SAMAL

CLAY, TIME AND SPACE

Ceramics studio and coworking in Barcelona.

A studio to learn and give shape to your ideas. Wheel-throwing and handbuilding classes, and coworking for ceramicists, artists and craftspeople.

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Carrer de Sant Pere Mitjà, 21 · Barcelona

Worktable and handmade ceramics at SAMAL studio
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.

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LEARNING WITH YOUR HANDS

Ceramics classes in Barcelona.

From your first touch of clay to pieces of your own.

Learn to shape clay, try the pottery wheel and add colour to your pieces. At SAMAL you can start from scratch, explore different techniques or focus on the one that interests you most, with guidance along the way.

Two people working on a clay slab during a class at SAMAL
A ceramics class at SAMAL, Barcelona.
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.

  • Handbuilding with coiling, pinching and kurinuki techniques.
  • 4 pottery wheel sessions included in the course.
  • Decorating and working with coloured slips.
  • Learning to glaze your own pieces.

When the course ends, you can choose to continue with handbuilding or pottery wheel classes, depending on what you enjoyed most.

10-week course

€225 / complete course

Materials and firings included. No previous experience needed.

Class times

Tuesday: 18:30–20:30
Thursday: 11:30–13:30 or 18:30–20:30
Groups of up to 8 people.

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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.

  • A focus on handbuilding techniques.
  • Guidance to turn your ideas into clay and work through questions.
  • Decorating and glazing your own pieces.

You can join these classes directly, without taking the complete course first.

4 sessions of 2 hours1 session per week · 4 weeks

€96 / 4 sessions

Materials and firings included. All levels welcome.

Class times

Tuesday: 18:30–20:30
Thursday: 11:30–13:30 or 18:30–20:30.

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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.

  • Pottery wheel practice adapted to your level.
  • Small groups of no more than 4 people.
  • Glazing the pieces you have made.

You can join directly, without taking the complete course first.

4 sessions of 2 hours1 session per week · 4 weeks

€110 / 4 sessions

Materials and firings included. All levels welcome.

Class times

Tuesday and Thursday: 18:30–20:30
Friday: 11:00–13:00, 16:00–18:00 or 18:15–20:15.

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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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