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Christmas workshops: Tuesday evenings and Wednesday afternoons, until 16 December. See the dates (Dates)

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Weekly classes

Ceramics classes near Lodève

Tuesday evenings for adults, Wednesdays for ages 6 to 14: two hours of wheel throwing and hand-building, 6 people at most. I also give private wheel-throwing lessons by appointment.

Clay coils, a small bowl and modelling tools on the table

Outside the school holidays

Tuesday evening classes for adults

Classes follow themed series of five to seven weeks between school holidays. Over the series you throw and hand-build your pieces, decorate them, then glaze them. The ones we choose together are fired, and you collect them at the studio.

  • Two hoursAdults on Tuesdays from 5.30 to 7.30 pm. Children and teenagers aged 6 to 14 on Wednesday afternoons (adults on request).
  • Small group6 people at most. Beginners and regulars side by side.
  • Throwing and hand-buildingThe studio has one wheel: everyone takes a turn, and hand-builds the rest of the time.

Adult classes

Two hours of wheel throwing and hand-building in a small group, on Tuesday evenings.

Prices: Adult classes
OptionPrice
Single classYou take your piece home unfired. Glazing and firing optional (€15 a piece)€32for 2 hours
Book of 5 classesOne class is for glazing, firing included€150€30 a class
Book of 10 classesOne class is for glazing, firing included€290€29 a class

Single classes are paid on the day, books of classes in advance. The studio has one wheel: everyone takes a turn at it, and hand-builds the rest of the time.

Children and teenagers

Wednesdays, ages 6 to 14

On Wednesday afternoons, children and teenagers aged 6 to 14 come without their parents, six at most. They hand-build, take turns at the wheel, decorate and glaze their pieces. Books of classes work just like the adult ones. Adults can also come on Wednesdays, on request.

Parents drop their child off inside the studio and pick them up on time. During the holidays there are also mini-workshops, and a child can join an adult workshop with a parent.

Classes for ages 6 to 14

On Wednesdays, two hours with clay for children and teenagers, without their parents. Six at most.

Prices: Classes for ages 6 to 14
OptionPrice
Single classPiece taken home unfired€30for 2 hours
Book of 5 classesSame as the adult books: glazing and firing included€125€25 a class
Book of 10 classesGlazing and firing included€220€22 a class

Holiday mini-workshops

Workshops for schools (in French)

  • Small modelled cat added to the rim of a pot
    A little cat on the rim of a pot.
  • Coloured soap dishes on a table
    Colourful soap dishes.
  • Sketches of pieces in a notebook during a workshop
    First, a sketch.
  • A small pinch pot taking shape between the hands
    A pinch pot.

Coming series

Each series has its own theme and ends with glazing the pieces.

All dates

  • 3 November to 16 December 2026

    Christmas workshops

    ClassesBooking open

    Tuesdays 5.30 to 7.30 pm and Wednesdays 2 to 4 pm

    For adults, teenagers and children with a parent. We make presents, decorations and candle holders.

    €32 a class, or a book of classes

  • 2 to 31 March 2027

    “In the garden” series

    Classes

    Tuesday evenings and Wednesday afternoons

    Pots, planters and saucers for the garden.

  • 20 April to 26 May 2027

    “The shared table” series

    Classes

    Tuesday evenings and Wednesday afternoons

    Bowls, cups and sharing dishes.

  • 1 to 30 June 2027

    Free June

    Classes

    Tuesday evenings and Wednesday afternoons

    A piece of your choice or a wall decoration, with one-to-one guidance.

  • From September to the autumn half-term 2027

    Autumn series

    Classes

    Tuesday evenings and Wednesday afternoons

    Everyday tableware: bowls, mugs, boxes.

By appointment

Private wheel-throwing lesson

Two hours at the wheel with me. You learn to centre the clay, open it, raise a form and finish it. To discover throwing, or to improve if you have already started.

If there are two of you, you share the same wheel: the three of us work together, taking turns, and you learn a lot by watching each other. Private lessons are for wheel throwing only: there are no single hand-building sessions.

Private wheel-throwing lesson

Two hours at the wheel with me, for one person, or for two people sharing the same wheel.

Prices: Private wheel-throwing lesson
OptionPrice
1 person€50for 2 hours
2 people on the same wheel€64 for two€32per person

Thrown pieces go home unfired. Glazing and firing can be added, €15 a piece. Private lessons are paid on the day.

  • Trimming a bowl: the foot is shaped with a tool.
  • A first bowl on the wheel.

Considered firing

Glazing and firing your pieces

With a book of classes, one class is for glazing and firing is included. After a single class or a private lesson, your piece goes home unfired, or you can have it glazed and fired.

Fired pieces can go in the dishwasher, but not in the microwave.

Glazing and firing

For a piece made in a single class or a private lesson.

Prices: Glazing and firing
OptionPrice
Glazing and firing one pieceMore than one piece: on quotation€15per piece

Not everything gets fired: we choose together which pieces go in the kiln. A piece you are not happy with stays unfired, and its clay is recycled.

Good to know

Materials

Clay, tools and colours are provided. I can lend you an apron. Wear clothes that can get dirty.

Your pieces

Pieces dry slowly under plastic, then go through two firings. I let you know by message when they are ready, and you collect them at the studio.

Payment

Books of classes are paid in advance. Single classes and private lessons are paid on the day. Full details are in the terms and conditions (in French).

Book a class

There is no online booking. Send me a message on Instagram, call me or email me, and I will be glad to reply.