Clay Hand Building Class: Tiny Houses

Create miniature ceramic houses in the Adelaide Hills!



2 hours Class size 6 to 10 guests       $85

Discover how to build your own ceramic houses and buildings in this beginners pottery workshop in the Adelaide Hills.
Guided by studio potter, Alison Arnold, you'll learn how to carve and decorate your own personal mini-town or village.
These tiny buildings are not only fun to make, they can be displayed in many creative ways. They look fabulous as a collection on a shelf, in plant pots or even in an adorable fairy garden!
Pottery is a lovely way to unwind, by yourself or with your friends and family. Learning a new skill as you create your animal, you'll be proud to display your ceramic creation in your home and remind yourself of your achievement.
Whether you're looking for fun things to do on the weekend or date night ideas, come along to our hand building workshop today!
What you'll get
  • Expert tuition with an experienced potter.
  • All clay and materials to hand build your own tiny houses.
  • Firing and glazing of your ceramics (which will be ready to collect three to four weeks after the class).
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Knowledge required
Absolute beginners welcome.
What to bring
Wear some comfy clothes that you don't mind getting messy in.
Suitable for

This class is great for a team building activity, Christmas party, birthday or hens party.

Location

Hawthorndene, SA

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Recent reviews of Clay Hand Building Class: Tiny Houses

  • 4/5 from Anthony Andrews, attended Oct 2026: We had a fun afternoon we are looking forward to seeing the finished glazed works.
  • 5/5 from Claire Baker, attended Aug 2026: A lovely and relaxing workshop. Good instructions and easy to follow along. Looking forward to collecting my tiny houses.
  • 5/5 from Debra White, attended Aug 2026: This was a fun class learning how to create small houses and learning some techniques using clay. Great afternoon.
  • 5/5 from Joshua Paterson, attended Apr 2024: This was an awesome class ran by Alison! My wife and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary over the weekend - this was a great activity, in a quiet Adelaide Hills garden setting, very peaceful and intimate with only small groups. Will definitely be booking again.
  • 5/5 from Wendy Summerton, attended Apr 2024: This class was such a delight. I achieved more than I imagined I would. So many fun materials to use. Ali, the teacher, is super encouraging with participants only being limited by their own imagination. Everything you need is there in a lovely peaceful setting. A truly wonderful, fun experience. I loved it.
  • 5/5 from Sarah Renfrey, attended Jan 2024: We had a thoroughly enjoyable lesson in a magical garden setting. Will definitely go again.
  • 5/5 from Julie-Anne Bettes, attended Nov 2023: Unfortunately I had COVID and could not make it. Found out without anytime yo cancel. Regrets Julie-Anne Bettes
  • 5/5 from Heidi Ba, attended May 2023: Alison is fabulous! I enjoyed making my little houses, and look forward to showing them off to my friends! Highly recommend this session!
  • 4/5 from Meredith Evans, attended May 2023: A very enjoyable afternoon in a delightful studio. Alison was a very good teacher - clear, patient and helpful. Everything required was provided. Many thanks.
  • 5/5 from Karina Fuhrmann, attended Mar 2023: Great class, lovely teacher, easy to follow for all ages and experience levels with lots of inspirational ideas to make your own creative individual art pieces.
  • 5/5 from Anne Carter, attended Mar 2023: Excellent, a very enjoyable afternoon! Hope to come back for more classes. Thanks Alison for having us!
  • 5/5 from Joanna Burke, attended Oct 2022: Teacher was chilled, authentic, encouraging, professional and knowledgeable. The venue is well setup and has a whimsical feel, a space I felt comfortable to be creative. The materials were great, I thought the clay and paint were good quality. The experience was good value for money! We learnt how to use clay to make little houses. I most enjoyed the easy flow and the teacher’s confidence to help make my vision come together.
  • 5/5 from Annie Knight, attended Oct 2022: Ally was organised and explained everything at a level I could understand as a learner. It was excellent to watch her demonstrations. She was helpful, provided ideas if needed, encouraging and allowed all of us to create in our own ways. Her studio and garden are magical spaces to create in. The 2 hours flew as we were all absorbed in our own little houses worlds! A fabulous, peaceful and enjoyable creative afternoon.
  • 5/5 from Aliosn James, attended Oct 2022: The teacher Ali was knowledgeable calm and very skilled. Loved every moment. Will look forward to the finished product
  • 5/5 from Aris Ahladas, attended Jun 2022: knowledge teacher, well supplied very friendly answered all questions. lovely setting. I had a great time.
  • 5/5 from Janie Hutchison, attended Jun 2022: Teacher was helpful and informative, always willing to help. Venue was very clean, tidy and comfortable. It’s a small class which makes the experience more special. All materials & tools were provided, I just turned up.
  • 5/5 from Alex Rathbone, attended Mar 2022: My daughter and I did this class with Alison. We loved it! Alison was a fabulous teacher, her instructions were clear and her inspiration was creative and fun. Her studio was an inspiration of itself! I hope to do more projects with Alison and another great group of people in her studio.
  • 5/5 from Janet McKinnie, attended Mar 2022: I enjoyed my class so much being creative and happy as time flew by too fast ️I was immersed in colour and clay and beautiful ideas from the others in the class The venue was outstanding so calm and relaxing and comfortable Like a day out in the country Thank you
  • 5/5 from Anna Weenink, attended Oct 2021: Had such a great afternoon. Really relaxing environment- really pleased with what I made and can’t wait to see the end result! We enjoyed it so much that we’ve booked for a full day in jan.
  • 5/5 from Jane Polden, attended Oct 2021: I had a great time. Explained simply and materials were freely available. I loved making my village
  • 5/5 from Barbara Rasmussen, attended Sep 2021: I really enjoyed this class the teacher was very helpful there was plenty equipment Thanks so much Barb Rasmussen
  • 5/5 from Jane Wadham, attended Jul 2021: I loved the whole class. The teacher was helpful & encouraging ; the other students friendly & I want to do more. I thoroughly enjoyed it & would recommend it. I found it very satisfying.
  • 5/5 from Ian Ramsay, attended Jul 2021: Good teacher, nicely run event, will do more of these. Location good but a bit cold - in the hills
  • 5/5 from Lynelle Williams, attended Jun 2021: Cosy little studio and a great project for an afternoon. We really enjoyed this and hope to come to more workshops in the future.
  • 5/5 from Lise Moody, attended Jun 2021: This class was fabulous. I wish we had another 30 minutes so we could get crazy with the painting
  • 5/5 from Karen Wille, attended Jun 2021: This is my 3rd workshop with Ali. They are fantastic and I love learning new things every time.
  • 4/5 from Audrey Trenerry, attended Jun 2021: Enjoyed the class, tutor gave clear instruction/ideas & plenty of materials. Feel like it should be a 3hr class instead of 2hrs as rushed at the end & still had enough clay left to make a few more.
Your teacher

Red Bird Studio Art
Red Bird Studio Art

4.9 (169)

Alison is a full-time studio potter and teacher living in the Adelaide Hills. She has been making pots for over 30 years but clay has been a part of her life from early childhood. Memories include hands in the sticky red ‘Murram’ mud in Kenya where she spent several years as a child, and at high school in the UK creating elaborate sculptural animals and Celtic inspired coil pots.
Alison began formal studies as soon as she came to live in Australia in 1999 gaining a BA at Adelaide Centre for the Arts. She then took up a place on the associate training scheme at the JamFactory in Adelaide and continued as a studio tenant. Before setting up her own studio she took up further study at the University of South Australia obtaining a Graduate Diploma in Arts and Cultural Management.
Alison has built up an extensive library of forming and decorating techniques and enjoys sharing these with students as well as using them to make and decorate pots from the functional to the whimsical. Drinking vessels, bowls, kitchenware are thrown on the wheel with practical simplicity or delicately formed by hand into ultra-fine porcelain objects. She relishes every part of the process of making from design stage and consideration of form and function to indulging in the elaborate, highly decorated whimsy of exhibition pieces.

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2026-10-23 15:00:00
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