The Pottery Shed

As part of a hen weekend, my group and I spent a wonderful 2 hours getting in touch with our inner 7-​year olds as we indulged in some serious art and craft.
The concept of this place is great and not one that I’ve encountered before. When you go in, you pick a plain white piece of pottery that you’d like to paint such as a plate, bowl, mug or ornament. Prices range from around € 12 – 20 and then you sit down and paint whatever design you like on it. Having a weird name means I can never find anything personalised in shops so naturally I jumped at the chance to scrawl my name in swirly designs all over what is now my official «cereal & soup bowl» that I keep at work. The staff, esp. Natasha was lovely to deal with and made the whole experience thoroughly enjoyable and provided sweets for us to nibble on as we painted. We returned the next day to collect our treasures after they had spent time in the kiln and were surprised at how professional most of them looked. This is an amazing activity to do, kind of wonder if there’s something similar in London? It’s a really relaxing, therapeutic and creative way to spend a few hours — especially good if you have kids to entertain on a rainy day.