Ceramarama is a social enterprise where creativity and connection meet. We offer pop-up ceramics and art and craft workshops designed to be educational, enriching and welcoming to all.

We currently operate as a fully equipped, mobile ceramics arts studio, delivering tailored therapeutic, educational, and team-building workshops directly to our clients’ locations within Brighton and Hove and across the south-east of England.

Who are we?

Paul Horsted is a designer/maker who has worked in ceramics and glass since graduating in 1995. He is a qualified teacher with over twenty years of experience working as a Design and Technology lead in secondary schools.

Melanie Absolon is an artist/educator. Since graduating in Critical Fine Art Practice in 1998 she has lectured in Art in Further Education Colleges and at undergraduate level. She also has an MA and a PGCE. She has over five years of recent experience in tutoring and supporting young people with Autism, ADHD and SEN.

Our Mission:

Ceramarama has a mission to enhance mental wellbeing, foster creativity, and build community connections through accessible arts and craft workshops including the therapeutic, hands-on medium of clay.

Our services target four key sectors: educational institutions (especially SEND providers), community & social centres, corporate businesses, and private groups/individuals.

We address the growing need for proactive mental health support, creative enrichment, and meaningful team development. As a social enterprise, our core objectives are twofold: to generate sustainable revenue through our service offerings and to reinvest profits into subsidised and free programmes for vulnerable groups, including schools in low-income areas, mental health organisations and asylum seeker/refugee projects.