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Children’s Events!
Tacosaurus Tuesdays - make a dinosaur!
Monster Mugs and Pumpkin Pots
Winter Lights Clay Club
Ramadan Lantern Making
Eid Treats Pottery Workshop
Parent & Child Mornings
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Adult Classes and Open Access
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Halloween & Christmas Events
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An independent pottery studio based in High Wycombe
A working studio built around the simple pleasure of making things with your hands. Whether you're booking your first class, joining as a member, or picking up a piece to take home: you're welcome here.
Come in. Make something.
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Kids Club
Fun, hands-on pottery sessions with a different gloriously silly project to make each month — from Tacosaurus to Monster Mugs and Cupcake Clay Club.
Parent & child sessions from £35
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Taster Sessions
Try pottery without the commitment with relaxed sessions and special events.
A friendly way to get messy, make something, and see what the studio is all about.
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Classes
Beginners welcome.
Wheel throwing, hand building, glazing. Sessions run weekday evenings and weekends.
All materials included.
From £20 a session
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Membership
Save money by coming more often!
Memberships are good for those who want a regular hobby or develop their professional practice.From £95 per month
From £4 per hr, £11/session -
Open Access
Open studio access whenever you need it.
Clay allowance and tools included.
From £30 per session (£10/hr)
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Kiln Access
Have your own pieces fired in our kiln.
From £5 per piece, for two firings
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Social Events
Social sessions for groups, team days.
No experience needed whatsoever. Just show up and enjoy it.
From £0
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Shop
Take home a hand-made piece of artisan pottery, for you or someone you love.
A Different Kind of Studio
Max’s Pottery is intentionally small-scale.
The focus is on thoughtful making, relaxed creativity, and genuine studio atmosphere — not cramming in as many people as possible.
Whether you’re completely new to clay or developing a long-term ceramics practice, the aim is to create a space that feels calm, inspiring, and creatively alive.
Pieces made to last
Artist: Max Leven
🌿 A compact, sculptural bottle-vase finished in my signature Emerald Flame glaze — a glossy emerald green layered over hand-painted red iron oxide brushwork. As the glaze melts, the iron blooms gently through the surface, creating tiny flame-like freckles and warm undertones that glow in the light. It’s the same glaze family as my Verdant Flame oil burner, with the same organic, atmospheric character.
Perfect as a standalone accent, or for a few dried stems, grasses or a single striking bloom.
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🌿 A refined wheel-thrown porcelain bud vase with a slender neck, softly rounded body, and gently flared rim, finished in a glossy honey glaze with subtle tonal movement and fine crackle detail.
The porcelain body gives this piece a lighter, more delicate presence than stoneware, while the warm translucent glaze adds depth and softness in changing light. Elegant enough to stand alone, but equally suited to a few stems or dried grasses.
Hand thrown in High Wycombe, UK.
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Pair it with one of my other handmade bud vases for a beautiful set — see them all here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MLPotteryByMax?section_id=55156536
📏 Specifications & Details:
• Height: 16 cm (6.3")
• Material: Durable, high fired porcelain
• Hand thrown in High Wycombe
• Food safe, microwave safe, and dishwasher safe
♻️ Eco-Friendly & Thoughtful
We care about the planet — our materials are locally sourced, fired in energy-efficient kilns, and packaged in 100% recyclable, compostable materials. Good for you, better for the earth.
📦 Shipping Info
This product is made to order, so takes 2 - 4 weeks to complete.
We ship across the UK. Orders go out in 2-3 business days, packed with care.
If something arrives damaged, send us a photo — we’ll sort it out.
Just add water.
The Vortex Fruit Washer is a handmade ceramic berry washer designed to let running water do the work for you.
Place the bowl in your sink and position the side spout beneath the tap. Water flows through the spout and into the bowl at an angle, creating a gentle swirling current around your berries as it fills. Drainage holes in the bottom allow the water to escape continuously, so fresh water keeps circulating through the bowl rather than simply filling it up.
The result is a simple, satisfying way to rinse berries, grapes, cherry tomatoes and other small fruit and vegetables.
Once they're clean, turn off the tap, let the remaining water drain away, and your fruit is ready to serve.
How it works
Place the Hydro Bowl in the sink.
Position the spout beneath your running tap.
Add your fruit or berries.
Water enters through the spout and circulates around the bowl.
The water continuously drains through holes in the base.
No filling, tipping or separate colander required.
Each Hydro Bowl is individually handmade in my Buckinghamshire studio. Small variations in form, glaze and surface are part of the making process, so every one is unique.
Material: Stoneware ceramic
Made by hand in: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Food safe: Yes
Dishwasher safe: Yes
Artist: Max Leven
Wheel-thrown stoneware mugs, individually glazed in rich layers of Honey Amber and Emerald Green.
These mugs are part of an exploration of how the two glazes interact. Depending on the order and thickness of application, the same two glazes can produce dramatically different results — from deep golden amber and bronze, through flashes of green, to a much brighter emerald finish.
The Honey Amber develops a fine crackle pattern across the surface, while overlapping areas create pools, streaks and changes in colour that follow the throwing lines of each mug.
Each mug is individually thrown and glazed by hand, so the shape, surface and glaze pattern are unique. The mug pictured is the mug you will receive.
Choose your mug:
Deep Honey Amber – rich amber and bronze with darker depth and a pronounced crackle surface.
Honey Amber over Emerald – golden amber with subtle green breaking through, particularly around the rim and edges.
Emerald Green – fresh glossy green, with throwing lines visible beneath the glaze.
Golden Honey Amber – a lighter, brighter amber with particularly strong crackling and tonal variation.
Hand-thrown in stoneware and fired to high temperature for strength and durability.
Made by hand in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
