Pottery Gift Vouchers

You buy the voucher online and pay by card. Within a few minutes you'll get an email with a PDF voucher attached, carrying a unique code and a QR code. Forward that email, print the PDF or hand it over however you like. When the person you've given it to books, they enter the code at checkout and the value comes off the price.

Straight away, by email, usually within a few minutes of paying. There's no postage and nothing to wait for, so it works for a present you've left until the last moment.

Yes, and we think that's the point. Rather than booking someone onto a Tuesday evening they can't make, the voucher lets them pick the course, the studio and the dates that suit them, across all of our London studios.

Our courses, workshops and Open-Studio Passes. That covers taster sessions, six, eight and twelve-week courses, wheel throwing and hand-building, children's courses, the weekend and week-long intensives, and prepaid Open Studio sessions. Clay, glazes, tuition and use of the studio are included in the class price. Firing is the one thing charged separately.

Not quite. Clay, glazes, tuition and use of the studio are all included in the class price, so a voucher covers the course itself. Firing is charged separately at £2.25 per 500ml, paid at the studio once the work is fired.

We keep it separate because it means you only pay for what you actually make and fire. Someone who makes a few small test pieces isn't subsidising the person who spends twelve weeks throwing large vessels. Worth mentioning to whoever you're giving the voucher to, so the bill at the end isn't a surprise.

Yes. Vouchers can be spent on an Open-Studio Pass as well as on classes, which makes them a good present for someone who has already done a course and wants independent studio time. Passes run at our Leyton studio: five sessions for £175 or ten for £330, with four months to use them.

Twelve months from the date you buy it. Twelve months is long enough to catch at least three course intakes, so there's no rush on their side.

They pay the difference at checkout. A voucher for part of a course price works well as a contribution towards it.

The balance stays on the code for next time. Vouchers can be spent in stages across several bookings, so £200 could cover a taster now and go towards a course later.

Yes, as many as you like, in one order or separately. More than one voucher can also be applied to a single booking, which is useful in two ways.

If a few of you are clubbing together for someone's birthday, you can each buy one and all of them come off the same course. And if the amount you want isn't on the list, buy two that add up to it.

No. Once bought, a voucher can't be refunded or exchanged for cash. It can be passed on to someone else though, since it's just a code.

No, digital only. If you want something to hand over, it is easy to print it.

It's not possible to redeem a voucher for studio membership online as our systems aren't set up that way, but if you do want to use a voucher you have been given against membership then please email the manager at the studio you want to join and they can sort this out for you manually.

Beginners, mostly, although plenty of people take several in a row, especially if they bond with a particular teacher, and we also have intermediate courses for people who want to develop their skills. Still, most people who walk through the door have never touched clay. Classes are generally capped at 12 students per teacher and run at Hoxton, Leyton, Highgate and Camden.