Kiln Klub Membership
Kiln Klub Membership Programme is for those with an enough training in ceramics practice to work independently and are looking for a peer environment in which to develop their work.
Kiln Klub membership offers affordable, sustained access to a fully equipped ceramics studio at The Pipe Factory, a space to develop a practice, pursue a research project, or simply make. Members receive open studio access two days a week (12 hours) with use of pottery wheels, a slab roller, hand-building and glazing tools, personal shelf space, and regular kiln firings. There are also opportunities to run your own workshop and sell work at the Barras Market.
Find out more about whats included here.
Low income or studying? We have a reduced rate membership, select the access option below to apply.
Any other questions get in touch.
If you are new to ceramics and want to give it a go, come along to one of our open sessions. Find out more here.
Membership Subscription Tiers;
£65 per month | Supporters Membership.
Create a free place for someone who needs it as well as your own. One month’s notice required to cancel. Start on your first day.
£40 per month | Standard Membership.
One month’s notice required to cancel. Start on your first day.
£30 per Month | Local Membership for G31/G40 residents.
One month’s notice required to cancel. Start on your first day.
£25 per Month | Supported Membership. For student, those on low income and carers.
One month’s notice required to cancel. Start on your first day.
What included in the Membership?
What does our membership include?
- Open access to the studio workbench for glazing/hand-building/clay prep for 2 days a week. (12 hours)
- Wheel throwing and hand-building tools, heat gun, moulds, pottery wheel and slab-roller
- Access to WiFi, Kitchen Facilities, (Tea, Coffee, Microwave, Toaster)
- Regular Kiln Firings - members items are placed on a shelving system when they’re ready to be fired, once the kiln is full it is switched on.
- Personal shelve space, one for pottery and the other for tools and glazes
- Opportunities to run your own workshop as well as sell work in the Barras Market on Weekends.
Members must allow at least 15 minutes at end of their session to clean their workspace before leaving the studio.
Kiln Klub cannot accept responsibility for any loss, theft or damage caused to personal effects or work left in the Studio.
What is NOT included:
- Does not include monthly access beyond 12 hours per week.
- Unused hours from one week cannot be transferred to subsequent weeks.
- Members will not be provided with a key to the studio but must book in online,
- No access outside membership hours.
- Members must be able to work independently as no tuition is included. Our studio offers individual and group classes at an additional cost.
- Does not include firings out-with our normal firing temperatures, or above 30 litres of work per month.
- Does not include clay, or individual large batch recycling facilities, but clay can be bought from the studio and reclaimed clay will sometimes be available at a reduced cost.
- Basic tools and glazes will be available in the studio, but membership does not provide all tools.
- Does not include additional storage for work stored on communal shelving for a period beyond 4 weeks.
We charge our members the absolute minimum to cover our costs and enable us to carry on this project. We are wokring towards being full time and sustinable in the longer term. Currently our team is doing this alongside other commitments, please bear this in mind for all communications and requests outside Kiln Klub hours.