Thanksgiving to New Year’s

2026 Holiday Closures and Kiln Deadlines

Bisque by Thursday, December 10. Glaze by Wednesday, December 16. Make both and your work comes out of the kilns finished before we close for Christmas.

Dec10Last day for bisque
Dec16Last day for glaze
Dec23Finished work out

Next up: Thanksgiving weekend. Closed Wednesday, November 25 to Sunday, November 29.

Illustration of two potters in clay-dusted aprons holding up glazed handmade Christmas ornaments, stars, trees, hearts, snowmen and bells, in a pottery studio strung with holiday lights

Every date, in order

Every closed day and every deadline

  1. Closed

    Thanksgiving weekend

    Closed Wednesday, November 25 to Sunday, November 29

    Last session before: Tuesday, November 24 at 6:30 PM. Back: Monday, November 30 at 10:30 AM.

  2. Deadline

    Last day for bisque

    Thursday, December 10, by the end of class at 10 PM

    Every bone dry piece you want finished goes on the bisqueware drop-off tables.

  3. Studio night

    Clayraoke and Trivia Night

    Friday, December 11, 6:30 to 10 PM

    Karaoke and a trivia leaderboard during Friday night open studio. Your wheel is still your wheel, and the night counts as one of your sessions.

    See the Clayraoke page

  4. Deadline

    Last day for glaze

    Wednesday, December 16, by the end of class at 10 PM

    Glazed work goes on the glazeware drop-off tables.

  5. Kilns

    Finished work comes out

    Wednesday, December 23, by the end of class

    Everything that made both deadlines is out of the kilns and on the pick-up tables. This is the last session before Christmas.

  6. Closed

    Christmas

    Closed Thursday, December 24 to Saturday, December 26

    Back: Sunday, December 27 at 10 AM for open studio.

  7. Closed

    New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day

    Closed Thursday, December 31 to Friday, January 1

    Last session of the year: Wednesday, December 30 at 6:30 PM. Back: Saturday, January 2 at 10 AM for open studio.

The two kiln deadlines

Bisque by the 10th. Glaze by the 16th.

We set the same two dates every December, because Christmas does not move. Hit both and your pieces are out of the kilns and on the pick-up tables by the end of class on Wednesday, December 23.

Bisque firing

Thursday, December 10

Every piece you want finished goes on the bisqueware drop-off tables by the end of class at 10 PM.

It has to be completely bone dry. Damp clay can burst in a bisque kiln and take a classmate’s work down with it.

Glaze firing

Wednesday, December 16

Glazed work goes on the glazeware drop-off tables by the end of class at 10 PM.

Everything that makes it comes out of the glaze kiln by the end of class on Wednesday, December 23.

Beat them by a long shot

December is the busiest month the kilns have, and a rush can put us behind. Work that goes out a week or two early is work that never has to wait.

A plan, not a guarantee

The kilns run nearly nonstop all December, and we do everything we can to get every piece that makes the dates out in time. Kilns and electricity can still need a day, so the dates are our plan rather than a promise.

Late work still fires

Pieces put out after a deadline go in as soon as a load has room for them. They never jump ahead of the work that made the date.

Every pot stays where it was put

Moving someone else’s pottery to get yours into a load is never okay. We notice, and so do they.

Why the holidays close more

Our team gets the holidays too

November and December carry more closures than any other stretch of the year. That is on purpose. The people who run this studio spend the holidays with their families and the people they love, the same as you.

A closed day never costs you a class

Your classes never expire while you are a member. A closure moves a class to another day, it does not take it away. There are no refunds or pro-rating for holiday closures, and with no booking and no RSVP, switching nights costs nothing but a decision.

Keep an eye on it all

Watch the kilns, plan the month

The kiln trackerLoad and unload dates, a live look at every kiln, drop-off countdowns and the pick-up deadline for each load. The studio calendarEvery closure, both deadlines and Clayraoke by month, week or list, with a button that puts any of it in your phone’s calendar. Class times and holidaysThe regular week, the doors rule and every holiday we close for, all year long.

For anything about a specific day, text us at 385-241-5528.