The tutors
Who you will learn with.
These profiles are fictional samples for a demo website. The portraits are stock photos labelled Sample, not real staff.
Clay
Sample
Nell Kershaw
Founder, wheel and glaze
Opened Marlpit after years making tableware for cafés across the North West. Still at her own wheel by eight on most mornings.
Teaches: Wheel taster, Seven-week wheel course
Clay
Sample
Walter Briggs
Hand-building and kilns
Loads and fires both kilns and mixes the studio glazes. Teaches hand-building slowly, clearly and with very dry jokes.
Teaches: Hand-building evening
Paint and print
Sample
Rory Whitlow
Drawing, painting and print
Illustrator and printmaker. Believes anyone can learn to draw what is in front of them, and has the cheerful patience to prove it.
Teaches: Drawing and painting mornings, Lino printing afternoon
Young makers
Sample
Farah Javed
Young makers clay club
A former primary teacher who now makes small porcelain pieces. Runs the Saturday club and keeps the glaze buckets labelled.
Teaches: Young makers clay club
Ready when you are
Bring your hands. We bring the clay.
Choose a class and a date, and we will get back to you to confirm, usually the same evening, and always by the next afternoon.