place to discover something unique — or to make something special yourself.
Pottery Painting in Margate
Choose your pottery, pick your colours and paint something completely your own. Pieces start from £12, with glazing and firing include
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Upcoming Workshops
Cat Sculptures with Potty Jane
Spend two lovely hours making a pair of charming ceramic cats, each full of its own little personality.
Whether you want to make them sleek and elegant, round and goofy, or inspired by a real cat you know and love, this workshop is all about creating two small sculptural companions to take pride of place on a shelf at home.
With step-by-step guidance from Potty Jane, you’ll learn how to shape and build your cats by hand from slabbed clay, adding expression, posture, ears, tails and all the little details that bring them to life.
Once your sculptures are made, you’ll paint both of them with colourful underglazes, adding markings, stripes, spots, faces and any extra decorative touches you like.
This session is suitable for confident beginners as well as those with a little more experience.
It’s relaxed, creative, and focused on making something full of character rather than aiming for perfection. Every cat will come out a little different, and that is very much part of the magic.
Duration: 2 hours
Price: £42 per person
Level: Beginner-friendly to intermediate
You’ll make:
Two hand-sculpted ceramic cat figures
What’s included:
Clay, tools, colourful underglazes, glazing, firing, and step-by-step guidance from Potty Jane
Collecting your work:
Your cats will be ready to collect in around 4–6 weeks, once they have been dried, fired and glazed
£10 booking deposit: this will be deducted from your final piece.
Pottery painting is relaxing, creative and remarkably good at making 90 minutes disappear. Our artists are here with advice, painted examples and plenty of inspiration whenever you need it.
Booking and payment
Pay £10 per painter today to reserve your seats.
When you arrive, choose your pottery and pay the remaining price in the studio.
Your £10 booking payment is deducted from it — so if you choose a £25 mug, you’ll pay £15 on the day.
Pieces start from £15, with most mugs, bowls and side plates around £25–£30. We offer high-quality ready-to-paint pottery alongside a changing selection of one-off pieces hand-thrown by our resident artists.
Smaller add-on pieces are also available if you’d like to keep painting or make an extra little something.
Your pottery price includes
Up to 90 minutes of painting time
Ceramic colours and materials
Help and advice from our artists
Professional glazing and kiln firing
One hot or cold drink
We can post items at an additional cost, depending on size and weight.
Your finished pottery will be ready to collect in approximately 2 weeks.
Children
Children are very welcome, with plenty of smaller pieces and playful examples available. An adult must stay with them throughout the session. Please book one place for every person painting.
Good to know
Additional drinks and snacks are available to buy.
Marlow, our friendly cocker spaniel and assistant manager, is often in the studio. Please contact us before booking if anyone in your group has a dog allergy or is nervous around dogs.
Slow down. Get your hands muddy. Make a mug that is truly yours.
In this relaxed, beginner-friendly workshop you’ll hand-build a ceramic mug using traditional slabbing techniques, shaping it from a simple lump of white clay into a functional, one-of-a-kind cup. Once your form is finished, you’ll decorate your mug using underglaze colours, marks, patterns or illustrations — bold or subtle and joyfully unique, it’s entirely up to you.
No experience needed. This is about process, play, and the satisfaction of making something useful with your hands.
What’s included
– All clay, tools and materials
– Step-by-step guidance throughout
– One handmade mug per person
– Decoration with underglaze colours
– Bisque and glaze firing
– Clear glaze finish
– Your finished mug ready to collect in approx 4-6 weeks
What you’ll do
– Learn slabbing techniques
– Shape and refine your mug form
– Add handles and details
– Decorate with underglaze colour and texture
– Leave the firing to us
The details
Duration: approx. 2 hours
Level: Absolute beginners welcome
Age: Suitable for adults and older children who can happily sit and focus for two hours
Class size: Groups of up to 8 for a calm, hands-on experience
Your mug will be fired and glazed by us after the session and will be food-safe and made to be used every day — tea tastes better from something you’ve made yourself.
Perfect as a treat for yourself, a thoughtful gift, or a creative afternoon by the sea.