Weybridge Pottery

Apprentice program

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Weybridge pottery is always looking out for new potters to join us. If you are an experienced potter, or just need somewhere to work, or you have completed your Introduction to Thowing class, then you will be ready to join our apprentice program
You will work unattended, at a time that suits you, in the studio.

You let your self in to the pottery (which is basically our garage converted into a pottery studio) with a key.

There is an online booking system so that you can find out if the studio is free.

Link to calender to book studio time (Doodle)
  1. You pay £6 an hour for studio time (recorded by you in a book in the pottery)
  2. Bisque fired pots are weighed and recorded in the book and are charged for at £6 a kilo (to cover clay and firing)
  3. Glaze fired pots are weighed and recorded in the book, and are charged £3 a kilo (to cover glaze and firing)
  4. When you attend a craft fair, you will be charged for your % of the table area that you use (normally about £5). You keep any proceeds of your pots sold (again, recorded in the book).
  5. Some apprentices like to work at home and just need the kiln. The kiln is 65cm x 65cm , and so takes a lot of pots.
    You can hire a whole firing of the kiln for £35 (or £70 for a glaze firing if you use the studio glazes)
    For the potters who work at home, it is more economical to buy a 12.5kg bag of clay from me for £11 for stoneware and £29 for porcelain, which is a bargain as I order large deliveries and shipping costs are minimal. If you buy clay or use your own clay then the bisque firing is only £3 a kilo
  6. Twice a year I settle up, using "the book" , and send you an invoice.
    Sometimes the sales of apprentices's pots amounts to more than their costs for that half year, so you will then recieve a payment from me.

I often pop in to see apprentices when they are in the studio. But we travel alot, and play sport most days when in England, so most apprentices work quietly by themselves.

All users of the pottery must live within a few miles of Weybridge and be vaccinated againt Covid. Prices valid as of 9 March 2025