Stew Pottery 

The pottery studio at the Stew Makerspace, featuring 6 wheels, 2 electric kilns, a wedging table, and workstations. A separate glazing studio is connected.

Our ceramics program includes:

  • 6 pottery wheels (2 VL Whisper, 2 Brent Model C, 1 Shimpo West, 1 Model MP)

  • 2 Cone Art Kilns model GX2327D electric kilns (including kiln furniture)

  • 2 sinks

  • A slab roller

  • An extruder

  • A mini extruder

  • A wedging table

  • 2 work tables and 6 chairs

  • Shelving for work storage

  • 2 heavy duty banding wheels

  • 4 lightweight banding wheels

  • A heat gun

  • A Giffin Grip (for trimming pots)

  • 4 foam trimming bats

  • A pug mill for recycling clay

  • Over 50 different glazes from Amaco and Coyote (glaze use is included in the cost when you purchase clay from our studio)

  • Various tools for hand building and wheel throwing (including ribs, loop tools, needle tools, fettling knives, paddles, plain rollers, textured rollers, stamps, forms & molds, wire tools, calipers etc.)

  • Clay (We purchase our clay bodies from Minnesota Clay Company and stock Cone 6)

  • Personal storage cubbies for patrons who become approved to work independently