Upcoming Events
WPA runs a number of events each year. All events, including social and club activities, are listed on this page and link through to your HelloClub account.
Our workshops are open to Life, Associate, and Full members. If places remain available closer to the start date, we may then make the workshops available to members of the public, and this will be noted in the descriptions below. As we price classes only to cover tutor compensation and materials, once you have signed up no refunds will be given unless we are able to replace your spot in the class.
Workshops that don't have enough attendees will be cancelled a minimum of 5 days in advance. In this case, ticket prices will be refunded and credited to your HelloClub account to can be used for other workshops, rentals, or membership subscriptions. If you want the fee refunded to your account (less the original Stripe transaction fee), please contact our Treasurer to arrange this. Note that refunds will take 5-10 days to appear in your account.
Friends and Family Fridays
Come Join Us for Our Fun Friends and Family Evening!
This is your chance to bring ONE friend or family member and dive into the world of ceramics and pottery! Hosted by Christine Winbush, you and your guest get to explore your creative sides while having fun together.
Annual General Meeting & Pot Swap
This year we're combining our AGM, Pot Swap, and Anagama Show & Tell to create a fabulous social occasion.
BYO drinks and nibbles to share and let's make a night of it!
Anagama Show & Tell - 20th firing
We know how excited you are about your anagama pots—bring them along to share both your triumphs and your misfires!
We’ll cover how to remove wadding and other firing marks, and discuss when it does (or doesn’t) make sense to put your anagama pots through a Cone 6 club firing with a transparent glaze.
Bring Your Child/ren - October Session
Bring your kid(s) to play with clay!
The club rooms will be open for 3 hours in the school holidays for you to bring your child/ren along to play with clay. No tutors are provided by WPA though so you are to be responsible for your child's behaviour and safety while in the rooms.
The WPA Pottery Throwdown
Join us for this fun evening of community, chaos, and kai! We want both spectators and competitors to join in the fun.
This year, you can bring a non-member +1, and if we get enough takers we may even have an event just for them!
Handbuilding with Alex Jones | Half-Day Workshop
Make Along with Alex Jones: A Handbuilding Workshop
Join WPA in welcoming Alex Jones, an Auckland-based potter who works exclusively in handbuilding. This session offers a chance to listen, learn, and make along as Alex shares his loose approach to form-making and the decision-making processes that guide his work.
Clay Club | AUGUST
Join the Clay Club and dive into the world of clay recycling!
Discover how clay can be reused again and again — you’ll get hands-on experience with the recycling process, learn about grog and its benefits, explore different clay types and firing temperatures, and even operate a pug mill to make your own recycled clay (available for members to purchase). No experience needed, and your time can count toward volunteer hours!
Refining the Basics on the Wheel | 4-Part Course (August)
FOUR-PART COURSE | 22 & 29 OCT, 5 & 12 NOV | 6 - 8PM DAILY
Finished your beginners’ class and joined WPA but you’re still struggling with some of the basics? This class could help!
Over four sessions, beginners will be reminded of the basics but also be exposed to alternative ways of centring, pulling walls, and trimming vessels.
Glazing Basics with Heidi Ankers | October Session
The perfect 1-night course for new club members who aren't yet confident with glazing.
Join Coral Dolan for one evening to learn the basics of glazing at WPA.
WPA subsidizes this course to ensure new members have a good grounding in glaze basics. It helps you to avoid making glaze mistakes that could ruin your pieces and/or cost you in damage to kiln or kiln shelves.
Glaze Mixing 101 Workshop
Ever wondered what it takes to mix your own glazes?
Join James Dickman for an introductory session on the fundamentals of glaze mixing. This 2 hour workshop will cover the basics of glaze materials and chemistry, how to read a glaze recipe, and essential health and safety practices.
Kurinuki Basics | 1-Day Workshop – MAY
Fancy some meditative carving to create beautiful kurinuki objects?
Kurinuki is a Japanese term referring to the handbuilding technique of starting with a solid block of clay and hollowing it out to create an interior. This one-day workshop provides students with the basics of the technique to create an open teabowl and a lidded vessel.
Club Working Bee
It's been six months since the last bee, so it's time to pitch in again!
Every season, we take one day to get the membership together to make necessary repairs / deep clean the studio. This is for the good of the membership – we'll fix stuff, make space for your new creations, and make sure the tools you need are there and in good order.
Friday Demo Nights | Every Friday except for Friends and Family Events
Come Join Us for Friday Demo Night!
The WPA welcomes you to Friday DEMO Night, a FREE evening *every Friday at 6:30 pm where you can BYO [optional] to watch another member demonstrate one of their Ways Of Working. Starts 6:30 SHARP to watch the Demo which will last from 20 minutes to an hour.