A fully-functional workspace is needed for every artist that comes into the studio. Our workstations are designed to provide an organized environment to help you with all your clay needs.
We have a wide variety of wheel-throwing and hand-building tools for use by our members. All tools are well organized and displayed for your use.
A classic in the world of Clay, the humble pottery wheel is a specialized device used to shape and form clay into whatever your heart desires. It is an essential tool in the world of pottery (thankfully, we have a lot of them!).
We use pottery wheels to create cylindrical forms, things like cups, mugs, bowls, and vases. What you make with them is up to you! We have 35 professional-grade wheels from Brent, Shimpo, and Bailey.
Wheels are a standard height of 21 inches, but they fit the vast majority of people from children to basketball players (Go Sixers!). Our members’ space features two standing-height wheels for advanced potters who want a different throwing stance.
Turn your works from clay to finished pieces in our state-of-the-art kilns.
We have 9 electric kilns on site, ranging in size from small test kilns to a huge 14.5 Cubic Foot L&L DiVinci Series Kiln. All of our kilns are digitally controlled except the test kilns.
Yes! We are happy to fire pieces made outside the studio. We typically bisque fire to cone 04 and glaze fire to cone 6, but if you rent the whole kiln, we can fire to any cone up to cone 7. To protect our kilns, we must know the exact clay body and glaze you are using.
Yes, you can rent out a whole kiln for luster firings. We can load a few small pieces into our test kilns or fire large amounts in one of our bigger kilns based on your needs.
We are limited to electric firings in the studio, but we do offsite Raku and Gas Firings. We also organize groups for wood firings. If you are interested in joining one of these firings, send us an email to info@yayclay.com
A slab roller is used in ceramics to prepare flat sheets or clay slabs. It’s great for creating tiles, plates, and sculptural pieces.
Yes! Our machines have adjustable rollers so you can vary the thickness of your slab without shims
Slab rollers are versatile in that they help offer precision in creating uniform slabs. They add consistency to your work.
We use extruders to form long, continuous clay forms for handles, coil pots, tiles, and other hand-built forms.
We have two handheld extruders and several large wall-mounted units including a tile extruder with a 14-inch expansion box and a square extruder with a 9 inch expansion box
We have a large selection of dies for each extruder. Shapes include coils, handles, test tiles, hollow forms, and tiles. Don’t see one you like? You are welcome to use your own, make one, or design a 3d form and we can print on our FDM 3D Printer
Bring your digital designs to life with our 3D printers.
We have a FDM, resin, and clay printer, and each printer has a unique purpose. The FMD printer uses plastic filaments to create low-cost prototypes, tools, dies, and other objects where surface details are less important. The resin printer excels at creating highly detailed objects with resolutions measured in microns. It is excellent for detailed models, stamps, and chops, but each piece is more expensive to produce and there is a significant post-printing cleanup process. The clay printer creates your form directly in clay. This is a fairly new process and can be a little finicky, but once mastered, your pieces can go straight from printer to kiln.
Each project is different, but we charge based on a combination of machine time, materials, machine setup time, and post-processing time. If you are interested in running the printers yourself, we offer classes on operating our printers.
It depends on the project. We can render some simple forms, but we refer complicated projects to professionals outside of the studio.
Create your own line of slip-cast wares using our professional slip-casting table with pumps and a 200-gallon slip mixer.
We make a casting slip from our studio clay body, Laguna B-Mix5. It is a white stoneware clay that fires to cone 6. You can cast in the studio with your own slip, but due to the risk of cross-contamination, you won’t be able to use the casting table. We may make an exception on a case-by-case basis if you are casting large amounts at a time.
Use of the slip casting equipment is limited to members who have taken our class on slip casting or members with prior experience in slip casting who can demonstrate competency with the equipment.
Storage space is limited in the studio. Each member has a locker for storage, and additional storage may be available for an additional fee.
Yes, we charge for slip based on the dry weight of the slip-casted pieces. Firing fees are additional.
