Claude Frere-Smith
Claude has been making pots for 40 years, training in East Anglia before setting-up his first pottery in North Wales. He was awarded an Advanced Training Award from the Crafts Council where he worked with David Leach and David Lloyd Jones. His work has been exhibited widely in the UK and has had work included in group shows in Europe. He enjoys making pots for use and exploring their sculptural qualities in his more individual pieces.
Claude can be seen at shows and exhibitions throughout the region demonstrating his craft and letting people have ago. If you’ve seen the queues he makes it ‘child’s-play’.
Claude’s Courses
Try Your Hand at a Potter's Wheel
Sun, 11 May 2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
We've all seen skilled potters take a round, moist, lumpy clump of clay, lob it into the centre of their potter's wheel and then use their hands and thumbs to form fabulous shapes....
£95
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Try Your Hand at a Potter's Wheel
Sat, 10 May 2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
We've all seen skilled potters take a round, moist, lumpy clump of clay, lob it into the centre of their potter's wheel and then use their hands and thumbs to form fabulous shapes....
£95
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Introduction to Raku
Sat, 18 Oct 2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join ceramics tutor Claude Frere-Smith on this exciting and occasionally fast-moving (!) workshop to create stunning pots using the ancient and dramatic technique of raku firing. Raku is a really amazing process, developed...
£95
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Introduction to Raku
Sun, 19 Oct 2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join ceramics tutor Claude Frere-Smith on this exciting and occasionally fast-moving (!) workshop to create stunning pots using the ancient and dramatic technique of raku firing. Raku is a really amazing process, developed...
£95
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0 spaces available