Join the Team at Max’s Pottery

We’re opening a brand-new ceramics studio in High Wycombe this September and are building a team of enthusiastic local ceramicists to teach, support studio users and run specialist workshops.

Whether you’re looking for regular weekly teaching or would prefer to come in occasionally for a particular course or workshop, we’d love to hear from you.

Current Opportunities

🟢 Handbuilding Tutors

Lead six-week evening courses for beginner and mixed-ability students.

Sessions: 2 hours 15 minutes

Courses will cover a range of techniques including:

• Pinch pots

• Coiling

• Slab building

• Press moulding

• A specialist handbuilding technique, such as nerikomi, sgraffito, Mishima or sprigs

• Glazing

🟢 Wheel Throwing Tutors

We’re looking for tutors for:

• Six-hour weekend beginner throwing courses

• Six-week throwing courses, with 2½-hour sessions covering centring, cylinders, bowls, mugs, trimming, handles and developing confidence on the wheel

• Future intermediate and specialist throwing courses

🟢 Weekly Studio Sessions

Paint-a-Pot Facilitators

Run relaxed family pottery-painting sessions for parents, children and other visitors.

Session length: 90 minutes

Semi-Tutored Studio Sessions

Support up to 15 members and studio users who are working independently, offering guidance, demonstrations, troubleshooting and advice as required.

These are not structured classes: participants will generally already know the basics and will be working on their own projects.

Session length: 3 hours

🟢 Autism-Friendly Teen Ceramics Tutor

We’re particularly interested in hearing from a ceramics tutor who is confident working with autistic teenagers and can create a calm, supportive and flexible learning environment.

This may suit someone with ceramics teaching experience alongside SEND, youth work, education or other relevant experience supporting autistic young people.

Please tell us about any relevant experience when you get in touch.

🟢 Guest Tutors

We’re also looking for occasional guest tutors specialising in areas including:

• Sculpture

• Decorative techniques

• Slip casting & mould making

• Glazing

If you specialise in another area of ceramics, we’d still love to hear from you.

Freelance Rates

Our regular teaching and facilitation rates are generally £30–£40 per contact hour, depending on the type of session. Prep would be outside the times below, but it is considered in the hourly rate.

Current standard rates include:

• £90 for a 2¼-hour handbuilding session

• £100 for a 2½-hour throwing session

• £100 for a 3-hour semi-tutored studio session

• £60 for a 90-minute Paint-a-Pot session

• From £195 for a six-hour weekend throwing course

Rates for specialist workshops, guest teaching and other session formats are agreed individually according to the nature of the session and the tutor’s experience.

Interested?

Please complete the form on the Contact Us page of our website, telling us a little about yourself, your ceramics experience, any teaching experience, and which subjects or sessions you’d be interested in teaching.