Sam Marks Ceramics

My mom and I had an amazing time learning from Sam last night in our Buddy Session! We are both complete beginners, but Sam explained each step so well and guided us through to completion of our own pots. Beautiful space, surrounded by Sam’s beautiful pieces. Perfect intro to pottery. Thank you!

Having admired Sam’s ceramics for a while, I decided that I wanted to have a go at pottery myself and booked a buddy class this summer as a total novice on the potter’s wheel. Sam is a brilliant teacher, he demonstrated and explained the processes in good detail, and as soon as we got the gist we were set up on the wheel to have a go at throwing a small pot ourselves. Sam was patient with our beginner’s mistakes and guided us through the steps clearly so that we were able to produce two pots...

Brilliant work shop. Excellent teacher, both of us felt we progressed in the short time we were there but was a relaxed and fun experience. Highly recommend for beginners learning the basics and those looking to progress! Thank you Sam.

I've been learning pottery for the past 2 years and last week had a 1-1 workshop with Sam. It was so beneficial to overcome some issues I was having with my throwing and it felt like taking a really big step forward in a short amount of time. Sam's a really great guy and great teacher and made the lesson a lot of fun.

I have just completed a two day 1-1 throwing course with Sam in his beautiful studio in Cornwall. Sam is a fantastic teacher and made the two days extremely fun and enjoyable as well as being mindful about tailoring the course to what I wanted to achieve and paying close attention to my progression, concentrating on the techniques needed for me to go further as a potter. I would very much recommend having a lesson with Sam - whether you are a beginner wanting to have a taster session or are m...