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Join our resident Watts Potter Bahareh Khomeiry for a creative and inspiring hands-on festive pottery session, exploring a variety of exciting techniques and skills. In one session make your own festive ceramic piece to be fired ready to use, display in your home or give as a special gift.
Whether you're a beginner or have some experience, these sessions are a great opportunity to experiment, create, and refine your skills in a welcoming and sociable studio setting.
The team will contact when your work is fired and ready for collection.
Create your own special and unique ceramic candle holder to add a handmade touch to your festive table. This beautiful centrepiece is sure to become a conversation starter, with everyone asking how you made it.
Handcraft your own festive ceramic Christmas tree, complete with decorative touches and delicate cutouts to let the warm glow of candlelight shine through. A charming addition to your seasonal décor!
Create your own beautifully handcrafted ceramic ornaments—perfect for decorating your tree or giving as special gifts. Using a press mould to form pendant shapes, you’ll add your own unique designs. Choose to make a matching set or a series of one-of-a-kind pieces featuring patterns, textures, or monograms.
Create a charming ceramic gingerbread-style house designed to hold a tealight candle and give off a festive glow. A delightful addition to your Christmas decorations—or a sweet handmade gift for someone special.
With a background in architecture, Bahareh Khomeiry’s journey in ceramics began out of fascination with the rich history of traditional tile-making in her home country, Iran. Her curiosity about how these tiles were made led her to pursue another BA in Ceramics, and since 2017, she has been a dedicated potter and tile artist.
Now based in the UK, Bahareh furthered her artistic ceramics practice by completing an MA in Ceramics at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA). Her work blends traditional craftsmanship with contemporary techniques, offering a diverse approach to creating ceramics.
Bahareh explores the act of constructing and assembling elements, seeking balance in the process. Inspired by the way Persian domes are built—layer by layer, with each brick playing a vital role—she applies this method to ceramics. By combining hand-building and throwing techniques, she creates forms that are both structured and fluid.
Her recent series, Hair as Freedom: Cut Plaits, is a tribute to the "Women, Life, Freedom" movement that emerged in Iran in 2022. Witnessing the courage of Iranian women who removed their headscarves and cut their hair (plaits) in defiance of oppression deeply impacted her. This series captures their journey, from entrapment to liberation, and ultimately to unity. Cut Plaits represents these brave women fighting for their rights.