Monthly membership is designed for intermediate & experienced potters who are comfortable with independent learning and wish to immerse themselves for a few weeks/months in a working pottery studio.

We have space for up to x3 members per session in our wheel studio, and x6 members per session in our Hand-Building studio.

We can best accommodate hobbyists or those wishing to explore the future development of their practice. We cannot support or facilitate production potters.

Monthly membership provides you with come as you go access to the facilities between the hours of either access slots 10-5pm or 5-8pm on the selected day(s) of your monthly plan. Membership is bookable via enquiry only.

When:

Monday:

Wheel Studio: 10-5pm / 5-8pm

Tuesday:

Wheel Studio: 10-5pm / 5-8pm

Wednesday:

Wheel Studio: 10-5pm / 5-8pm

Handbuilding Studio: 5-8pm

Thursday:

Wheel Studio: 10-5pm

Handbuilding Studio: 10-5pm

Saturday:

Wheel Studio: 10-5pm

Sunday:

Wheel Studio: 10-5pm

The cost of your membership is fixed and does not allocate you a certain amount of hours per month, rather it pays for your selected day(s).

• £35 per day / £140 per month (1 day per week).

• £30 per day / £180 per month (2 days per week).

• £16 per day / £200 per month (3 days per week).

• £35 per day for any day of the week outside the agreed upon plan that you wish to add on.

• Evening Access : £20 per session / £80 per month / Fixed price. 

*Billing for the month ahead is automatic on the 29th of each month.

• The use of x1 Shimpo Whisper T pottery wheel.

• Surrounding surface space to prepare clay.

• X1 designated studio member storage shelf ( 70cmx40xcm for greenware and bisque ware only).

• Firing of work (limited to items produced within the studio and constrained by your allocated shelf space).

• Access to in house studio glaze & slip collection.

• Tools, aprons and other creative necessities.

• A full-time ceramic technician on site.

• Communal tea, microwave and fridge facilities.

• Guaranteed access to facilities within your allotted time, no negotiation over equipment with other members.

Not Included (Wheel Studio Access):

• Unlimited storage space.

• Clay, which can only be bought directly from us at £19 per bag. If you wish to work with a particular clay that we use in the studio other than our standard stoneware , please let us know and we will discuss options with you.

• Access to the kiln to fire your work. This will be done by our technicians only.

• Tuition or practical guidance/assistance.

• Bat systems, aggregates, pigments, oxides, underglazes.

• Use of specific Hand-Building tools, including: banding wheels, slab harp, plaster moulds (bowl form), cylinder guides.

• Shared communal table and standing workbench in dedicated Hand-Building studio.

• X1 designated studio member storage shelf ( 70cmx40xcm for greenware and bisque ware only).

• Firing of work (limited to items produced within the studio and constrained by your allocated shelf space).

• Access to in house studio glaze & slip collection.

• Tools, aprons and other creative necessities.

• A full-time ceramic technician on site.

• Communal tea, microwave and fridge facilities.

• Guaranteed access to facilities within your allotted time, no negotiation over equipment with other members!

What’s Not Included (Hand Building Studio Access):

• Unlimited storage space.

• Ability to store or fire large scale work that exceed the dimensions of 30cm(width) x 40cm(height).

• Clay, which can only be bought directly from us at £19 per bag. If you wish to work with a particular clay that we use in the studio other than our standard stoneware , please let us know and we will discuss options with you.

• Access to the kiln to fire your work. This will be done by our technicians only.

• Tuition or practical guidance/assistance.

• Bat systems, aggregates, pigments, oxides, underglazes.

• Monthly membership access is booked via enquiry within a private booking system. If you are interested, please let us know your preferred access plan and payment plan and we will get back to you with availability.

• Monthly members can book a maximum of up to 6 months at a time, and a minimum of 3 months.

• We do not offer reschedules or refunds for any date of your membership plan that you are unable to attend.

• Members are permitted to swap access days and times amongst each-other freely.

• You can suspend your membership for a minimum of one month, a maximum of six if you have plans that effect your access.

• If you complete your monthly access period and wish to extend this but the following months are booked up - you must collect your work regardless.

Materials used:

• We bisque fire to 1000 (cone 05) and glaze fire to 1230 (cone 6).

• Stoneware clay. Either Staffordshire Stoneware (potclays) or Studio Throwing (hot clay).

Please note, we do not rent any of our equipment, including wheels and kilns to any member of the public. Our facilities are used exclusively by members and staff only.