Craft-Focused Ceramic Practice in Zurich
Small-group pottery classes centered on technical progression, material intelligence and sustained studio learning.
Wheel throwing · Hand-building · Glaze research · Seasonal workshops
Develop real skill through consistent ceramic practice in a calm and focused studio environment.
Small groups. Real progression.
Clay & Tao is a ceramic studio in Zurich dedicated to serious craft learning and long-term material practice.
Rather than short-term workshops, teaching focuses on technical integration, structural understanding and the gradual development of a personal ceramic language.
Small-group pottery classes in Zürich
Clay & Tao offers small-group pottery classes focused on wheel throwing, hand-building and glaze research.
Participants develop technical confidence, material understanding and a sustained personal ceramic practice. Teaching focuses on long-term technical integration rather than short-term experiences.
Small groups (max. 4 participants)
Deep engagement with hand-building technique
A slower, craft-focused, precision-based wheel approach
Studio glaze research and firing knowledge
Seasonal ceramic intensives
A coherent personal ceramic direction
A calm and focused ceramic studio
The studio offers a calm and light-filled refuge within urban rhythm — a place where focused work, technical precision and quieter perception can coexist.
Ceramic practice is approached as a long-term discipline that stabilises and matures over time.
Seasonal ceramic intensives
Seasonal workshops offer moments of deeper immersion into specific techniques and material processes.
These intensives support both technical development and creative consolidation.
Tao consultations in Zurich
Consultations on timing and decision-making
Alongside ceramic teaching, the studio offers structured consultations based on traditional Taoist analytical systems such as BaZi, Qi Men Dun Jia, Yi Jing and Feng Shui.
These frameworks help clarify personal patterns, decision processes and situational dynamics.
For some participants, ceramic practice becomes a material way to integrate this understanding.
What participants experience
“Having tried several pottery studios in Zurich as a newcomer, I can highly recommend Alex’s Clay and Tao approach. Her studio is warm and friendly with individual focus on students. I’ve learnt to recenter myself in her space and discovered the joy of imperfections in my work. I’m delighted with the pieces I made this year and the Tao reading for the year to come!”
“Einfach ein toller, chilliger Ort um seine Kreativität auszuleben oder zu endecken. Alexandra hat eine Engelsgeduld und zeigt ganz sanft und leicht die Richtung die man einschlagen könnte. Die Resultate machen einfach nur Spass.”
“Most amazing and relaxing experience ever! I promise you’ll love every second of it! Alex is the sweetest and most patient person ever! You’ll learn so much as a beginner and have so much fun doing so. Thank you Alex for this experience 💛”