Ready to get creative ?

The Pottage is a pottery studio located in Ballarat. We are the only pottery studio in town that offers pottery workshops, pottery supplies, kiln firing, studio use and more all under the one roof.What are you waiting for? Let’s get creative with clay together.

Paint Your Own Pottery

Paint a piece of pottery from our ready made collection of 100+ different ceramic pieces.
Tickets include paints, glazing and tools to create your masterpiece. Walk-ins welcome but bookings are recommended.
Pottery pieces charged per the piece.
Check out the pottery catalogue here.

BOOK in for POTTERY PAINTING

Wheel Throwing Classes

Learn the basics on the potters wheel or scratch up on your skills. We offer a variety of different classes from a 2hr taster for beginners, 6- week classes and specific courses.
Gather your friends, learn a new skill and find a new hobby.
Check out our 6-week courses here.
Check out our 2hr beginner classes.

BOOK in for WHEEL THROWING

Group Bookings & Functions

We cater to small and big groups. Whether you are wanting to get creative for your Hen’s day, birthday, family reunion or wanting a fun team-building activity for your workplace, a pottery workshop might be what you need!
Check out our Group Bookings.

BOOK in for a GROUP

Use the Studio & Kilns

Want to practice in your own time? You can book in to hire out our studio space. Use our studio equipment from wheels, and tools. Store your finished pieces on our studio shelves and drop it off for kiln firing when it’s ready to go!
Book online or walk-in.
Check out our Kiln Firings here.

BOOK in to use the STUDIO

Pottery Shop

We have a variety of different tools, clay bodies, underglazes, glazes and pottery available to purchase in store.
Whether you are making at home or creating in store, feel free to ask our friendly staff about our range.

In store ONLY

Gift Vouchers
& Memberships

Not sure what to book your friend in for? We have a number of different vouchers on our website or in store. We also offer memberships, kind of like the gym but for clay! A monthly subscription that includes studio use, clay and discounts.

GRAB a VOUCHER or MEMBERSHIP

Term Classes & Clay Workshops

Our term classes and workshops are a longer format to grow your skills beyond our beginner workshops. Learn different techniques of making pottery from experienced pottery instructors.
Check out our Term Classes.
Check out our Clay Social.

BOOK in for a CLAY SOCIAL

School & Community
Groups

We can offer a number of different workshops and events for school and community groups. Our studio has 12 pottery wheels and capacity for groups of more than 30.
We can even come to you depending on the workshop.
Get in contact with us to talk more!

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This year we have been slowly expanding our selection of pottery pieces available to paint when you attend our PYOP sessions! It’s been so so fun to watch you guys choose our new pieces and love them just as much as we do! Have you spotted an
What we have been up to lately!! 🍄 Our first ever weekly Term Classes have been underway and it’s been so lovely working on and developing skills from week to week! Make sure you sign up to our waitlist to be first to know about Term 3. 🍄
We have so so many mugs to choose from & it’s always so cool to see how people paint them! These four mugs are completely different & wonderful in their own way! What are you going to paint next time you’re are The Pottage?
Pieces thrown lately at our introductory wheel throwing session! Each so different and unique, hand,axe by beginner wheel throwers! Our 2 hour introductory sessions are the perfect way to get your hands dirty and learn a new skill! Bookings can b
Pottery painted lately at The Pottage!! Whether your going for a simple design or an intricate pattern, each piece that comes out of our kilns in vibrant and reflects the person who created it! We love watching the journey of each item created at o
We are doing a giveaway!! We have so so many goodies to give away & you could be one of our lucky winners! To enter, simply make a donation to @ballaratfoundation of a minimum of $5 and you’ll be in the running! Thank you to all the wo
July School Holiday Dates 🌻 We have released extra sessions for the upcoming July School Holidays & tickets are already selling! Come along and paint a pottery item or two of your choice! We have over 200 pieces to choose from. Bookings can
We are half way through our first ever 10-week Clay Term! These pieces are from our 18+ group! It has been such a journey so far as the class have explored hand building, under glazing, used the slab roller and learnt antiquing techniques! Still
Soup Mugs are back just in time for soup season 🥫🍅 This year we are changing things up a little & our two soups mugs will be hitting the shelves in June. They will be available to paint at any PYOP session, while stocks last. Our sessions ar
We have been having the most fun lately at The Pottage & we think you guys have been too!! May has been our craziest month yet down in our new location & we can’t wait to see what June brings! Bookings for June are filling up, so mak
🐠 Feature Friday 🐠 We absolutely cannot get over the details on this Fisherman Mug! We don’t see this mug painted a lot so when we do, it’s always exciting to see how it comes out 🐟 The use of layering and colour has given this piece