About your Experience

Thank-you for choosing The Clay Yard to explore your creativity with clay. Have fun and relax in this brand new ceramics studio alongside the edge of the River Dart.

What to Bring

We would prefer you to bring your own apron but have studio aprons that you can use if you do not have one.

Your package includes tea/coffee and biscuits. For those here for the day I recommend bring a packed lunch or wandering to The Waterside Cafe which is just a two minute stroll from the studio to Totnes and serves a nice menu.

Health and Safety

Please ensure that you have read and understood the guidance for operating safely in the studio. If you have any further questions relating to this please get in touch.

Included in the experience is 0.5kg of clay, glazing and firing. Additional clay is charged at £2.50 per kg.See Terms and Conditions.

For visitors to the area, you can opt to have your pots posted to you to the value £15 for a package of up to 5kg.

Getting Here

Public Transport

The Stagecoach Gold service stops outside the Seymour Vets other bus services stop at The Seven Stars. The mainline train service is a 25 minute walk from the station to the studio.

Parking

Steamer Quay car park charges from 8am to 6pm. Longmarsh Long Stay is recommended as it is a low-cost option.

Accessibility

The Clay Yard reserves one space for drivers with accessibility requirements. Please e-mail to book the space.

Feel an idea rise up and take shape. Allow the thought to break free and see what it does for itself.

Feel an idea rise up and take shape. Allow the thought to break free and see what it does for itself.

Meet the Tutors

Alison Hannah

Experienced teacher and practicing ceramic artist. Alison is a skilled thrower and hand-builder.

Alison’s work features artwork captured in and around beautiful parts of Devon, Cornwall and Ireland. Her work is influenced by both functionality and form.

Lucy Bell

Lucy currently teaches pottery at Landworks in Dartington. This project works to provide a supported route back into employment and the community for people in prison or at risk of going to prison. She has noticed the therapeutic benefit that clay has on these individuals. The pottery provides a place of calm and a creative outlet for their emotions.

Julia Toy

Julia’s work is an extension of her love for life and spiritual connection to the natural world; It is informed by a variety of people, places and experiences.

Her process is intuitive and spontaneous and she finds the very nature of working with clay to be slow, soothing and grounding. She enjoys using both the wheel and hand building techniques.

Your riverside clay experience awaits The Clay Yard

A clean, fresh, inspiring spot, full of natural queues to influence your creative journey.