Painting on ready made pottery
We have a good selection of factory made “bisque” ready to be glazed—some ideal for children to paint on, and other more grown-up pieces.
After you have painted your item we will cover them in transparent shiny glaze and fire them in the kiln for you to collect later.
Each piece is individually priced, starting at £9 (the £9 pieces are not huge, but they are not tiny either - no pressure to go bigger, or paint more, if you don't want to). There are are a few £8 pieces left over from before the prices went up. No studio fee! No maths! The price you see on the item is what you pay - you paint it, we add transparent glaze and fire it. Usually our £9 items take about an hour to paint - sometimes more if you choose to paint a detailed design. Younger children tend to paint a bit quicker than older children and we have some colouring pages available for younger children who are waiting for a sibling to finish!
Click here for our leaflet about painting on ready-made pottery.
Pay for bisque painting when you come to the Studio
Independent Studio Time
We charge £20 (£18 concessions) for members to use the studio for 90 minutes.
If you have used clay in a pottery before you might prefer to work on your own project independently. The fee includes provision of up to three balls of clay, table space and the necessary tools to hand-build or use the wheel. If you are planning to used the wheel please tell us so we can make sure it is not booked out to someone else!
Assuming you have made something that will be safe in the kiln, the price includes firing your creation (it will either be white or red depending on which clay you chose) and it will be available to collect in two or three weeks time, or you can book another slot to glaze it and we will fire it again ready for you to collect later.
Click here to see our Studio Time Leaflet.
NB Please ask about our Associates scheme if you are interested in using the studio for 6 or more hours each week.
Pay for Studio Time when you come to the Studio
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Associate Scheme
Click here for information about our Associates scheme. If you are interested in hiring space in the studio on a regular basis, this is the leaflet for you!
Kiln Hire
We have two kilns. Neither is huge but they can fit pieces of maximum diameter 35cm. (28cm or 45cm high). We use one or other of the kilns on most days so we are not the right place for potters who want to fire high volumes of pottery. Nevertheless we are more than happy to rent out kiln space to potters who want to fire a shelf a week (or less).
We charge £15 per shelf. The bigger kiln costs £60 for the whole kiln—£45 for the smaller. Shelf hire is for pottery under15cm tall (our tallest shelf support). Anything taller counts as two shelves (or more!).
We hire out individual shelves if your pottery can fire using the same programmes we use. Otherwise the whole kiln must be hired.
Click here for more details in our kiln hire leaflet. You are welcome to visit us to look at the kilns!
