Family workshop to make air-dry clay poppies for Remembrance Day at Middleport Pottery, suitable for ages 5+.
Middleport Pottery is running clay poppy workshops on Sunday 25 October and Sunday 1 November, both from 10:30am to 1pm. They've added a second session on the 1st, from 1:30pm to 4pm, so there's a bit more choice if the morning doesn't suit. The workshops are set up to show support for the Poppy Appeal, with the poppy serving as a visual memorial in the run-up to Remembrance Day.
Inside, a qualified artist instructor talks you through making a poppy out of air-dry clay. It's a hands-on session, and because it's air-dry, you don't need a kiln to finish it off. Once you've got your poppy shaped, it needs 24 to 48 hours to dry properly before you can paint it, so you'll be finishing it at home rather than in one go. It's a family-friendly one, suggested for ages 5 and up, and children need to be accompanied by an adult.
It's worth remembering where you'll be. Middleport Pottery is the home of Burleigh, an award-winning visitor destination in the Potteries and a heritage site run by Re-Form Heritage. There are factory tours inside the world-famous Burleigh Pottery factory, a Heritage Trail, a Virtual Factory Tour, and The Packing House Café, with independent traders nearby on Port Street and Harper Street. The venue is dog-friendly, too, if you're bringing the whole household along.
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Sessions run on Sunday 25 October and Sunday 1 November from 10:30am to 1pm, with that extra 1:30pm to 4pm slot on the 1st. Tickets are £6.50, and the pottery is at Port Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST6 3PE.
