Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Britinnj t1_j3edfb3 wrote

Reply to comment by lukasbarton in Pottery coming to Hamilton Park area by mooseLimbsCatLicks

It’ll be interesting to see how their membership and longer classes pan out pricing-wise.

The best lessons in the area currently at the NJNY academy of ceramic arts are well known to be far too expensive and the owner tries to price gouge for every little thing.

The best value membership is Project Studios just on the border with Hoboken, at $150/ month including firing and glaze, 24hr access, which is an absolute steal. I can’t imagine they’ll be able to compete with that, but I’m not sure how many people would be willing to pay significantly more, given PS is a 15-min walk away/ 5 mins by car.

11

backpacking4ever t1_j3gvjtn wrote

I got excited and looked up project studios. But it looks like it’s 250$ a month not 150$. Edit. The other memberships are 250. The clay studio is 150. Cooooool

3

edgertor t1_j3u9jwo wrote

i'm still so sad about the cost of NY NJ ACA pretty much tripling or quadrupling since covid.

Frank still runs the cleanest studio with the BEST glaze room and the only cone 10 kilns this side of the Hudson that i've found (any other cone 10 leads--anywhere in NJ? ) but it's basically luxury clay at this point.

1

Britinnj t1_j3ufjur wrote

Absolutely. And also, when I was there, Henni was teaching, not Frank, and she just wasn’t that great. It feels like a good place to learn fundamentals if you can swing the cash, but then getting studio time elsewhere just to have the ability to practice for more than an hour a week is the way to go.

2