Art and Materials

Bear Hands Pottery Studio may be rented by the hour or by the quarter. Below are guidelines to make your pottery experience safe and enjoyable.

Rental Fees:
$10/hour
$150/3 months

After initial 3 months continue for:
$135 for 3 months
$250 for 6 months
$485 for 1 year

Firing Fees:
All bisque firings on pieces glazed in our studio are free.
Glaze fire--5 cents per cubic inch (members get 10% off)

Bear Hands Pottery Studio Membership Studio memberships are designed for potters who need access to equipment and a place to work. Our members are hobbyists, artists, students, and anyone who wants to enjoy working with clay.

One of the best things about Art &Materials Bear Hands Pottery Studio is community; working with others in a mutually respectful, friendly environment.

Benefits:

• Extruder and dies, slab roller, Giffin-Grip, 1 Thomas Stuart kick wheel, 6 electric wheels, banding wheels, clay gun, wedging table and slip-master sanding area.
• Canvas covered hand-building table, rollers and texture tools, brushes, buckets, towels
• Dipping glazes, slip, wax and other materials.
• A personal shelf to store your tools and work and use of green houses
• 10% Discount on Clay
• 1 Free set of tools upon joining studio (first time members only)
• 1 Free pkg. of clay upon joining studio (first time members only)
• Participation in Student Pottery Shows with commission free sales
• Bring a guest free (2 times per month)
• Working Potters Nights—open until 8 p.m. one night a week (Monday night )
• Free Instruction class (Second Saturday from 10 - 12)
• Unlimited hours (while store is open and classes not in session)

Requirements:

• All new members need to read and sign the studio membership agreement.
• Respect other people’s work, space and time (this means not touching others’ work, or interrupting them while working).
• You must be an 21 or older to hold a membership.
• You must have taken at least one pottery class outside of high school (in other words be able to work independently and safely on our equipment).
• Clean up after yourself and leave the area nice for the next person.
• Clay must be purchased at Art &Materials if it is to be fired in our kilns.
• Glazes that are not from our studio or store must be lead free and rated at least cone 6.
• Members may not come in during scheduled classes unless they have made arrangements with instructor.
• Members buy their own materials, clay and tools.
• All materials used in our kilns must be approved
• No leaded materials allowed in studio
• Special firings or raku firings are an extra fee

Questions? Feel free to Contact us.