Amfora Studio

I came to ceramics exactly the way you're reading this - I found a class, booked it on a whim, and made something terrible. Then immediately wanted to do it again. That was over seven years ago. I'm self-taught, which means I learned everything through trial, error, and a lot of recycled clay. It also means I remember exactly what it feels like to not know what you're doing, which I think makes me a better teacher.Amfora grew out of that experience. I wanted to create a studio that felt serious about the craft without taking itself too seriously. A place where beginners could make a mess without embarrassment, and more experienced potters could come and just get on with it.Before turning to ceramics full time, I spent years facilitating team workshops and planning sessions in a professional context, working with groups of all sizes - from small teams of four to rooms of thirty. That experience taught me a lot about how people learn together and what makes a shared activity actually land. I bring that into every session I run at Amfora.There's something that happens when a group of people sit down at a wheel or a workbench together. Hierarchy disappears. Conversations open up. Someone you'd never expect turns out to have real hands for this. I love that moment, every time.