Pottery Team Building Experience

Give your team a screen free break that sparks creativity and reduces stress. Working with clay engages the senses, draws everyone into the moment, and delivers the satisfaction of making something tangible with your own hands. This shared, hands-on experience naturally encourages collaboration and leaves your team feeling refreshed and inspired.

Potter leading a mindful pottery workshop in Manchester, guiding participants through hand-building ceramic pots using slab building

What to Expect

Participants are guided step by step on how to use traditional hand-building techniques such as slab rolling, pinching, and coiling for create their very own piece of ceramics.

Popular projects include mugs, planters, and vases, with workshops easily tailored to suit your organisation’s goals, company values, or event theme.

Teams have the opportunity to decorate their ceramic pieces using a range of surface techniques and select from a curated palette of glazes. Finished work is kiln-fired and professionally finished, resulting in durable, food safe ceramics. Completed pieces are returned within 4–6 weeks, offering a lasting keepsake from your team building event.

Format & Delivery

  • Duration: 2.5 hours

  • Group size: 6–20 participants

  • Location: your workplace, off-site venue, or corporate event

  • Facilitation: Led by an experienced instructor with a calm, inclusive approach

All materials are provided, and setup and clear down are handled to ensure a seamless experience for organisers.

Benefits for Employees

  • Encourages meaningful connection through a shared creative experience

  • Provides a mindful, screen-free break from daily work demands

  • Reduces stress and supports mental wellbeing through tactile making

  • Boosts focus, creativity, and problem-solving in a relaxed environment

  • Builds confidence and a sense of achievement by creating something tangible

  • Supports inclusivity, with no prior experience or artistic skill required

Booking & Enquiries

To enquire about availability, group sizes, or bespoke corporate pottery workshops, please get in touch via the Book button on the contact page.

Close-up of a student at Urban Meadows Pottery carefully glazing a handbuilt pot using the paper resist technique to add colour and unique design elements during a beginner pottery workshop in Manchester.