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Getting Here
Public Transport
The Stagecoach Gold service stops outside the Seymour Vets other bus services stop at The Seven Stars. The mainline train service is a 25 minute walk from the station to the studio.
Parking
Steamer Quay car park charges from 8am to 6pm. Longmarsh Long Stay is recommended as it is a low-cost option.
Accessibility
The Clay Yard reserves one space for drivers with accessibility requirements. Please e-mail to book the space.
Feel an idea rise up and take shape. Allow the thought to break free and see what it does for itself.
Feel an idea rise up and take shape. Allow the thought to break free and see what it does for itself.
Meet the Tutors
Alison Hannah
Experienced teacher and practicing ceramic artist. Alison is a skilled thrower and hand-builder.
Alison’s work features artwork captured in and around beautiful parts of Devon, Cornwall and Ireland. Her work is influenced by both functionality and form.
Lucy Bell
Lucy currently teaches pottery at Landworks in Dartington. This project works to provide a supported route back into employment and the community for people in prison or at risk of going to prison. She has noticed the therapeutic benefit that clay has on these individuals. The pottery provides a place of calm and a creative outlet for their emotions.
Julia Toy
Julia’s work is an extension of her love for life and spiritual connection to the natural world; It is informed by a variety of people, places and experiences.
Her process is intuitive and spontaneous and she finds the very nature of working with clay to be slow, soothing and grounding. She enjoys using both the wheel and hand building techniques.
Your riverside clay experience awaits The Clay Yard
A clean, fresh, inspiring spot, full of natural queues to influence your creative journey.