If you want to get your hands dirty while learning how to paint pottery, The Clay Cafe is the best place to make a beautiful piece of ceramic art to take home!
From pot plants and bowls to teapots and mugs, you’ll get to choose what to paint and create personalized pottery that will add the finishing touch to any home or office space.
You will be shown a range of painting styles and patterns by their staff. This will give you the inspiration and ideas you need to create a masterpiece.
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What is Clay Cafe?
The Clay Cafe is a ceramic painting studio. You go in and choose a ready-made pottery item to paint while enjoying something to eat and drink.
Both adults and children can participate in making their own unique designs on unfired bisque, using colourful painting tools to design functional homeware items or decorative pieces.
The staff members assist with the clay painting process – lending a hand to assist artists to bring their creations to life.
When you’re done, you leave your creation for the cafe to glaze and they will contact you to collect it after 14 days.
Clay Cafe Red Barn Experience
I booked online three weeks in advance as that’s the only weekend booking I could find. We arrived on the day of our appointment and our waitress explained how it works, demonstrated some painting techniques – like bubbles, dots, stencil tracing, and then we got to work.
They offer two sessions morning from 9 am to 1 pm and the evening session from 1 pm till 5 pm.
When we arrived, they didn’t mention that we have a time limit and we were basically rushed to finish and leave.
We ordered two lattes each and we were painting for 2.5 hours, and when we wanted to order food, but, they said our session is over and the afternoon session is fully booked, so we couldn’t even get a table to eat. We left to go eat elsewhere.
When you book, I recommend choosing the afternoon slot as the morning one is quite rushed, unless you book for 9 am and not 11 like us.
The Clay Cafe is perfect for painting beginners – no prior experience is needed. Overall, I had a good time.
Pottery Painting in Pretoria
The Clay Cafe currently has two branches in Pretoria. Clay Cafe Wolwespruit in Erasmuskloof and Clay Cafe at Red Barn in Irene.
When is Clay Cafe Open
- Monday and Wednesday to Sunday: 09h00 – 17h00
- Closed Tuesdays
Clay Cafe Prices
You choose a ceramic piece to paint. Options include jugs, teapots, pot plants, mugs, plates, and bowls of different sizes. Ranging from R180 to R400 per piece.
The Clay Cafe offers an interactive art activity for the whole family, combining farm-style breakfast and lunch offerings with ceramic painting to enjoy.
Whether you’re searching for fun group activities to try with friends and family or you’re looking to mix with some new pottery pals, this ceramic painting cafe is a great chance to get creative in Pretoria!