It’s Valentine’s week, and love is certainly in the air here at the PPC! But love doesn’t only come in the form of romance - there are loads of different types of love. So, if you want to paint something for your mum or dad to show your love instead, or for your little one, or for your pet, your plants, your uncle, your cousin, or you just want to show off your love of Harry Potter, we’ve got you covered! Take a peek below to see how our lovely customers have demonstrated their love in many beautiful ways ..read more

In the first part of this series, we discussed our top tips for choosing what to paint, and gave you a few tricks on how to get the most out of your creative time here. Now, we’re going to move onto what we here at The Painting Pottery Cafe do with your pottery once you leave it with us. Let’s follow the life of this lovely bee mug, painted by someone equally lovely from the Sussex Wildlife Trust, who had a team building party with us recently. Put it in the Queue First, your pottery will be placed in an area in our kiln cave where it’ll enter a queue. We carefully stack the items in order of ..read more

Sometimes, an image just isn’t what you’re going for. You want to let your brush reign free and see where it goes. You want to celebrate the beauty of simplicity. Well, we love when you do! Below, we’ve put together some of our favourite examples of abstract painting. ?️ Enjoy ..read more

For all you lil curious cats, we’ve decided to put together a step by step guide of exactly what happens from start to finish during your experience at The Painting Pottery Cafe. There’s quite a lot to tell you, so we’ve split it into three parts. So, without further ado, welcome to Part I ..read more

January has been about 8 years long, and Christmas feels like it was a century ago! We might be a bit dramatic, but we’re certainly excited to welcome in a new month at last. Here’s a quick roundup of events we might even leave our sofa-nests for! ❄️ Vegan Festival Not only will there be lots of yummy treats for you to try, many of which are brand new, there’ll be a schedule of educational talks and inspirational cookery demonstrations running throughout the day. Head to the Hilton Hotel on 22nd Feb between 10.30-4.30. Tickets are £5, available on the door or online, or you can get VIP ticket ..read more

It’s been 23 years and a few million pieces of pottery spread around the world. The Painting Pottery Café continues to provide an oasis for creative fun. And now seems like the right time to pass on the apron of ownership to Fern, who has been our manager for a number of years.   Owning this lovely little business in the heart of Brighton has been an absolute pleasure.  I would like to take the opportunity to thank all customers and staff, past and present, who have helped make the Pottery Café the joy that it has become – and a special thank you to Mark, my partner, who has been our ..read more

We are delighted and very excited to be able to welcome our customers back for painting and throwing from May 17th. All of our previous safety precautions will stay in place for the foreseeable future. This means restrictions on numbers and on the times we can offer. Please bear with us. However we will endeavour to ensure you have a fun, relaxing and creative experience ..read more

Happy Easter Everyone! We are looking forward to opening again next month. We will post opening times on the website in the coming days. We are taking bookings from May 17th on wards and confirming these at the beginning of May. Have a great weekend ..read more

A few years ago we celebrated some of our favourite inspirational women by painting their portraits on plates for International Women’s Day. We subsequently added Greta Thunberg as an strong and inspirational woman. This years theme is “Choose to Challenge” which all of our inspirational women have done in their own sphere. However the tsunami of effects from war, famine, dictatorships, capitalism and now Covid-19 reveals that more than ever we need to stand up for the rights of women, who disproportionaly experience the impact of these events. We must find our voice and not give up until the ..read more

The 1st episode of the new series started last Sunday evening on Channel 4. Wow....loved every minute. As Lucy Mangan wrote in the Guardian - "a precious hour of crafty tranquillity". It cheered me up no end! Get lots of great ideas and insight into the magical world of clay. Watch this space in the next few days as we will be introducing crafty workshops from a great bunch of creatives especially for you ..read more