Fernwood is a six-wheel studio running small classes for beginners and open studio time for people who already know their way around a kiln.
See classes This weekSix weeks, one evening a week. Centring, pulling walls, trimming, and a first glaze firing. Everything you make is yours to keep.
6 weeks · 12 people maxNo wheel involved. Slabs, coils and press moulds — the fastest way to make something you will actually use at home.
4 weeks · 10 people maxMembers book a wheel and work on their own. Clay, glazes and firings are billed by weight at the end of the month.
Monthly membershipA single Saturday on glaze chemistry: testing tiles, layering, and why the same bucket behaves differently in a full kiln.
One day · 8 people max| When | What | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 18:30 | Wheel throwing — beginners | Main studio |
| Wednesday, 10:00 | Open studio | Main studio |
| Wednesday, 18:30 | Hand building | Back room |
| Thursday, 18:30 | Wheel throwing — continuing | Main studio |
| Friday, 12:00 | Open studio | Main studio |
| Saturday, 11:00 | Glaze workshop (monthly) | Glaze room |
Fernwood started in 2019 in a former joinery workshop, mostly because the floor could take the weight of a kiln and nobody minded the noise. There are six wheels, two electric kilns, a slab roller, and a wall of glazes that we mix ourselves.
Most people arrive having never touched clay. That is the normal starting point, and the first evening is built around it.