Basement pottery studio

Good health and safety practices in a pottery studio.

Let's be clear, this is not a guide to the ideal pottery studio. This is, however, a guide to the very basics. The down and dirty, bare bones basics that will get your hands covered in mud and making. Carve Out a Space First, you need space. You really can't skip this part. However, you need less space than you might think. The minimum space needed would include: Just enough room to move around safely A work-space for hand building and/or room for a wheel A small shelving unit for tools and…

Pottery and plants go so well together! In this blog, I show the before and after of my pottery studio makeover. We're talking about paint colors, lighting, pegboards and organization, and finally, the end results!

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A ceramics studio is made up of lots of elements, so I thought I’d break it down and give some insight on what I couldn’t live without. Here are some insights on handy tips and tricks for setting up a ceramic’s studio at home. Equipment Whether it’s hand-building or wheel throwing ceramics you’re interested in, there are bits and pieces that are needed for both. Here’s my list of things I’d be including in a home set-up studio. The first no brainer is clay, but how much and what type? I’d…

The pottery has had a refresh, creating more space and better, more adaptable shelving thanks to @jimclabs 💕 I love it when this little studio is full of people doing workshops & creating pots, but sometimes when the old shelves were getting full I found it difficult to settle into making my own work and it constantly felt like a game of pottery Tetris! I don’t think potters ever feel like they have enough shelf space, but this will definitely help.

Ceramicist Megan Leihgeber, owner of Maya Blu, constructed her backyard studio with the help of YouTube Videos. Take a look to find out exactly how she did it.