Clay With Me

I attended a pottery workshop at this studio to make a handmade gift for my wife's birthday. The class itself was enjoyable, and I crafted a coffee mug and a few cups. However, the post-class experience was disappointing. We were instructed to return on a specific day to collect our kiln-fired items, but when I arrived, I discovered that my creations had been taken by someone else. The studio had left everyone's work unsecured on an open shelf accessible to anyone, including passersby from the street. This lack of proper storing and studio's attitude that there's nothing much we can do, is unacceptable, especially when people invest time and creativity into their projects. Unfortunately, I will never recommend this studio to anyone.

The class itself was great, the instructor was really helpful throughout the workshop, but what really bothered me was how poorly they handled the final products. We invested 3 hours of our time building our ceramics and it felt like whoever glazed and fired our clay could care less. I was really disappointed with how my pieces turned out. The glaze was applied incredibly unevenly, with huge globs and parts of my pieces were chipped as well. I would definitely not go back to this studio nor recommend anyone else to go.

Went here for my birthday and did the 3 hour class which costed $150. A week before your class you get an email advising you are responsible for brining your own apron and tea towels.
When you arrive you get a quick demo from the instructor on how to use the pottery wheel and how to mold the clay on the wheel. After that you’re pretty much on your own. You don’t get very much assistance after that. 30 minutes prior they stop you to do a clean up. Not a light clean, they expect the studio to be left the way it was when you came but at the hand of the customer. We were expected to deep clean the bowls, all utensils, TAKE APART THE POTTERY WHEEL AND WASH IT IN THE SINK TO CLEAN IT and put everything away.
Also, they won’t give you a curtesy email or call to advise when your items will be ready for pick up. If you don’t remember they will throw it out.
While the experience of pottery was fun as a whole, I definitely wouldn’t choose this establishment to go to again or to advise anyone else goes to. I would go somewhere where they are more customer service focused, where they include all materials (considering the high cost) and where they don’t make the customers clean their studio.

great date spot and intimate classes. however the items after picking up left us disappointed. the instructor did mention they were going to leave the bottom unglazed, so we were expecting the very bottom. but to our surprise, it was up to the sides as well to the point that it was 1 inch from the bottom of the cup. another item was wobbly and did not lay flat on the table.

I emailed them, and they explained the wobbly item is outside their control and the glazing issue is to protect their kilns which is costly to replace but understood the demarcation line was a little too high and offered to reglaze and refire if I'm willing to take the risk in case it breaks after refiring. i understand their preventative measure and transparency but this was only after all was said, done, and paid for. it shouldn't be on the customer to have their item refired to correct the issue as who would risk their item being broken. it should've been done right the first time but it also seems like the pieces would've gone up the side at least a little, maybe not as much as ours.

this is for future customers so they have visibility on how the pieces may be glazed as I didn't see many reviews talking about the pieces itself. don't get me wrong, the class itself was great but I have to change my rating after picking up the pieces.

I’ll start by saying I was happy I got to experience making pottery on a wheel. However, there were complications with booking and the staff never answers the phone so every communication is via email which got very confusing and had lots of miscommunication. After the class, I started getting emails of “invoices” trying to charge me for a third time for my beginner wheel class. After addressing Sarah’s email about the invoice, including our comments on our poor experience at this location, she didn’t even apologize for her mistake of sending additional invoices or apologize on behalf of the studio for our awful experience in general.

We had to cut our time off 30 mins early to clean up the studio which is fine, I don’t mind doing that but we paid $150 per person for the full three hours and we only got 2.5 hours. My advice: choose a different location that actually cares about their customers instead of just trying to take their money.

I had booked a 2-hour class with a friend. We had trouble centering the clay and asked for some instruction - as the instructor was helping us, another lady came around from the front desk to tell us that if we wanted personal instruction, we should have booked the 3-hour class and told the instructor to stop helping us. The instructor was very nice and professional otherwise, but overall, very little guidance to actually learn.

Additionally, I did not appreciate that our 2-hour class was actually a 1.5 hour class, with the last 30 minutes spent cleaning up the wheel and our supplies. I’ve been to other pottery studios before and am more than happy to help clean up, but I don’t think that part of the process that should be included in the workshop time that we paid for.

Super fun experience with just a single class. Since it was short I was surprised we were even able to make anything. That’s all thanks to our great instructor! She really went around helping those in need!

They glaze up your piece and fire it for you for pick up in 3 weeks from the class.

I have always wanted to try pottery (using a wheel) and my friends surprised me with the 3-hour intro class for my birthday. We had such a great time and the instructor Sabrina was super kind and an amazing teacher!! We all have been talking about wanting to go back and we are pretty much sold on joining a 4 week class soon! If you’re like me and have always wanted to try pottery, but never gained the courage to do it - I’m here to say DO IT! An awesome experience and fun to try with friends!