Punch & Clay Team-Building
Booking Details
A little pick-me-up for the chilly season!
Fresh clay, warm drinks, and creative hands: Our Punch & Clay team-building is the winter edition of our popular hand-building course. Together with your team, you’ll spend three cozy hours immersed in the world of ceramics, accompanied by homemade punch, festive vibes, and a relaxed atmosphere.
+ Group size
Our Neubau studio can host up to 30 participants, spread across three large tables, allowing you to enjoy your Punch & Clay team-building session in a relaxed and social setting. For larger groups or special requests, please get in touch with us via email at teamevents@freshceramics.at.
+ Booking
Simply write to us at teamevents@freshceramics.at. Together we will find the perfect date for your team.
+ Duration – 3 hours
The standard workshop lasts 3 hours. Shorter sessions (for example 2 or 2.5 hours) are also possible, and pricing will be adjusted accordingly. Please arrive 15 minutes before the start so we can begin on time and ensure a relaxed flow.
+ What you will do
In this workshop, you’ll learn the basics of hand-building and create your own fully functional piece of tableware. Most participants choose to make a cereal bowl, but other small objects are also possible.
You’ll also experiment with engobes, special underglaze colors that can be applied directly to the raw clay. This gives you endless possibilities to personalize your piece with flowers, patterns, vegetables, or abstract designs.
We will fire, glaze, and finish your creations for you, so they are fully functional and safe for the dishwasher and microwave.
+ No experience needed
This workshop is perfect for beginners.
+ Course fee
10 participants – €1200,- (incl. VAT)
Included: instruction and materials, two firings, transparent glaze, homemade punch for the whole group, and delivery of the finished pieces to your office (within Austria included, EU-wide shipping available on request)
+ Behind the scenes. After you have finished working on your piece, we will ensure the right conditions for your piece to dry properly – after a day or two, we will turn it upside down and write your initials on it. Depending on the thickness of your creation, it will take 3-10 days to dry completely. Once it has dried, we fire it at 960 degrees Celsius – reaching the right temperature and cooling down takes about 28 hours. After the first ‘raw’ firing, we dip your piece in transparent glaze and put it in the oven again – this time to fire it at 1200 degrees Celsius. After another 36 hours, your piece is beautiful, shiny, very durable and fully functional. You can now use it every day, put it in the dishwasher and be proud of yourself. After a total of three weeks from the day of the course, your piece is ready for collection. You can then simply come to our studio and pick up your ceramic.
On the one hand, there is wheel throwing, where pieces are created on an electric pottery wheel. The objects created this way are characteristically round, symmetrical, and thin. On the other hand, there is hand-building and shaping the clay by hand at the worktable. This includes coil building, pinch technique, and slab building. Here, you are not bound to the round base shape created by a wheel and can let your creativity run free.
However, shorter nails – as well as clothing that can get a little dirty – are an advantage. If some clay or glaze gets on your clothes despite the aprons, don’t worry, both can easily be washed out.
If you would like to consume alcohol, you can purchase one of our 0.7 l "Wine & Clay" bottles for €25.00 or a 0.2 l bottle for €5.20 on-site.
We keep already glazed course pieces on our pickup shelves for 3 months. After that, due to space limitations, they are sorted into monthly boxes in which we can no longer guarantee the completeness or condition of the pieces. Every year before Christmas, we donate all remaining pieces that have stayed with us for more than a year to "Aktion Leben" to bring joy to someone else. :)
* Shipping within Austria (1–3 pieces*): €7.17
* Shipping to Germany (1–3 pieces*): €17.35
* Shipping within the EU (1–3 pieces*): €21.00
Additionally, packaging & service costs of €9.50 apply per package, as we pack each piece by hand and personally bring it to the post office to ensure it arrives safely :)
* medium-sized pieces such as mugs, bowls, plates, small vases. Large pieces such as vases, jugs, etc. are counted as 2 medium-sized pieces.
Glazing in ceramics is inherently a variable process and cannot be fully controlled or exactly reproduced. Even when using the same glaze, the same clay, and the same firing schedule, the final result can vary from piece to piece. Many factors influence the outcome, including placement in the kiln, temperature fluctuations during firing, glaze thickness, the interaction between glaze and clay, as well as the overall kiln atmosphere. These variables are a natural part of working with handmade ceramics.
Due to this unpredictability, the appearance of the glaze is not considered a defect. For this reason, we do not offer refunds, reimbursements, or remakes based on glaze results or personal preferences.
Full cancellation / refund: possible up to 2 months (8 weeks) before the event date
Rescheduling: possible once up to 4 weeks before the event date and subject to availability
Any cancellation or rescheduling made less than four weeks before the event date will be charged as follows:
2–4 weeks before the event: 50% of the total price is due
Less than 2 weeks before the event: 100% of the total price is due
In the case of no-shows, billing will be based on the originally booked number of participants.
For any booking adjustments, please write us an email to
teamevents@freshceramics.at