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Stoke Makes Plates at the British Ceramics Biennial. Image Jenny Harper.

Studio & Community

The Studio & Community programme creates safe spaces to meet others, learn and share skills. Creating a clay community in the heart of a ceramic city. 

BCB’s Community programmes seek to develop creativity and nurture wellbeing. They work in partnership with health and community organisations in Stoke-on-Trent to create opportunities for people to explore and imagine how clay and creativity can make a difference in their lives, communities and city.

 

 

The BCB Studio, Spode Works

The BCB Studio, based on the historic Spode Works factory site, provides open-access ceramics facilities in Stoke-on-Trent. It is a place to create with clay, meet others, develop ideas, explore ceramics processes and refine making skills. 

Studio membership is available for those who feel confident to work independently. The studio and its facilities are open to members on Mondays and Thursdays each week.

A firing service is available for makers who create their work at home or from another studio.

Projects > Studio & Community

  • In-progress plate, upside down with someone carving the words "I spent a lot of time on this".

    Clay Together

    Clay Together is a programme of creative clay sessions, designed especially for care-experienced children and young people, and their carers. It provides a safe…

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  • Moulding Memories

    Moulding Memories is a project in partnership with Approach Staffordshire. It provides support to residents of Stoke-on-Trent living with dementia through weekly clay workshops.

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  • Recast clients working on clay projects

    Recast

    The Recast project combines creativity, addiction recovery and clay.

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  • Studio members talk to visitors at the BCB Studio opening event.

    BCB Studio Membership

    British Ceramics Biennial provides open-access ceramics facilities in Stoke-on-Trent. We run our studio from the historic Spode Works factory site in the centre of the city.

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  • Firing Service

    Do you have clay work that you need to fire? Hire kiln space in one of our electric kilns at the BCB Studio.

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