Membership includes anytime access during our opening hours, up to 15 hours a week. With any membership plan you get your own personal storage shelf (approx. 90cmx45cmx45cm), experienced technicians to fire your work, use of equipment and up to 30 litres a month set temperature firings. The only additional thing you need to buy is clay, which we sell on-site.
There are several different price structures to choose from, depending on the length of your contract, and how much you pay upfront. Our one-month-notice contract is just £245 per month(2-month minimum term), our 6 month pay-monthly contract is £230 per month, and our one year pay-monthly contract is just £220 per month.
If you want to save more money you can buy a block of months upfront. A 3-month membership costs £695 (so £232 per month), a 6 month membership costs £1,320 (£220 a month ), or you can pay £2550 upfront and get 12 months of membership for just £213 a month. Read more about our contracts here
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Whether you’re looking to master your craft, or just put your hands in some clay and make something, Turning Earth will allow you to work at a pace that suits you. Come whenever works best for you, whether your free time is on a Sunday afternoon, or a Thursday lunchtime, or if it changes from week to week.
There's always a technician on site to advise members on how to use the equipment.
If you would like private tuition to learn a new process then you can get discounted tuition from Turning Earth mentors or technicians. This costs £27 an hour for one member or £40 an hour for two members.
Glazes are ready-mixed by our staff with test tiles so you can see how they will look on different clay bodies. Our studio assistants are on hand to pack the kilns, so you don’t need to worry about that.
Yes! Turning Earth membership and classes could make a great gift. Please just let us know the name of the recipient when you make the payment.
Yes, anyone can sign up, as long as they are responsible in the studio. If you are a complete beginner, we recommend you take an introductory class for 12 weeks, but after that, you are welcome to become a member and keep practicing at your own pace. There’ll be people on hand to help you. Everyone has to start somewhere and you’ll be amazed at how quickly you’ll improve.
Turning Earth membership is for people aged 16 and above. We cannot have younger children in the studio due to the risks inherent in using raw glaze chemicals, sharp tools, and electrical equipment.
Turning Earth is not set up to accommodate professional potters in the studio. Having one or more production potters in the studio would tie up our equipment and make it difficult for others to have access. We want to make sure that facilities are always available for our members whenever they choose to visit. If you are a full-time or professional maker wanting a fully equipped space to run your business then please look at joining In Production, our studio at 14 Argall Avenue in Leyton. It has been designed especially for career makers as so many of our hobbyists have taken their practice to the next stage after spending time at Turning Earth.
Membership includes open studio, use of equipment, tools, and glazes, and up to 30 litres per month of standard temperature firing. Each member gets their own storage shelf (approx 90x45x45cm).
Turning Earth offers monthly membership instead of hourly or daily rates because every piece you make goes through several steps and takes weeks to complete. You are given your own personal storage areas on-site to store your clay and work-in-progress between visits.
Turning Earth membership is for everyone—inquisitive beginners, off and on hobbyists, and experienced artists. There’ll always be someone on hand in the studio to answer your questions. But if you’d rather have something a little more structured, we run regular classes as well.
Clay is available for purchase at a discounted price. We also have basic tool kits and throwing bats available.
Turning Earth is set up for part-time use. This is how we keep costs down for everyone, because this way we can all get the cost benefits of hot-desking and equipment sharing. If we had full-time potters in the space it would tie up the facilities and it would give less value to our part-time members. For this reason, the maximum time a member can use in a week is 15 hours.
We don’t expect that all our members will want to use the studio as much as this. But even if you used it for less than half of that time, you still get great value from Turning Earth. If you come for 4 hours a week, for example, £220 a month works out around £11 an hour.
Our experience is that the equipment provided is plenty for the number of members, as people tend to come and go organically and use the studio at different times. However, on the rare occasion that all of our wheels are in use at a certain time, it would be useful if you could limit your use of that process to 3 hours. If this ever becomes an issue we'll purchase more wheels, but you’ll really help us out by being aware of it and being flexible.