Pottery

Clay only gives once your hands settle — maybe that's the real trick of pottery.

The oldest known ceramic figurines — the Venus of Dolní Věstonice — are around 29,000 years old. They were made long before settled life and farming.

The oldest known ceramic figures are about 29,000 years old — found in Moravia, long before farming was invented.

Clay shrinks 8–15% in the kiln — a hand-sized bowl comes out the size of a teacup.

Open workshops offer pottery classes for beginners. No talent needed, just curiosity.

Centering on the potter's wheel isn't a question of strength but of holding still — most beginners press too hard, not too soft.

Centering on the wheel isn’t a question of strength, it’s a question of stillness — most beginners press too hard, not too softly.

From a lump of clay you can make anything. The only limit is your imagination.

Each of you shapes a mug from clay. You drink from them at the next coffee.

“What do you think about while you're at the wheel — or is it one of those moments when thinking stops?”

“What do you think about while you’re throwing — or is it more a moment when you don’t think?”