CLAY, TIME AND SPACE

Ceramics studio and coworking in Barcelona.

A pottery studio in Barcelona with all classes available in English. Learn wheel throwing and handbuilding, or work on your own projects in our coworking for ceramicists, artists and craftspeople.

Carrer de Sant Pere Mitjà, 21 · Barcelona

Worktable and handmade ceramics at SAMAL studio

FIND YOUR WAY

What would you like to do?

CUSTOM CERAMICS

Tableware and pieces for your space.

We make custom tableware for private clients, restaurants, bistros and cafés, and decorative ceramics for hotels and other spaces. We also have ceramic pieces for sale at the studio. Visit the showroom or talk to us about your project.

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Coworking tables for artists and craftspeople at the back of SAMAL

COWORKING FOR ARTISTS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE

A place to keep creating.

Ceramics, jewellery and other art and craft projects. Shared desks for €150/month and private desks for €200/month, with your own key and space to create at your own pace.

Monday–Saturday · 09:00–22:00
4 Shimpo pottery wheels available for use
By reservation · slab roller · storage
Materials and firings charged separately.

INDEPENDENT POTTERY PRACTICE · BARCELONA

Open Studio

Time to practise, explore and make.

If you already have pottery experience and want to keep working with clay, SAMAL offers space to make at your own pace. Practise techniques you know, refine your pieces or spend time on a project you have in mind.

€6 / hour

Minimum purchase: 10 hours · €60 total.

A pass for independent studio time. Previous experience is required. Book your session times via WhatsApp.

Want to keep your pieces?

€10/kg, in addition to the pass. Includes clay, both firings, glazes and coloured slips.

SAMAL ceramics studio with a worktable and four Shimpo pottery wheels
The SAMAL studio · Sant Pere Mitjà, 21 · Barcelona

LEARNING WITH YOUR HANDS

Ceramics classes in Barcelona.

A complete beginners’ course, handbuilding or pottery wheel classes: find your way to begin. All classes are available in English and include materials, firings and guidance.

Handbuilding tools on a pottery banding wheel

Handbuilding, wheel throwing and decoration

Complete beginners’ ceramics course

Never worked with clay and curious to find out what you enjoy most? This ten-week course takes you through different techniques, helping you learn the basics and create your first pieces with guidance along the way.

10-week course

€225 / complete course

Hands smoothing the inside of a clay piece with a sponge

Beginners and experienced makers

Handbuilding classes

For anyone who enjoys shaping clay by hand. Start from scratch or bring your own ideas and experience: we will guide you as you learn handbuilding techniques and develop your own projects at your own pace.

4 sessions of 2 hours

€96 / 4 sessions

Hands pulling up a clay piece on the pottery wheel

Beginners and experienced makers

Pottery wheel classes

If you would like to work on the pottery wheel, you can start here from your very first class. We will guide you through the first steps or help you refine your technique and develop your own pieces if you already have experience.

4 sessions of 2 hours

€110 / 4 sessions

SINGLE CLASS · 2 HOURS

Pottery experience

€37 per person

Make one piece, decorate it with coloured slips and collect it two weeks later. Materials, glazing and firings included.

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WEEKEND · 6 HOURS

Weekend pottery wheel workshop

€110 per person

Saturday: throwing. Sunday: trimming. Maximum 4 participants and 2 pieces to keep, with materials, glazing and firing included.

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CREATE TOGETHER

Pottery to share.

Team building, private celebrations and children’s birthdays from age 7. Share pottery with your group or hire the space to run your own workshop from €40/hour.

ABOUT SAMAL

A studio with roots.

SAMAL takes its name from Lamas, a small Portuguese village with a craft heritage. At the studio, that connection to working by hand meets new ways of creating. Each piece begins with time, clay and an idea.

COME AND MEET SAMAL

Looking for a place for your next pieces?

Get in touch. We will tell you about availability and arrange a studio visit.

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