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Pick your Level on the next page. Takes about two minutes.
Announcements, new member deals, and more. All the lists live on one page.
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Your first day
You are going to get messy. That part is not optional. What you wear, what you carry in and where it all goes while you work is the part you can plan, and it takes about five minutes.
Start with the checklist. The reasons are underneath it for anyone who wants them.
The checklist
Tap each one as you go. It remembers on this phone or computer, so you can start tonight and finish on the day.
What to wear
Clay is wet, glaze is sticky, and a spinning wheel throws slurry further than anyone expects. Wear things that can take it, and leave the good stuff at home.
Clay washes out of most fabric. Most. Glaze and underglaze can be less forgiving, and a drip on a favorite shirt tends to stay a drip on a favorite shirt.
Comfortable beats cute. You will be sitting at a wheel or standing at a table for most of the session. Pick sleeves that stay out of your work: short ones, or long ones that push up and stay up.
Clay is heavy, tools are sharp, and the floor around the wheels gets wet. Closed-toe shoes with some grip handle all three.
Choose a pair you are happy to get clay on, because you will.
Nails. Not a rule. But if you plan to throw on the wheel, short nails make it dramatically easier, because long ones dig into the wall of whatever you are trying to pull up. Clippers are for sale at the studio if you change your mind halfway through class.
Rings. Take them off before you start. Clay gets into every setting.
Hair. Tie long hair back. Wet clay plus loose hair equals muddy hair.
Neither is included at any level, and plenty of members never use either. They just wear clothes they do not mind getting dirty.
If you like the idea, a washable apron and a small towel keep the mess manageable. How often you wash them is up to you. Between classes, your apron lives folded on your shelf.
Green Level Members
Green Level is the most affordable way into the studio, and tools are the tradeoff. Green Level Members bring their own basic tools and a sponge. Every other level has tools waiting for you, so if you joined higher than Green Level, skip ahead.
What counts as basic
What the studio still provides
Cheapest
A starter kit covers everything on the list above. Order a few days ahead so it arrives before your first class.
Easiest
$25 once
We keep a handful of beginner kits at the studio for anyone who shows up without tools. Pay on the website from your phone, then grab one. We are not in the business of selling tools, so this is the convenient option rather than the cheap one.
Most included
$25 more a month
Yellow Level includes hundreds of tools, dozens more glazes and a taller half-shelf. You can upgrade mid-month, so it can start before your next class.
Forgot them on the day. It happens. The tool kits at the studio are there for exactly that, and there are no wrong answers between these three.
Drinks
We would rather say it now than have you find out: our city water is not great to drink. So bring a bottle from home, or buy something fresh from our drink fridge.
Clay is thirsty work, and a session is long enough that you will want something. A bottle with a lid is the smart choice. Open cups, dusty hands and slip splashing off a wheel do not mix well.
The drink fridge and the coffee and cocoa station both run on trust. Pay on the website from your phone, then help yourself.
Where your things go
They are first come, first served, and they hold coats, bags and anything else you do not want near the clay while you work.
We do not allow locks on them. So pack light, and keep your phone, keys and wallet somewhere you are comfortable with.
Your shelf is for your pottery. Your apron, if you have one, lives folded on your shelf between classes.
Leave at home
Before you walk in
Every member signs it before their first class. Do it at home and the first minutes of class stay yours. Sign the waiver
Enough time to put your things in a locker, grab a drink and be at your seat when class starts.
Bags are 25 pounds and start at $28 before level discounts. Everything else on this page, you bring.
New member deal
30 of 30 discounted spots left this month
Tell us where to send it and this month’s deal lands in your inbox. If this month runs out, you get next month’s before it opens.
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It should land in the next few minutes. One honest thing while you wait: we are members only and we do not run walk-in tours, so the virtual tour is the closest you can get to standing in one.
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One question
We started in Draper, Utah, and we would like to be in more places than that. Where they go next is the part we have not worked out yet.
Where are you?
That is how we work out where the demand actually is. The rest is so we know who to tell.
Got it
Being straight with you: this could be a long wait, and we will not email you in the meantime. If your area is where the numbers land, you will be the first to know.
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