Rosebud Ceramics

Pottery-painting studio on the Seaham Grange industrial estate, run by owner Lynne Bard since 2004. Visitors choose from ready-made bisque pottery, from mugs to plaques, and hand-paint pieces on site before they are glazed and fired for collection, with sessions run for birthday parties, hen parties, family visits and adult evenings. The studio also produces personalised silver-print jewellery cast from fingerprints, hand and foot prints and pawprints, alongside 3D hand and foot castings for babies and couples, and keepsake pieces incorporating ashes. Bookings are required for all sessions, with separate term-time and school-holiday timetables. The business has appeared on the CBeebies programme My First, and takeaway painting kits are sold to those unable to visit in person.