Monthly memberships are a 3 month commitment, followed by month-to-month. After the first 3 months, members must give one month’s notice to cancel. Memberships cannot be cancelled midway through a billing cycle. Notice must be given via email.

Members are asked to complete all projects and take home all clay before their membership ends. Any clay or unfinished pieces remaining after a membership expires will be recycled or donated.

Claymates does not have an option to pause memberships. If members want to take a break from their studio membership, they can cancel with one month’s notice and add their name to the waitlist again.

Membership visits can not be rolled over; they are use it or lose it each month.

Members can assume the studio will be open normal hours on stat holidays unless they receive an email about a closure.

We have have two scheduled closures each year — one for our annual community sale, and one over the winter holidays.

Members are not permitted to bring guests to work at the studio with them during regular drop-in hours. We do offer monthly friends and family nights, guests are allowed during these times only. Friends & family nights can be booked online here.

Claymates has a firing limit of one bag of clay per month, per member. When you buy a bag of clay, we will write the date on the bag, and you can buy another bag one month after this date.

The reason for this is to focus on process rather than production. If members are finding they regularly want to fire more than one bag of clay per month, we recommend finding a studio more suited to production.

All clay being fired with us must be purchased at Claymates.

We occasionally make exceptions if a member is participating in a cone 04 or cone 10 firing in another studio’s kiln. In these cases, Claymates can bisque the member’s work for a per-pound fee. Please email the studio before bringing any outside clay.

Members can bring outside cone 6 glazes if given prior permission from studio staff. All outside glazes must be tested on a cookie, with notes written to the tech about what they are. Outside glazes cannot be combined with our house made glazes. Please email the studio with photos of glaze packaging before bringing any outside glazes.

Claymates provides storage for:

• One bag of clay

• Wet works in progress

• Bisqueware

• Glazeware

Members cannot store:

• Personal tools

• Shoes/clothes

• Apron/towel

• Extra materials

• Extra equipment

If members want to be able to leave personal items at the studio overnight, they can rent a locker for $30 per month. Food cannot be stored in lockers.

Clay: Each member can store one bag at a time, as long as they are a member. If we find two bags on the shelf, the older one will be recycled.

Wet works in progress: Please label and date all work covered in plastic. Anything older than one month may be recycled.

Hospital: Please check the hospital regularly in case your items end up there. We will store projects needing labelling or repair for up to 1 month.

Bisqueware: Please try to glaze as soon as possible, but we will store bisqueware for up to 2 months after firing.

Glazeware: Please try to take home as soon as possible, but we will store finished work for up to 2 months after firing.

Members are welcome to recycle their own trimmings, broken pieces, and slop. However, this must be done the same day at the studio or taken home. Containers of soaking/drying reclaim cannot be left at the studio.

All membership works need to be marked very distinctly. Most pots look quite similar at the bisque stage, and many people have the same initials.

We encourage marking your work with a unique stamp, signature, symbol, or your full name. If you are using letters/initials, we require at least 3 letters. Please do not glaze over your mark.

Any work that is not marked sufficiently will be placed in on the hospital shelf to be corrected before firing.