Pottery Open Workshop
Classes & Passes
About Open Workshop
About Open Workshop
Paint-Your-Own-Pottery
Workshop
$40 per person
Sat & Sun 12-2 | Fri & Sat 7:30-9:30
Make -A-Mug Workshop
$50 per person
Sat & Sun 3-5
MEMBERSHIP PASSES
Wheel Throwing & Handbuilding
12 & 28 Hours
Thurs-Fri-Sat 11am-10pm
Sundays: 11-5
About Open Workshop
About Open Workshop
About Open Workshop
SBAP is a South St. Louis Pottery Studio.
At Open Workshop, instruction is available when you want or need to learn, and we can allow you to grow at your own pace whether your goal is a specific technique, piece or just learning about clay and having a good time. Bring your mom, kids, friends, neighbors, co-workers. Read more to find out
SBAP is a South St. Louis Pottery Studio.
At Open Workshop, instruction is available when you want or need to learn, and we can allow you to grow at your own pace whether your goal is a specific technique, piece or just learning about clay and having a good time. Bring your mom, kids, friends, neighbors, co-workers. Read more to find out which type of pass is the best fit your you!
Check to see if your pottery is ready
for pick-up: Click HERE
Glaze and Bisque kilns are unloaded weekly by 11am on Saturdays. Pottery Pick-Up is usually ready in 1-2 weeks but sometimes it is longer. We DO NOT send email and text notifications when your pottery is ready for pick-up .
2 TWO Hour Passes
Make A Mug Workshop
Paint & Glaze Workshop
Paint & Glaze Workshop
"MaKe-A-Mug" Workshop
It is our belief that everyone should have their own hand-made artisanal mug and why not make it yourself. At Make-A-Mug Workshop you work at a table and will learn hand-building skills like pinch, and coil, as well as surface decoration techniques to design your own mug, cup, or bowl. Instruction is provided and we will walk you through each step of the process and when your all done we will dip it in a color for you. All pottery is cone 6 stoneware and food safe.
Saturdays & Sundays | 3:00 -5:00pm
$50 Per Person - Ages 13 & Up
Paint & Glaze Workshop
Paint & Glaze Workshop
Paint & Glaze Workshop
Paint Your Own Pottery
Paint your own mug, cup or bowl and learn from expert instructors about our totally unique approach to pottery glazing and painting. Class fee includes a handmade mug, cup or bowl for you to choose to paint and glaze. We have lots of locally made pottery to choose from, however we also offer larger sizes and unique bowls, plates, and decorative items for an additional charge that can be paid for when you attend your class.
Saturdays & Sundays 12 - 2pm
Friday & Saturday Nights 7:30 - 9:30
$40 Per Person
Pottery Pick-Up
Paint & Glaze Workshop
Pottery Pick-Up
Please arrive on time as class starts promptly on time. We do not give refunds for missed, skipped or cancelled classes. Students have the option to reschedule up to 7 days before your class. If you have an issue with attendance outside of the 7 days give us a call and if we have someone to take your spots in class we certainly will try to accommodate.
Usually all pottery is ready for pick-up in 2 weeks but sometimes it is longer. Be sure to click here on the pottery pick-up page to see if your glazed pottery is ready for pick-up before making a special trip to the studio. We DO NOT send email and text notifications when your pottery is ready for pick-up so be sure to wait 1-2 weeks and check here too.
10 & 28 Hour Membership Passes
12 & 28 Hour Pass details
12 & 28 Hour Pass details
12 & 28 Hour Pass details
Kids and Adults can learn to take their artistic processes of MaKing to the next level with a 10 or 28 hour pass. Beginners and all levels welcome.
You can choose to hand-build, wheel-throw or both! Instructors are working with students the whole time and we will walk you through
each step of the way. Passes can be used in 1, 2, and 3 hour increments.
10 HOUR PASS
Adult ages 16 & Up | $95
28 HOUR PASS
Adult ages 16 & Up | $185
Passes cannot be shared. Only students with passes will be admitted. SBAP does not give refunds for missed, skipped, canceled, or unused pass hours.
Open Workshop Hours
Thurs-Fri-Sat 11am-10pm
Sundays 11am-5pm.
click here for more FAQ about membership
About Membership
12 & 28 Hour Pass details
12 & 28 Hour Pass details
Pottery Open Workshop is an open studio, fully equipped to provide hobby, part-time, student, and professional potters the opportunity to be uniquely creative. Studio membership is for everyone: inquisitive beginners, off and on hobbyists, and experienced artists producing work for sale. Your membership is an all-access pass to all of the tools, equipment, glazes, firings, and even the occasional snack!
With studio membership, you'll have your own shelf space to store your work-in-progress between visits. Instruction is available to studio members anytime, without scheduling -instructors are on duty the whole time to assist with your ceramic education in Wheel Throwing & Hand-building.
SBAP is a fully functioning pottery studio and features professional potter's glazes and techniques. All of the pottery is fired to cone 6 which is stoneware, food safe and dishwasher safe.
MEMBERS ONLY DEMOS
12 & 28 Hour Pass details
MEMBERS ONLY DEMOS
NEW and current students should sign up for Members Only Demonstrations below. If you are new to the studio or new to clay you will need to sign up for a beginner demo before beginning to use your pass independently. You must have already purchased a pass before signing up for a beginner demonstration.
MEMBERS ONLY DEMOS
Thursdays 6-7 | Sat & Sun 11-12
Thursdays 7:30-8:30
Sat & Sun 1-2
Sat & Sun 3-5
Sat & Sun 12-1pm
Glaze, Underglaze & Engobes
Saturdays 5:30-6:30
How it works
Kiln Firing Schedule
MEMBERS ONLY DEMOS
HOW TO USE YOUR PASS
(STEP 1) BEGINNER DEMO SIGN UP HERE. All new students should sign up for a beginner demo for each area of the studio you would like to learn about and do work such as Beginner Wheel, Beginner Hand building & Beginner Paint & Glaze
(STEP 2) RESERVE YOUR WHEEL TIME to continue practice, process, make, repeat. Table space is first come first serve
(STEP 3) Use your pass in 1, 2, and 3 hour increments. Pass hours are rounded up or down in favor of students time used.
(4) PASS STATEMENTS are sent when you are low or out of hours. Be sure to re-fill your pass hours as needed.
(5) STUDENT SHELF SPACE:
10 Hour 1/4 shelf: 12" x 11
28 Hour 1 full shelf: 12 x 33
Students who have expired passes or haven't attended in more than 30 days might have their shelf moved up high or boxed if we have a waitlist
Paint, Glaze, Fire
Kiln Firing Schedule
Kiln Firing Schedule
GLAZE & FIRE FEES
First piece is FREE!
small $6 | med $9 | large $12+
At SBAP Open Workshop we do not charge generic studio fees as students only pay glaze and fire fees for the pottery you want to keep. Kilns are unloaded and student pottery is priced weekly and ready for pick-up on Saturday Mornings at 11am.
Bisque is usually 1 week from Saturday
Glaze is usually 1 week from Saturday
Bisque + Dipped Glaze = Usually 2 weeks
Students can learn how to paint on glaze, underglaze, and engobes. Instructors can also dip your pottery for you in one of our own studio-made glazes. Pottery made here is fired to cone 6, which means it is food safe stoneware as well as dishwasher and microwave safe.
Kiln Firing Schedule
Kiln Firing Schedule
Kiln Firing Schedule
ACTS OF the KILN GODS
While much of pottery is all about using proper techniques to achieve desired results. Sometimes there are circumstances beyond our control with student pottery and kiln firings. While we teach students to prioritize process over product we will also always go above and beyond to help you achieve that final product even when it means we must start over and try again.
Usually all glazed pottery is ready for pick-up in 1-2 weeks but sometimes it is longer. Be sure to click here on the pottery pick-up page to see if your glazed pottery is ready for pick-up before making a special trip to the studio. We DO NOT send email and text notifications when your pottery is ready for pick-up so be sure to wait 1-2 weeksand check here too.
Passes cannot be shared. Only students with passes will be admitted. SBAP does not give refunds for missed, skipped, canceled, or unused pass hours.