Clay Club

Our Open Studio sessions also cater for those working with clay. Do you have a taste for ceramics after an introductory workshop or wheel-throwing course and want to continue your journey with clay?

Can you work independently but enjoy the social aspect of creating alongside like-minded people? Would you like access to specialised equipment like a pottery wheel, slab roller and extruder without spending thousands of dollars? Clay Club is the perfect next step from a full-assistance workshop to independent practice.

Every Monday and Tuesday night, the studio is open to the local ceramics community, where you can use the materials and facilities and share ideas, tips and inspiration. 

Clay Club is Suitable for:

• makers who can work independently

• those who have completed an introduction to ceramics workshop or a full term of wheel throwing within the last year 

• people who want access to specialised equipment such as a slab roller, extruder and pottery wheels (and know how to use them)

• people wanting to make use of the slip/underglaze/glaze library at HMF

Clay Club is not Suitable for:

• Those without a solid understanding of the ceramics process.

• Those with lots of questions or needing assistance (nothing wrong with that- we would encourage you to book an introduction to ceramics workshop or try the wheel/wheel course where you can get a teacher’s guidance instead).

• Those wanting to make large items. Creations must fit within a shoebox.

Ceramics experience is a must. 

How does it work?

• Bring in your STONEWARE clay and glazes (you must be familiar with the clay), or use the excellent stoneware reclaim and a wide array of glazes at the studio for free.

• Create and decorate! 

• Put your clay scraps and throwing water in our clay recycling tubs. Clean up after yourself and be ready to leave by 8.30 pm

• Those who attend regularly can store their work on our shelves as it dries- if booked in for a one-off session, you must take it home at the end of the night. 

• When your work is finished and thoroughly dried, ready to bisque, or has been bisqued, glazed and is ready for a gloss firing, fill out a firing form and leave your items at the studio to go in the kiln.