If You’ve Been Told You’re “Too Much,” Pottery Helps You Be Fully You

Too loud. Too sensitive. Too intense. Too emotional. Too passionate. If you’ve ever been told you’re “too much,” maybe pottery is exactly what you need.

At The Clay Hole in Draper, Utah, we don’t ask you to tone it down. We don’t ask you to shrink. Pottery is messy, expressive, and wild—just like people. There’s no such thing as too much here. There’s just you, the clay, and a studio full of humans figuring it out together.

You’ve spent enough of your life trying to be smaller. Pottery gives you space to take up room—in beautiful, tactile, powerful ways.

Why Pottery Is a Home for People Who Feel “Too Much”

Pottery embraces contradiction. It’s soft and strong. Centered and messy. Delicate and bold. Just like you. It gives you something to focus your energy on—without telling you to be less. The wheel spins. The clay moves. And you get to pour yourself into something real, without apology.

• Big emotions? Pour them into the clay—there’s room
• Loud laugh? Welcome. Tears in class? Totally normal
• Overthinker? The hands help quiet the storm
• Too expressive? That’s how art is made
• You don’t have to “tone it down” to fit in here

According to a study on expressive art and emotional regulation, creative outlets like ceramics help highly sensitive or emotionally intense individuals process more safely and completely—without emotional suppression or masking.

How Pottery Lets You Be More of Yourself—Not Less

You don’t have to fit a mold here. You get to make them. At The Clay Hole, members bring all kinds of energy—and it’s all welcomed. We love the quiet ones, the chatty ones, the dramatic ones, the deeply emotional ones. If you’ve ever been told to “calm down,” pottery gives you a place to let it out instead.

• Studio located in Draper—easy access from Salt Lake and Utah counties
• Weekly classes + a bonus day each week for extra expression time
• Tools, clay, glazes, and thousands of textures ready for you to explore
• Studio founder Dan Pearce attends classes regularly and celebrates intensity as a gift

“I’ve always been called too much—too emotional, too passionate, too intense. Pottery gave me a way to channel all of it. It’s the first place I’ve ever felt like I belong exactly as I am.” — M.R.

*You’re not too much. You’re just waiting for the right space to be all of you.*

Conclusion

If you’ve spent years trying to quiet yourself, maybe it’s time to do the opposite. Pottery welcomes your realness. Your intensity. Your creativity. You’re not too much here. You’re just right.

This content was created in collaboration with Dan Pearce, owner of The Clay Hole—a professional potter with nearly 3 million followers across social media who regularly joins members in studio classes.

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