Turning Earth

Turning Earth Beautiful places to work with clay in London. Classes and open-access membership. Staffed 66 hours a week, inclusive tech firing with 20 studio glazes.

Turning Earth has four member studios - the original one in Hoxton E2, our complex in Argall Avenue E10, a studio in the Crawley Road creative space in Tottenham N22 that opened in December 2021, and as of September 2022 a new studio surrounded by the woods in Highgate. Each offers state of the art wheels, regular kiln firings and great equipment, all in a beautiful environment. Our members studios welcome everyone, from beginners to part-time professionals up to 15 hours a week. Membership includes firing and glazing and your own shelf. Full-time professionals can join In Production, our incubator for small businesses around the corner from our E10 centre.

15/07/2026

Clean kiln shelves are important!

As your summer schedule fills up you might find it harder to fit in those favourite hobbies over the next couple of mont...
09/07/2026

As your summer schedule fills up you might find it harder to fit in those favourite hobbies over the next couple of months.

The Summer Class Bundle is designed to accommodate and enhance the opportunity to fit in more learning.

Our Leyton studio will be running sessions from late July through early September on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

Here is how it works:

1. Buy the bundle with your first booking, then book the rest as you go. Nothing books automatically, so your dates are always your choice.

2. Book the evenings that suit you then book the rest one at a time, whenever you’re ready, using the same email address you bought the bundle with.

3. Come and make twice in a week, skip a fortnight, or every other Tuesday.

Places on each date are limited, so book ahead.
More details on our website

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03/07/2026

*Tech tips, episode 7: pulling up walls*

1. Before your first pull, make sure the walls are leaning in.

2. The first pull is to focus on evening out the walls, with more pressure applied from the outside and support from the inside

3. Maintain a right angle where the wall meets the wheel so you can easily dig your finger underneath the wall for the next pull

4. To gain height, apply pressure to the very base from the outside, and push out from the inside until there is a bulge. Maintain the bulge all the way up the wall.

5. Move slowly and at a consistent speed. Allow the wheel to have one full rotation before moving your fingers up

6. It takes repetition and patience so enjoy the process and happy potting!

29/06/2026

Some moments from our recent masterclass hosted by the amazing . She guided her students into developing new skills in throwing challenging shapes in porcelain over the course of three days.

22/06/2026

*Tech tips, episode 6: surface decoration*

Rope Marking
Cordage and rope have been used to decorate
pottery for many thousands of years

Wiggle Wire
Also known as a curly wire.
Available in different coils creating
different wave patterns

Can be used for faceting,
for surface decoration,
or for wiring off thrown pieces

Forks
Found objects are a great
and inexpensive way for creating texture
Try using different forks for different results.
Some forks have sharper prongs whereas others
create wider tooth marks.

Roulettes
Rouletting is an ancient technique where
an engraved design is applied to soft clay slabs

Patterns can be engraved onto wood, plaster
or clay and attached to a roller.

We hope these inspire you to
give it a go yourself

Did you know that we now offer gift vouchers?Our gift vouchers are ideal for anyone with a passion for creativity. Avail...
18/06/2026

Did you know that we now offer gift vouchers?

Our gift vouchers are ideal for anyone with a passion for creativity. Available in various amounts, they can be used for ceramics courses and workshops at any of our locations. Whether for a beginner or an experienced artist, our vouchers offer the freedom to explore and create at their own pace.

Our gift vouchers make the ideal present for any occasion - Father’s day included hint hint*
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Whether it’s for a pottery taster session or a full ceramics course, it’s a thoughtful way to treat someone special.

PLEASE NOTE: Currently, we are unable to apply gift vouchers towards memberships.

Please note that we only offer digital gift vouchers at this time, physical cards are not available.

Gift vouchers are valid for one year from date of purchase and cannot be extended.

10/06/2026

Sometimes you just don’t need to fire it all…

Does that mean it was worth all the effort?
Well it was certainly worth the process…

Especially when you can feed the unfired pieces back to the reclaim-cycle so you can go through the process yet again.

See also our - behind the scenes reclaim post -and witness how we process kilos of clay in the studios some of which are failed pots seen in this little video compilation.

Spring Tulipiere WINNERS!!Following on from our previous reel showing our latest studio challenge it time to show who th...
04/06/2026

Spring Tulipiere WINNERS!!

Following on from our previous reel showing our latest studio challenge it time to show who the winners are!

Hoxton - Marta Bandeira
Highgate - Orly Smetana
Leyton - Rebecca Green .bex

Well done to everyone who worked very hard on these beautiful vessels!

Photos In order:

1. Orly Smetana
2. Tina Sexton
3. Orly Smetana
4. Parresha
5. Amanda Fitzalan Howard
6. Marta Bandeira
7. Begum .robin.ceramics
8. Asli
9. Lucia Jimenez
10. Florence Layer
11. Richard Grace
12. Rebecca Green .bex
13. Jenny Ogg .pots

If you are in the NW3 area and are looking to dip your toes into the pottery pond over this summer then there are a few ...
04/06/2026

If you are in the NW3 area and are looking to dip your toes into the pottery pond over this summer then there are a few of our intensive courses to enrol in over at

There are still spaces left in the upcoming One-off Wheel-Throwing Workshop next Saturday led by Hanna Salomonsson

Or kickstart your pottery journey with an intensive 8-week (Sunday mornings) introduction to Ceramics led by Simona Angeletti with spaces left. Starts in two weeks!

Here we have Ben Sutton leading a group of student in a recent class. He has been a part of the Turning Earth journey since the beginning among many others from the learning hub. There are spaces left in his next intensive course which starts this coming Wednesday evening. An 8-week Introduction to Ceramics.

Photography by Patric Young

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Tuesday 10am - 10pm
Wednesday 10am - 10pm
Thursday 10am - 10pm
Friday 10am - 8pm
Saturday 10am - 8pm
Sunday 10am - 8pm

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