Pottery

• Wheel throwing – On the potter’s wheel, vessels such as cups, bowls, vases, or plates are formed in clear, symmetrical round shapes.
• Pinching technique – Hand-formed bowls, cups, and small figures convey the unmistakable charm of handmade ceramics.
• Coiling technique – Allows the building of vessels and sculptural forms in almost any shape and size – from simple to playful.
• Slab building – Rolled-out clay slabs are used to create vessels, plates, and decorative objects with clean lines.
• Sgraffito – Patterns and illustrations are carved into an engobe layer, creating fine, high-contrast decorative surfaces on ceramics.
• Ceramic painting – Pre-made ceramics are painted with a wide range of glazes, engobes, and ceramic colors to create a truly personal unique piece.

• 2 kilns (firing only at night) – 1 × 190 l, up to 1280 °C, and 1 × small kiln for jewellery or objects with special requirements
• 6 electric pottery wheels10 manual pottery wheels
• Batts for pottery wheels
• Sticky pads for trimming flat objects on the wheel
• 1 slab roller
• Rolling pins and thickness guides in various sizes
• Modeling tools, loop tools, trimming tools, rib tools, ball styluses, sgraffito tools, and brush tools
• Hole cutters
• Double compass for measuring and transferring dimensions
• Angle cutters (30°, 45°, 60°) and clay cutting wire
• Sponges in various sizes, sponge stamps, and leathers
• Sandpapers and sanding sponges in different grits
• Griffin Grip (trimming aid for ceramics)
• Glaze brushes in various sizes and shapes, pouring horns, detail glaze bottles with fine tips, and glaze tongs
• Wax for masking areas that should not be glazed
• Plaster molds for plates in various sizes
• Ceramic stamps
• Large selection of dipping and brushing glazes and engobes, plus pens for marking, drawing, and writing

In the studio, you can choose from a selection of high-quality stoneware clays, which, depending on their grog content, are suitable for different techniques and object sizes:

• Cream-fired, 25% very fine grog – for wheel and hand-building up to approx. 25 cm height
• Cream-fired, 25% fine grog – for hand-building up to approx. 60 cm height
• Cream-fired, 40% medium grog – for hand-building up to approx. 100 cm height
• Rose to ochre-fired, 25% fine grog – for hand-building up to approx. 40 cm height
• Red to aubergine-fired, 25% fine grog – for hand-building up to approx. 40 cm height
• Grey to black-fired, 30% fine grog – for hand-building up to approx. 40 cm height

In exceptional cases, and after prior consultation and approval based on compatibility with our firing temperatures, personal clay may also be used. We only fire high-fire stoneware clay.

Personal glazes may also be used upon agreement. For organisational reasons, the use of personal glazes or underglazes cannot be reflected in the pricing calculation.

Prices:

Members

• Bisque firing: 8 CHF/kg
• Bisque firing incl. underglaze: 12 CHF/kg
• Glaze firing incl. glaze: 12 CHF/kg
• Standard clay: 1.50 CHF/kg
• Special clay: 2.00 CHF/kg (available in 10 kg units)

Open Studio guests

• Bisque firing: 8 CHF/kg
• Bisque firing incl. underglaze: 12 CHF/kg
• Glaze firing incl. glaze: 12 CHF/kg
• Standard clay: 2.00 CHF/kg
• Special clay: 2.50 CHF/kg (charged by usage)