Pottery near West Jordan

Pottery Classes Near West Jordan, Utah

The Clay Hole is a community pottery studio in Draper, at the far end of the same road most of West Jordan already drives. Wheel throwing, hand building, slab molds, glaze and firing, all on one monthly membership.

Membership is the only way in. There are no drop-in classes and no single sessions, which is the part most people want to know first.

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A potter holding a tall thrown vessel up beside the turning water wheel of the old stone mill in West Jordan, Utah, the throwing lines echoing the paddles
Getting here

The drive from West Jordan

This is the easiest drive of any city in the valley, because Bangerter Highway runs the length of West Jordan and ends at the exact freeway exit we use.

  1. Get on Bangerter Highway heading south and east.
  2. Stay on Bangerter to its south end at I-15, Exit 289.
  3. Take the 200 W exit.
  4. Right on 13490 S over to Pony Express Rd, then past IKEA and Living Spaces. We are on the left.

West Jordan is a wide city, so the number depends a lot on which side you live on. From the east side near Redwood Road it is about eight miles. From Jordan Landing on the west it is nearer fourteen. Call it fifteen to twenty minutes with the road clear.

There is no transit route from West Jordan worth recommending. Everyone drives.

When you get here

Parking is shared with a few other businesses in the lot. Any spot that is not marked reserved for one of them is yours, and it is free. We are the next building north of Living Spaces, just down the frontage road from IKEA.

Full directions and map
What is actually here

A big room, and everything in it is included

The studio runs to nearly 10,000 square feet. Membership covers the room, the equipment, the classes and the glaze. You buy clay by the bag and you pay for firing by the size of the piece. Nothing else is metered.

29pottery wheels
650+brush on glazes
248slab molds
4kilns
  • Four instructors working the room in every instructed class, so nobody sits stuck for twenty minutes.
  • 150+ underglazes alongside the glaze wall, plus dipping buckets on the higher levels.
  • Bisque firing is free. Glaze firing is 5 cents a cubic inch, $4.80 minimum.
  • Clay starts at $28 a 25 pound bag, and the discount grows with your level.
  • Your own shelf to leave work on, which is the thing home potters never have.
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What it costs

Four levels, one monthly price

Every level gets the same studio, the same equipment and the same glaze wall. What changes is how many instructed classes are included, how much shelf you get, and how much comes off a bag of clay.

LevelMonthlyClasses included
Green Level$145 a month4 classes a month
Yellow Level$170 a month5 classes a month
Purple Level$200 a month6 classes a month
Black Level$275 a month8 classes a month

Open studio time is on top of the included classes, at every level. Clay discounts run from nothing on Green Level up to $6 off each bag on Black Level.

The membership rules

There are no drop-in classes and no single sessions. Membership renews on the 25th of each month and canceling has to happen before the 24th. Fired work has to be collected within two weeks of the kiln being unloaded. And the cheapest level shows you a real fraction of what a busy month here looks like.

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The week

When the studio is open

WhenHoursWhat it is
Monday daytime10:30 AM to 2 PMInstructed class
Monday to Thursday evenings6:30 PM to 10 PMInstructed class
Friday evening6:30 PM to 10 PMOpen studio
Saturday and Sunday mornings10 AM to 1:30 PMOpen studio

Doors open 15 minutes before a session starts, and the studio closes for fourteen holidays a year. The full list, with this year's dates, is on the class schedule page.

The rest of the field

Other pottery near West Jordan

We are not the only option near West Jordan, and for some people we are not the right one. Here is what else is close.

  • Paint your own

    Color Me Mine West Jordan

    3751 W Center Park Dr, near Jordan Landing. You pick a piece that is already made and paint it. A good evening, and a different thing from making the piece yourself.

  • Make your own

    Bella Rosa Pottery

    In Herriman, west of you. Eight week wheel and hand building courses, shorter Clay Nights, and camps for kids in the summer. Courses rather than a membership.

  • Make your own

    Cottonwood Clay Studio

    7587 S State St in Midvale, east across the valley. Classes Monday through Friday. Their open studio time is for people enrolled in a current class.

We could not find a studio inside West Jordan city limits where you make the piece yourself. For the third largest city in Utah that is a strange gap. If we have missed one, tell us and we will add it to this page.

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Nearby

The rest of the South Valley

Same studio, same shelves, a different starting point. See every city in the South Valley. Or by county, every city in Salt Lake County.

Questions

What people from West Jordan ask

How far is The Clay Hole from West Jordan?

Between about eight and fourteen miles, depending which side of the city you start on. Bangerter Highway runs the whole length of West Jordan and ends at our freeway exit, so the route is close to a straight line either way.

Can I take a single pottery class instead of joining?

No. Monthly membership is the only way in. Pottery takes weeks to finish a piece, and a one night class sends you home with wet clay and no way to fire it. If you want a single evening, Bella Rosa in Herriman runs shorter Clay Nights.

Do I need my own tools or clay?

No tools. Membership covers the wheels, the hand building tables, the slab molds, the glaze wall and the classes. Clay is bought by the bag at the studio, and firing is charged by the size of the piece.

Do you take beginners?

Most people who join have never touched a wheel. Every class has instructors working the room, and there are lessons for everything else online.

What are the class times?

Instructed classes run Monday through Thursday evenings, plus Monday daytime. Friday evening and both weekend mornings are open studio.

Is there parking?

Yes, and it is free. The lot is shared with a few other businesses on Pony Express Road, and anything not marked reserved for one of them is fair game.

Starting

What happens if you join this week

You pick a level, sign the waiver, and turn up to your first class. Somebody shows you where everything is, you get a shelf, and you put your hands in clay the same night. Most people who join here from West Jordan have never touched a wheel.

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Questions are quickest by text. The studio line is 385-241-5528. We are at 12896 S Pony Express Rd, Suite 100, Draper, UT 84020.