A one-day course learning to make a clay oven for baking bread or pizzas just in time for the summer holidays.  We can promise you a very enjoyable day playing around with mud!

Jon (click on his name above to learn more about him) will explain about the dimensions of the oven and why they are important.  We will then dig the clay from a small pit near the mill pond and barrow it back to the concrete hardstanding where the work is to be done. Jon will show you the techniques involved in constructing a clay oven.

Before lunch, everyone will make their own pizza, to be cooked in the existing clay oven here at Assington Mill.  One of Jon's many sidelines is running a very popular pizza stand at festivals and fairs where the pizzas are hand-made to order by an Italian chef.

After lunch, the main work of construction will be done.  You have a choice here:  if you make it small enough, and bring a strong piece of board (3/4" or 20mm thick) that will fit flat in the back of your car, you could take the oven away.  On the other hand, you may prefer to practice and then take away enough clay to work at home, in which case you need to bring some very strong plastic sacks.

This course is now full, but please ring 01787 229955 if you would like to be put on the reserve list.

Comments from previous students:

Very good enjoyable day.  Andrew

Lovely course, everything was very good.  Thank you.  Lilian

A really interesting and fun day.  Excellent and knowledgeable tutor.  Lunch was fab!  Thanks.  Jonathan A.

Superb day - really inspiring!  Thank you.

Thank you for allowing us to spend the day in an around your lovely home!  Craig R.

Parfait!  Absolutely excellent course, very knowledgeable tutor and perfect surroundings.  As with everything practice makes perfect but I definitely feel like I have the basics to build upon.  Hardest decision is which course to book next!  Chris.