Lets Clay!
Clayworx is full service pottery studio within TekVenture for creators of all ages and skill levels. Within Clayworx you will find 3 kilns, 6 pottery wheels, a wedging table, hand building and glazing tables, a slab roller, drying racks, extruder and tips, and an assortment of glaze and communal tools. Each TekVenture Member who would like to make use of Clayworx and it’s equipment must pay an additional $9.95 studio fee. This fee helps us keep the TekVenture membership cost low while covering the cost of consumable goods such as glaze, tools, wax, paper towels, kiln shelves, witness cones, kiln stilts and supports, etc. This fee will also provide you with a reserved storage space in Clayworx!
Payments to Clayworx
Required Studio Fee
Studio Approved Clay
Additional Kiln Firings
Your membership and studio fee pay for a single bisque and a glaze firing on each of your clay projects.
If you supply your own clay and glaze, or want additional firings on a piece, or to fill up a kiln, those costs are as follows:
$3 per piece
$15 up to a ½ kiln full
$30 up to a full kiln
$50 for one XL kiln or 2 small kilns full
Sessions with Sherbondy
Every Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. Master Ceramicist, Tom Sherbondy, can show you ways to make a bowl, cup or what you want using the potters wheel, coils or hand building. For $19.95 you will receive two ninety minute classes, glaze and the firing of your piece.
First 90 Minute Session - Create your piece from raw clay.
Your piece will be dried and bisque fired. This process takes approximately two weeks.
Second 90 Minute Session - You will be guided through the selecting and applying glazes available at the studio.
Your piece will be fired again once we have enough pieces for a full glaze kiln. This process takes approximately two weeks.
Your piece will then be ready for pickup! Pop in during our open hours to pickup your masterpiece!
If you’d like to arrange alternative days and times for a class, please reach out to us!
POTTERY CLASS with Tom Sherbondy
FW Enterprise Center, 1830 Wayne Trace, Door 7, Fort Wayne, IN
Clayworx Area Manager
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Come on in and introduce yourself to the Area Manager or other TekVenture members! Everyone is friendly and would love to help you get settled!
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Only the Area Manager and approved volunteers may operate, load and unload the kilns. Please do not enter the kiln area without authorization.
Members are responsible for placing their greenware or glazed items on the appropriate firing shelves. Clayworx is not responsible for any misfired items due to improper placement on the racks.
This is a community workspace, everyone is expected to clean. Please plan on spending 25% of your time in the studio cleaning, especially if you use the wheel.
Only handle your own work. We’ve got some great artists in Clayworx, but it is important to look with your eyes only. This will help prevent accidents.
Create a signature and sign all of your pieces.
Due to our limited storage space, please claim your bisque and glazed pieces within 30 days of firing.
There is no fresh running water in the studio. The sink inside Clayworx is for reclaiming clay only. No glazes or other non-clay materials may be placed in this sink.
All other items, like glaze brushes and water may be washed at the sink in Area 3.
Have fun! We cannot wait to see what you create.
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We sell 25 pounds of clay for $25.
Use of TekVenture’s glaze is included with your studio fee.
Clayworx provides an assortment of tools and brushes to get you started. But many members use their storage spaces to bring in their own specialty tools and supplies.