All Fired Up

lenalouise

coffee and ceramics 28th July 2008

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Me and my friend Tasha were due for a coffee and a catch up and Tasha also wanted to make a present for her friend's wedding so we killed two birds with one stone and came to this ceramic studio cum cafe.

It's a bright and relaxing place where you can sit for hours (which is what we ended up doing). They have shelves full of different things yo can paint (think plates, cups, teapots, bowls, frames etc). The idea is that you pay for the price of the thing you want to paing plus a one-off "studio fee" which is £3 for the use of their paints, paint brushes and firing it up with a glaze. If you don't finish painting, you can always keep it in-store and finish painting it another day. They have pretty good opening hours, on some days they're open until 10pm.

It's a pretty unique concept which also happens to be bags of fun. The staff are extremely helpful for first-timers. Tasha went for a teapot and preceded to draw on her design. I helped by grabbing the paints and getting some coffees in. They also have some pretty delicious-looking cakes.