Potters’ Place

Had a one time session with Jessica. It was an intimate class with only 3 people, so she was very hand on with us, and very helpful. I am coming back and more bring friends, I highly recommend this place.

I came here for the first time with a girlfriend today. We had so much fun. It was the perfect way to spend an afternoon. The instructor, Jessica walked us through everything. I was looking for something new to do and this was definitely it. It is messy so don’t wear your nicest clothes. With the instructors help it was fairly simple and we both managed to make really nice bowls. I came home and told my husband all about it. He is ready to try his hand at the wheel. I think this is perfect for an afternoon with friends or it would be a great idea for date night. I am looking forward to returning.

1 star is too high a rating for this place– Completely Unreliable!
Rude, unprofessional, and, from what i’ve seen, the owner, Karen, is totally ok with her employees emotional and temperamental outbursts.
I had paid a deposit for my husband and I to try this out and, before confirming the booking, asked about their rescheduling policy. I was told that rescheduling is ok as long as I do so a couple of hours before our appointment time. However, when I called to reschedule (a day before), I spoke with Jessica (apparently the manager of the one time wheel), who was rude and reprimanded me for not giving her more notice. I told her that someone in The Potter’s Place told me i can reschedule up to 2 hours before my scheduled time. She said that I was mislead and ended the call.
My birthday was coming up and so I decided to give them one more try. Truth is, the idea of working with the clay sounded really fun and I was excited to bring my family along. I called and Jessica answered again. This time however, she was polite and said that, where she doesn’t generally book on Sundays (they are closed that day) that she would schedule us in. Great, I thought, she’s trying to make up for her unprofessionalism the last time we spoke. I asked Jessica what time we can come in and she said we can have a starting time anywhere from 12 – 2. I told Jessica that I would need to coordinate with my family (all 9 of us) and they, in turn, will need to find babysitters and take off work (two of my brothers in law are physicians and they would need to make sure they aren’t on call). On the following Tuesday, one day BEFORE my deadline to confirm scheduling, I called Jessica who told me that she can’t take us in. I explained how she had given me her word and all the trouble my family and I went through and, instead of trying to rectify the situation, she called me «snippy» and said that she’s not going to do it! Next, I spoke with the owner, Karen, who said that she’ll need to speak with Jessica. I told Karen that, since Jessica will be the only one in, I was afraid that she’ll sabotage our experience. Karen agreed. wow! what a business where the owner has no control of the emotional outbursts of her staff. Ultimately, I cancelled it and was happy to have found out early on how crazy this place is run rather then later when my whole family was there.
Sooo glad I didn’t suggest for my director to hold our departmental team building session there– that would have been embarrassing.

My work group is always looking for fun and unique ways to enjoy ourselves and build on our team dynamics. This place definitely fit the bill for a unique experience. They easily accommodated our group of 10 and we had the whole place to ourselves. They let you bring food and wine which was great. The instructor was fantastic and we each made our own bowl from scratch with her help of course. We had a really good time and I highly recommend this place for anyone who desires to spin the wheel.

My family did a private party for 7 people here in December. I really enjoyed the class! Most of us were first-​timers. The instructor got a station set up for each of us, and then we were led through the different steps of making our own bowl. She walked around and gave us guidance when needed. When we messed up, she stepped in to help us fix the problem.
Aprons are provided, but you’ll want to wear old/​crummy clothes anyway because there’s nothing to protect your pants or your sleeves.
There were a lot of options in this basic beginner class. Bowls could be flat, taller, round, heart-​shaped, scallop-​edged, etc. Lastly, we picked the color (s) that we wanted our bowls to be. There was even the option to hand-​paint the bowls.
We didn’t get to take our bowls home right away because they needed to go through the kiln twice, I think. The wait time before we get our bowls back should end up being around 3 – 5 weeks I believe.
There is a very cute and friendly little dog freely roaming around the studio.
Overall, a fun & pleasant experience!