Pottery & Crafts Workshops
Creating with your hands, exploring craftsmanship
Our workshops
Discover our different pottery and craft workshops, each offering a unique hands-on creative experience
Creative Pottery
Feel, create, relax
Immerse your hands in clay and discover the pleasure of transforming it. Guided by Laurence, you knead, shape and decorate your own piece (bowl, plate, vase or free sculpture).
Duration
2h
Schedule
Monday to Saturday – 10 AM to 5 PM
Included
- • Complete materials
- • Guidance from Laurence
- • Your creation
Pricing
Wheel Throwing (Potter's Wheel)
The hypnosis of circular motion
Discover the potter's wheel and let yourself be carried away by the magic of circular motion. An experience that is both technical, sensory and deeply relaxing.
Duration
2h
Schedule
Monday to Saturday – 10 AM to 5 PM
Included
- • Potter's wheel introduction
- • Complete materials
- • Your creation
Pricing
Ceramic Painting
Playing with colors
Personalize two pieces (plate, bowl or decorative object) with brushes, stencils and pigments, in a creative and soothing atmosphere.
Duration
2h
Age
From 6 years old
Included
- • 2 pieces to personalize
- • Brushes, stencils and pigments
- • Guidance
Pricing
Zouak on Wood
Moroccan decorative art
Learn Zouak, the traditional wood painting typical of Moroccan craftsmanship. Decoration of two pieces with geometric or floral patterns.
Duration
2h30
Included
- • 2 wooden pieces
- • Pigments and brushes
- • Traditional Zouak introduction
Pricing
Raku Workshop (2 sessions)
Fire, matter, surprise
Two sessions to discover an ancestral Japanese technique combining earth, fire and surprise. Modeling, glazing and Raku firing revealing unique crackles.
Duration
2h + 1h30
Schedule
Monday to Saturday – 10 AM to 5 PM
Included
- • 2 complete sessions
- • Modeling and glazing
- • Raku firing
- • Your unique creation
Pricing
Frequently asked questions
Five formats: creative pottery (hand-building), wheel throwing, ceramic painting, zouak wood painting and a two-session raku course.
2 hours for creative pottery, wheel throwing and ceramic painting, 2 hours 30 for zouak, and two sessions (2 hours then 1 hour 30) for the raku course.
Monday to Saturday, between 10 am and 5 pm.
Yes. Creative pottery welcomes children from 3 years old, with a child rate of 290 Dhs up to 18. Ceramic painting is open from age 6.
Yes: the raku course runs over two sessions, with modelling, glazing and raku firing, for 750 Dhs. To see what each format teaches your hands, and why nobody leaves with their piece on the same day, read our guide to the pottery workshop in Essaouira.
Yes, the piece you make is included in the workshop price, as are all materials.
350 Dhs per adult for creative pottery, 360 Dhs for wheel throwing.
Ready to create your masterpiece?
Contact us to book your pottery or craft workshop and experience a unique creative adventure in Essaouira