Press Mould Platter & Leach Story

Available from March 2026 onwards

All ages

Discover

Leach Story: Through a throwing demonstration, talk and handling collection, participants discover the story of how the Leach Pottery revitalised the tradition of handmade pottery and the ethos and approach of the potters at the pottery across the years. For full details of what this talk includes please see here. 

Make
Learn about the work of potter Janet Leach. Use a ceramic press mould to make a decorative platter. Add feet to your form and make brushes with natural materials to decorate your platters with expressive flicks of molochite slip.

Ceramics will be fired and posted back to the group within eight weeks of their visit.

£250 for groups up to 18 students (£200 for schools in Cornwall)

Additional Costs
£45 for bisque firing for groups up to 18 students
£30 Postage and packing (up to 20kg)