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Bring a friend and make a Hand made Coffee Mug 2026
Bring a friend and make a Hand made Coffee Mug 2026
$110.00

Date: SUNDAY ONCE A MONTH 2026
Duration: 2 hrs

Time: 10.30-12.30pm
Price: from $110.00

Tutor: Dee Edward

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Bring a friend or your Mum and come and make a handmade mug.

Laugh, get a little messy, and leave with more than just mugs—leave with memories you’ll use every morning.

Class Details

Minimum Number of Participants: 6 (Class will be rescheduled if there are not enough people enrolled)
Maximum Number of Participants: 8

These classes are suitable for adults or Teens 13 years or older
Duration: 2 hrs
Date: SUNDAY’S please choose your dates from calendar.

Please wear closed-in shoes, no thongs, crocs or sandals.

Bring an apron or a towel

Total Cost: $110 per person

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Hand Building Classes July 29th 2026 - Wednesdays 4.30-6.30pm
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Hand Building Classes July 29th 2026 - Wednesdays 4.30-6.30pm
$420.00

Date: Wednesday July 28th 4.30-6.30pm
Duration: 2hrs
Price: $ 420.00

Tutor: Dee Edward

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This class is fully booked until September, to go on the WAITLIST please email us at info@aussiepotz.com.au

In this exciting hand-building workshop, you will learn the art of creating beautiful and unique pottery pieces. Explore the diversity of clay without the wheel and how you can master the clay with your hands.

You will explore various hand-building techniques such as coil building, lidded box constructions, handmade mugs, fruit bowls, handmade objects, or a holder for your jewellery.

Understand the intricacies of techniques that will set you up for success to continue working with clay at the end of this course.

No knowledge or skill is required as our skilled tutors take you through the process of forming your handmade pottery pieces. If you have previously worked at hand building clay, you are welcome to join this program to further develop your skills.

All the materials you need are included; Clay and basic tools, to immerse yourself in this creative activity.

Class Details

Maximum number of participants: 6
Duration: 2hrs per class

Date: Wednesday 29th July - 2nd September 2026

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Monday Evening Wheel Throwing
$420.00

Date: Starts on 27/07/2026

Monday Public Holidays - classes are still held.
Duration: 6 classes, 2hrs each
Time: 5-7 pm
Price: $420.00
Tutor: June Towers

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This is a class suitable for beginners, if you have never participated in a pottery course this class is for you. Learn all the basics with June Towers, she is a dedicated tutor with 30 years of experience as a potter and knows her craft. She will have you spin a pot or two in no time at all. Learn how to prepare the clay, centre it on the wheel, and form bowls and mugs. This class is purely a wheel throwing class, there will be no hand building options available in this class.

Class Details

Starting Date: Monday, 27/07/2026 to 31/08/2026 at 5 - 7 pm
Course Length: 6 classes, 2 hours each.

Suitable for adults and teens 15 years of age and upwards.

Please wear closed-in shoes to this class and bring an apron.

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Tuesday Evening
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Tuesday Evening
$420.00

Date: Starts on 28/07/2026
Duration: 6 classes, 2hrs each.
Time: 6-8pm
Price: $420.00
Tutor: Dee Edward

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This class is an advanced class and is fully booked. You must have completed a year of classes with us to join this class. Email us to be waitlisted for this class.

Students in this class love to begin their week with creativity to set the tone for the week. A lovely way to begin your week. This class caters to continuing and advanced students. This class is always fully booked, to join this class, you must have completed at least year of six-week courses with Aussie Potz.

To secure a place and put your name on the waitlist when a place becomes available, email us at info@aussiepotz.com.au

Class Details

Starting Date: Tuesday, 28/07/2026 to 1/09/2026 from 6 - 8pm
Course Length: 6 classes, 2 hours each.

Suitable for adults only.

Please wear closed-in shoes to this class and bring an apron.

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Thursday Day
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Thursday Day
$420.00

Date: Starts on 30/07/2026
Duration: 6 classes, 2 hrs each.
Time: 1 - 3 pm

Price: $420.00
Tutor: Dee Edward

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Please contact us on info@aussiepotz.com.au to be placed on the waitlist.

This class offers an option for shift and FIFO workers who find they need a flexible class option. Great class for seniors, relaxed to chilled music or upbeat depending on the mood. These classes cater to mixed levels of students from beginners to continuing and advanced students. Our Thursday classes offer you the option of wheel throwing or hand building with clay.

This class is continually booked with returning students. If you are interested in joining this class, please email us to put your name on the waitlist. Email info@aussiepotz.com.au

Class Details

Starting Date: Thursday, 30/07/2026 to 3/09/2026 at 1pm - 3pm

Course Length: 6 classes, 2 hours each.

Suitable for adults and teens 15 years of age and upwards.

Please wear closed-in shoes to this class and bring an apron.

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Thursday Evening Wheel Throwing
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Thursday Evening Wheel Throwing
$420.00

Date: Starts on 30/07/2026
Duration: 6 classes, 2 hrs each.
Time: 4:30-6:30 pm
Price: $420.00
Tutor: Dee Edward

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Come and relax and unwind after work to some chilled music and leave all the cares of the day behind. This early class offers the option to leave work and head straight to your pottery class, what better way to unwind from the hectic work day. These classes cater for mixed levels of students from beginners to continuing and advanced students. This term is wheel throwing.

Class Details

Starting Date: Thursday, 30/07/2026 to 3/09/2026 4:30 - 6:30 pm
Course Length: 6 classes, 2 hours each.

Suitable for adults and teens 15 years of age and upwards.

Please wear closed-in shoes to this class and bring an apron.

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Friday Evening Wheel Throwing
Friday Evening Wheel Throwing
$420.00

Date: Starts on 31/07/2026

Duration: 6 classes, 2hrs each.
Time: 5.00-7.00pm
Price: $420.00
Tutor: Dee Edward

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Wind down for the week with Pottery, Wine and Nibbles, get into the groove and chill leading into your weekend, great way to wind down from your busy week. Be sociable and meet new people. This class caters for mixed levels of students from beginners to continuing and advanced students. This class is purely a wheel throwing class, no handbuilding options available in this class.

Class Details

Starting Date: Friday, 31/07/2026 to 4/09/2026 from 5.00-7.00pm
Course Length: 6 classes, 2 hours each.

Suitable for adults and teens 15 years of age and upwards.

Please wear closed-in shoes to this class and bring an apron.

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Saturday Classes Wheel Throwing
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Saturday Classes Wheel Throwing
$420.00

Saturday Wheel Throwing

Date: 1/08/2026

Duration: 6 classes, 2hrs each.
Time: 9:00am - 11:00am
Price: $420.00
Tutor: Dee Edward, Charlie Woelders- Studio Assistant

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Saturday morning classes are very chilled and relaxed. Call into the Chocolate Shop next door and pick up a coffee and some chocolates. Then come join a class and get muddy with the clay, a truly enjoyable experience. This class is a wheelwork class only and caters to beginners and continuing students, learning how to make bowls, mugs, and working your way up to bigger pieces.

Class Details

Starting Date: Saturday, 1/08/2026 to 5/09/2026 at 9:0am - 11:00am
Course Length: 6 classes, 2 hours each.

Suitable for adults and teens 15 years of age and upwards.

Please wear closed-in shoes to this class and bring an apron.

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Team Building/Group Experience 2026
Team Building/Group Experience 2026
from $660.00

Date: Email us to book a date

Email: info@aussiepotz.com.au
Duration: 2 hrs
Price: from $660.00

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Finding stillness in the pottery process gives one an opportunity to slow down. It’s a very calming, stress releasing, and meditative activity where your personal wellbeing is enhanced by the therapeutic and healing medium of clay. Communication, problem-solving, and experimentation skills are some of the many benefits of these workshops. During this session, we learn to let go of attachments and expectations and accept what comes from within. It’s the experience, rather than the end product that releases the inner calm. This experience can be tailored specifically for your Teambuilding Event.

Please send email inquiries to info@aussiepotz.com.au

Class Details

Minimum Cost: $660 (six people or less)
Maximum Number of Participants: 10
Duration: 2 hrs
Date: To be confirmed.

Total Cost: $110 per person if more than 6 participants.

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Come and Try One Session Wheel Throwing
$110.00

Date: SUNDAY EACH MONTH 2026
Duration: 2 hrs

Time: 10.30-12.30pm
Price: from $110.00

Tutor: Prue Rathborne

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Come and try our classes!

Finding stillness in the pottery process gives one an opportunity to slow down. It’s a very calming, stress-releasing, and meditative activity where your personal well-being is enhanced by the therapeutic and healing medium of clay. It’s the experience of creating with clay that helps us to release the inner calm. During this session, we learn to breathe out let go of expectations, and accept that which comes from within.

Class Details

Minimum Number of Participants: 6 (Class will be rescheduled if there are not enough people enrolled)
Maximum Number of Participants: 10

These classes are suitable for adults or Teens 15 years or older
Duration: 2 hrs
Date: SUNDAY EACH MONTH AT THE SAME TIME 10.30-12.30 am February - November

Please wear closed-in shoes, no thongs, crocs or sandals.

Bring an apron or a towel

Total Cost: $110 per person

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Our Studio

Aussie Potz is excited to offer you classes in our new modern and well-equipped studio. It’s bigger, brighter, and spacious to cater to all. Our tutors welcome you and look forward to teaching you to be creative in clay. Our studio provides you with a space to breathe out and relax.

It is no coincidence that creativity is integral to our mental health and well- being. Sit yourself down with clay and indulge yourself in a creative space where you will lose track of time and wish that you could stay longer.

Discover the therapeutic and healing benefits of switching off from the worries of your day and losing yourself in clay. Spend time breathing out and into the clay projects. You will find it relaxing, calming, and a great stress reliever.

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Our Teachers

  • Deidre Edward

    I have been a potter for thirty-nine years, I started on this journey in my early twenties. I fell in love with clay, the instant I touched it. I dreamt of being a potter for life, I always say to everyone if I am a potter until my journey here comes to an end, I will have lived my dream. I truly don’t feel that I work.

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  • Shenny Moss

    Thank you for taking the time to read a little bit about my pottery journey! I began as one of Deidre’s students in 1999, twenty-two years ago. I spent a lot of time living in remote communities and when I moved back to Darwin, I saw an ad in the paper for pottery classes.

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  • June Towers

    My journey into working with clay started in late 1992 when my second son was six months old. As a beginner, I felt intimidated but also loved the achievement of creating functional ware. I bought my first wheel and practiced at home with mixed results, most ended up in the bucket.

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  • Melissa Moss

    Melissa started her journey with clay as a youngster when she came along to my pottery classes aged eight. Shenny her mum encouraged her to return to classes a year ago to have some fun and use it as downtime to relax.

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  • Jessikah Treumer

    Jessikah, my beautiful Granddaughter dabbled in clay as a youngster. Two years ago she came to classes in earnest and fell in love with clay and stayed around. She has also become an invaluable team member at Aussie Potz, from assisting students with tutoring and any jobs that are required around the studio.

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  • Prue Rathborne

    I was lucky to stumble upon Dee’s fantastic studio in 2019 shortly after moving to Darwin. I’ve been very humbled to work so closely with her, harnessing and refining my processes and clay-making technique.

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Timetable

  • I began my pottery journey in 2019 at Deidre’s studio in Parap and never looked back. Deidre is a master of her trade and uses her expertise, refined technicality and authenticity to deliver a fabulous program and wonderfully cathartic experience. Her love of pottery and artmaking always translates into the studio and extends to her ongoing support to each individual. Her commitment to the craft and strong sense of community is truly admirable and inspiring. Deidre, Shenny and June have been fantastic mentors and friends who have encouraged me to become a pottery teacher myself. Her hungry passion for all things pottery is a gift that I now share and have an equal appetite for, and I look forward to many more messy days with clay in my hair!

    Prue

  • I learnt so much from Deidre at Aussie Potz. I’d never done any pottery or ceramics and never thought I could as I work shift work. Thankfully Deidre was very flexible and let me catchup when a shift got in the way which I appreciated. I came with some friends and our “clay time” was one of the highlights of my week. I got to make lots of things (of varying quality, let’s be honest!) but I loved it so much I decided to buy my own wheel… I still miss our Saturday mornings in class with Deidre! Thanks for endless patience and creating a fun learning environment Deidre.

    Jess

  • I had a marvellous time at the Aussie Potz classes. Such a beautiful creative space with learning and skill development in such a supportive and attentive environment. So looked forward to my Saturday mornings and if I wasn’t able to attend I could easily switch to another class held that week. Despite many of us having to move away from Darwin many from the class have continued our practice at home such was the level of skill conveyed and passion for ceramics taught to us by Deidre and Shenny.

    Janet

  • Thank you for introducing me to the world of wheel throwing! It’s two hours a week of pure joy lopping clay about and a wonderful escape from everyday life. Deidre, June & Sophia are so friendly, down-to-earth and approachable – all are amazing potters who clearly love what they do and teaching their art. For someone who has never done pottery and would consider themselves artistically-challenged, no one has been more surprised at what I’ve been able to create. Importantly, Deidre’s thoughtfulness in running classes that can accommodate shift work have been instrumental in getting me down to the studio and being able to make up sessions – no other studio in Darwin offers the same great flexibility.

    Ali