Best Pottery Classes Johannesburg Near Me

4worldlovers:
Hello! My name is Roy Brooks. Welcome to my world as artist and sculptor. I hope you'll enjoy exploring my work with me...


Works in various private and corporate collections in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, Japan and the USA.


Locally, works in the Palace of the Lost City Hotel at Sun City, with other works held in private and corporate collections throughout South Africa.


Pre-1970's: the Amphitheatre in Durban, and at Art in the Park in Pietermaritzburg.

4worldlovers: My studio is located in a beautiful tranquil environment. I’ll take you through hand-building techniques so you can build what you love at your own pace.

In the beginner's class you will learn about preparing your clay, and techniques you can use to make your forms, from pinching to coiling and building with slabs. It's all about being relaxed and finding your happy place.

First, you build with soft clay, the first lesson we normally do two items, nothing too difficult as that comes later. The clay then dries until it's 'leather hard, at which time you can finish by stamping, carving, imprinting, etc.

The items are then left to become bone dry (usually a few days). After that, they are placed in the kiln to be 'bisque' or 'biscuit' fired. At this stage, you can apply your glaze. It is then fired again - this time at a higher final temperature.

I charge R650 for two classes per person - as you have to return a second time to glaze your pieces (hence no option to just do ONE class) - or R1 200 per person for four classes. One class per week. The classes are three hours... time can go quite fast when you're letting your inner creativity out!

Please bring clothes that can get dirty, positive energy, and ideas!

Saturday classes for September, October, November, December 2023 are fully booked now!

***I do have a waiting list, if you would like me to add your name to it, please WhatsApp me. ***

4worldlovers:
Are you a budding or experienced potter looking for a relaxing, therapeutic atmosphere away from the hustle and bustle of city life? Want to take pottery lessons with others, or start an exciting new pottery project in a fully stocked studio?


Look no further! Bev Wild Ceramics Studio offers you both morning and evening pottery classes, lessons in Boskruin in Johannesburg.


We also offer hand-building, wheel work, bisque ware painting and team building workshops for corporate teams looking for a memorable, stress-free outing .

All levels of experience are welcome to attend classes and workshops.

4worldlovers: Anne qualified as a potter in the late 1970’s, and besides a few years in advertising and some overseas travel, has been teaching and making pots in clay ever since.

She's a member of Ceramics Southern Africa and has been teaching pottery for over forty years. She's been running the popular Corporate and Saturday Team-building Workshops for over fifteen years.

In Anne's own work, she focuses on Porcelain, particularly thrown dinnerware.

The All Fired Up Pottery Studio in Tokai Cape Town is easily accessible to all students. Whether you’re a first-timer, on a team-building mission, looking to buy a tagine or some unique porcelain, I'd love to help you.

Please note, all images displayed on this website feature students, studio shots and work from my forty years running a thriving studio in Johannesburg.

4worldlovers: We offer art classes, art workshops and short art courses for children, teens and adults.

Beginners are welcome and we have offerings that are tailored specifically to the needs of the beginner. Advanced classes are also offered for students wishing to challenge themselves.

Classes and courses cover the use of a variety of materials such as pencil, charcoal, pastel, acrylics, oil paint, clay sculpture and pottery, papier mache and collage mixed media and lino prints.

Adult classes are small which allows for individualised projects and the emphasis is on artistic growth within a supportive environment. There is space in each class for the beginner as well as the advanced student. Students work at their own pace.

In the childrens classes a modular approach is used t explore a wide range of materials and approaches that can be used to make art. Students are encouraged to develop skills and thinking processes in both 2D and 3D projects.

Hilary is a qualified and highly experienced teacher, having taught high school art for over 20 years. She established and headed the Senior Art Department at Dominican Convent School, Belgravia; and as head of that department was the recipient of the Prestigious MTN School Award: Category Best Art Department first place in 2005.

Hilary holds a BA(fine arts) end degree from the University of the Witswatersrand, 1987 and was one of the Top 10 finalists for the Martinsen Prize, 1986.Since then her work has been shown at the David Brown Galleryn on Sandton Square in 2011 and in 2013 and at the Bamboo in Melville.

In 2018 Hilary graduated from the University of Johannesburg with an MTech Fine Arts with distinction. In the same year, the SARChl chair in South African Art and Visual Culture, hosted here solo exhibition.