Pot Luck

Join us for pottery deliciousness. We’re portioning a range of pottery making techniques into bite-sized samplings for our pot luck.

Learn how to use bench-based handbuilding techniques to make pots without a potter's wheel. Course content changes and what we'll be making is a surprise! Fancy taking your chances?

Prerequisites: none

Duration: 1.5 hours

Make a Mug

Make a mug for your favourite brew. Need room for a decent cuppa, or is espresso more your thing?

Learn how to make a mug body, make playful handles, and embellish your mug with impressed and moulded decoration.

Your mug will then be fired to stoneware temperature with our glossy transparent glaze to make it ready for use.

Content:

Making mug bodies and handles, body and hand awareness, clay management, finishing and finesse, impressed and moulded decoration.

Prerequisites: none

Throwing Taster

Fast and filthy. Have a go on a potter’s wheel.

Your experienced tutor will guide you through the steps needed to centre, cone, open, and lift clay on a potter's wheel. They will help you overcome common frustrations of wheel work, and focus on enjoying this uniquely tactile process in a supportive environment. 

Content:

Wheel control, posture, centering, coning, opening up, collaring in, lifting a wall, compressing walls and rims, using a rib, wiring-off, wipe down.

Prerequisites: none

Pottery Market at Sunken Studio

Discover Handmade Ceramics at the Potter’s Market – Sunken Studio

Join us at Sunken Studio’s Potter’s Market and explore a beautiful collection of handcrafted pottery and ceramic art, all made right here in our Leeds-based pottery studio. From everyday ceramics to one-of-a-kind statement pieces, there’s something for everyone.

Featuring:

Leeds Woolfest 2025

Come along and celebrate all things woolly as Woolfest returns for 2025. 

We have it all from packed out crafting markets to expert demonstrations, talks, performances, tea room pop-ups and loads more. Whether you’re a natty knitter or crackers about crochet, it’s a great day out for all ages.

Housed within the surroundings of the Grade II listed Armley Mills, come along and explore the many wonderful mill spaces and temporary exhibitions.

Loops

Find out what happens when three textile artists from the Netherlands meet three textile artists from Yorkshire.

Loops is a large-scale collaborative artwork by six talented artists centred around the theme of cycles, circles and continuums. Many months in the making and many miles apart, this is a truly unique celebration of international collaboration and the lasting allure of textiles.

The gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday 10-4, Sunday 12-4 and closed on Mondays. 

Lightspace Leeds

Lightspace Leeds

Star House, Authorpe Rd
Meanwood
Leeds
LS6 4JB
United Kingdom

Morning Yoga at Lightspace Leeds

Join Charlotte for a juicy Vinyasa flow class on Friday mornings.

Drawing on Charlotte's movement background, this class will embed mindful movement with breathwork and some meditation, to help close the working week and glide you into the weekend feeling long, strong and emboldened.

This is open level class - all ages and abilities are welcome.

Some prior experience of Yoga beneficial, but not necessary.

Pay what you decide!

Fridays 7:45am - 8:45am

Please bring a mat!

Blocks and blankets are available

Alison Spittle: Big (Work In Progress)

PART OF LEEDS COMEDY FESTIVAL 2025

Obesity glorifier and Fat Christ, Alison Spittle is doing some stand-up about sitting down.

Appeared on ‘House of Games’, ‘Celebrity Gogglebox’ and ‘Pointless Celebrities’. Podcast appearances on ‘Off Menu’, ‘The Gargle’ and ‘Trusty Hogs’. Co-host of ‘Magazine Party’, ‘Wheel of Misfortune’ and ‘Guilty Feminist’.

Tour support for Fern Brady, Rob Delaney and Maria Bamford.

British Comedy Guide best reviewed show of the Fringe 2022.

'An hour of near faultless material' **** (Skinny).