Question 1

I've never touched clay. Where do I start?

Accepted Answer

With a semester class of six or twelve weeks. Wheel throwing if you want to make cups and bowls on the wheel; hand building if you'd rather coil and slab by hand. Both start from nothing.

Question 2

How do I book?

Accepted Answer

Pick a class on its page and book a section on Sawyer, our booking system. Registration opens before each semester, and the newsletter says when.

Question 3

What's included?

Accepted Answer

25 lbs of clay; glazes, oxides and slips; two and a half hours of open studio a week; and up to two makeup classes. Firing is extra, at 6 cents a cubic inch. Payment plans are available.

Question 4

Can I get a refund or switch classes?

Accepted Answer

7 or more days before your first class: a refund less a $75 fee, or a transfer. Within 7 days: half back. Within 48 hours, and once the semester starts: no refunds or credits. Miss a class and you can take a makeup class instead, up to two a semester.

Question 5

Test question: is this working?

Accepted Answer

Test answer. This is placeholder text to check the help page layout.

Question 6

What grades are kids classes for?

Accepted Answer

K–5th grade. Kids pinch, coil and slab their own pieces and glaze them, and the semester ends with a show of their work. Siblings get 10% off.

Question 7

Can you pick my kid up from school?

Accepted Answer

From PS31 and PS34, for a fee.

Question 8

Who is membership for?

Accepted Answer

Potters who know the whole process, from wedging to the glaze firing, and work on their own. Still learning the basics? Start with a semester class.

Question 9

What does it cost?

Accepted Answer

$260 a month for a half shelf, $300 for a full shelf, tax included, with 24/7 access. Clay and firing are extra. The minimum is three months; after that, cancel with 30 days' notice before your next billing date.

Question 10

Can we book a private party?

Accepted Answer

Yes: kids birthday parties for K–5th grade, and adult, team and corporate parties. Two hours with a teacher, the pieces glazed and fired, ready about three weeks later. A party is six people or more, from $675; the calculator on each page gives your price and sends us the request.

Question 11

Do you teach one-on-one?

Accepted Answer

Yes: a private lesson is two hours with a teacher for one to five people, at the wheel or the hand-building table, from $200.

Question 12

Where are you?

Accepted Answer

76 Kent St, Brooklyn NY 11222, in Greenpoint: a block from the Greenpoint Av stop on the G, and two from the East River Ferry.

Question 13

Can I see the studio first?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Tell us when suits you and we'll show you round.

Question 14

Do you sell gift cards?

Accepted Answer

For classes and memberships, in any amount. They apply at checkout.

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