Open-Studio Pass

Three hours. Every session is the same length, so a five-session pass is fifteen hours making time in the studio and a ten-session pass is thirty. Please note, there is an additional clean up time of up to 30 minutes at the end of each session, so the total run time of a session is 3.5 hours.
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Up to nine sessions a week, Tuesday to Sunday. Tuesday 1pm to 4pm. Wednesday 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm. Thursday 10am to 1pm and 6pm to 9pm. Friday 2pm to 5pm. Saturday 2pm to 5pm. Sunday 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm. There's no Monday session because all our studios are closed on Mondays.

Yes. Our booking system asks you to pick a session as part of buying the pass, so you leave with a date already in the diary. Your four months run from the day of the first session, not the day you pay.

No. Clay is bought separately at the studio, the same as it is for our full members. It keeps the pass price down and means you only pay for what you actually use.

You can store your bag of clay between sessions in the shared clay rack for up to 4 weeks. You'll need to make sure it has your name and the date of your most recent session on it - we provide labels and pens.

Everything in the Learning Hub classroom: wheels, benches, and the shared studio equipment. Small hand tools aren't included, so bring your own kit. Most people who've done a course already have one, otherwise basic tools can be purchased from the office for only £5.

£4.50 per litre, charged on what you actually fire. A standard mug is roughly half a litre, so about £2.25. Our technicians load, fire and unload the kilns; you just leave your work on the shelf and collect it once it's out.

They expire four months after your first session and don't roll over. We'd rather be honest about that upfront: the four-month window is what lets us hold space for pass-holders and price sessions at £33 rather than £45. If you're not sure how much you'll get through, start with the five-session pass.

These are independent making sessions, not taught classes, so you should be comfortable working on your own projects. If you've finished a course with us or elsewhere, you'll be fine. If you've never touched clay, start with a pottery class instead.

Your own hand tools and your apron. Wear something you don't mind getting a bit smeary, clay gets everywhere.

Yes, up to one hour before start time, although please tell us as early as you can. Places in the Learning Hub are limited, so if you release a session in good time someone else can use it.

Yes. A £175 gift voucher covers a five-session pass outright and £330 covers ten, or you can choose any amount and let the gift recipient put it towards one. The Gift Certificate arrives in their inbox as a PDF with a code on it, so there's nothing to post, and they enter the code when they book. (You can use your own email address if you want to print the Gift Certificate and give it to them yourself.)

Yes. Any sessions you haven't used carry over, so nothing you've already paid for is lost. Talk to the studio team and they'll set it up.

No. Open Studio sessions run in the Learning Hub at Leyton only. Hoxton and Highgate are membership studios, so if you want access there, membership is the route.