Studio Sales Pottery

10/15/2026

Wild Clay Gallery Show Opening Reception!!!

Join us in celebrating the completion of a nine month project celebrating and researching the local earthenware clay of the Genesee Valley Flats. Through a grant from Genesee Valley Council of the Arts and the NYS Senate, Mike Carroll and the Studio Sales Pottery staff hosted a series of free workshops empowering the public to incorporate local materials into their art. The gallery show will feature work made by Mike Carroll, the Studio Sales Staff, and the local ceramics community, all made from local clay and fired onsite in a wood firing, or in a pit firing led by Onondaga nation artist Peter B. Jones. Our opening reception will take place from 5-8pm on Friday Oct. 23rd and feature light refreshments and excellent conversation! Hope to see you there!

10/05/2026

Studio owner is preparing for the wild clay woodfire this week. Due to some unforeseen circumstances we will be moving the firing back a day and firing the kiln this Thursday 10/8. We hope to see lots of people come out to visit the firing as well as unloading next Monday 10/12!!

10/01/2026

*Firing date changed to Oct 8th*

We are delighted to welcome the public to another free event in our Native Clay in the Genesee River Valley series, funded by a grant from the Genesee Valley Council of the Arts and the New York State Senate. Join potter Mike Carroll as he unloads his noborigama wood kiln with work made by himself and the community out of our own local clay. The unload will be accompanied by a pit firing of the same clay by Peter B. Jones. The programming will conclude with a gallery show of both wood fired and pit fired wild clay work with an opening reception on October 23rd from 5-8 in the School House Gallery at Studio Sales!

09/01/2026

One spot left in Wednesday Morning!

Fall classes will be 10 weeks and will run September 14th through November 12th. Cost will be $395 for cash or card payments and $405 for credit transactions. Classes include one 25lb block of clay, studio tools, access to studio glazes, bisque and glaze firings and open studios during the day Thursday through Sunday.

Open Studio Hours are:
Thursday 12-3
Friday 12-5
Saturday 11-5
Sunday 11-5

Our current availability is as follows:

Monday Evening (6:30-9) with Betsy Foster (Mixed level Handbuilding):
1 spot

Wednesday Morning (10-12:30) with Roxi Clark (Mixed Level Throwing):
3 spots

Thursday Afternoon (3-5:30) with Alysha Baier (Mixed Level Throwing):
1 spot

The small size of our classes allows us to accommodate most skill levels. All available classes are beginner-friendly. Our teachers are excellent at focusing on each student's individual needs and will tailor the class accordingly.

New students must pay in full to save a spot in the class. You can pay over the phone or drop off cash or a check here at Studio Sales. Checks should be made out to Studio Sales Pottery. If you have further questions please don't hesitate to reach out!

08/28/2026

Full moon? Full shelves of Amaco glazes in the gallery !! Come shop the full lines of velvet underglazes, potters choice, celadons, satin matte, potters choice flux, cosmos, shinos, and kiln ice lines! Our shelves don’t stay looking this full for long so come by this weekend!

*Only currently out of Chai Matte, Honey Flux, and Seaweed*

08/20/2026

Fall classes will be 10 weeks and will run September 14th through November 12th. Cost will be $395 for cash or card payments and $405 for credit transactions. Classes include one 25lb block of clay, studio tools, access to studio glazes, bisque and glaze firings and open studios during the day Thursday through Sunday.

Open Studio Hours are:
Thursday 12-3
Friday 12-5
Saturday 11-5
Sunday 11-5

Our current availability is as follows:

Monday Evening (6:30-9) with Betsy Foster (Mixed level Handbuilding):
1 spot

Wednesday Morning (10-12:30) with Roxi Clark (Mixed Level Throwing):
3 spots

Thursday Afternoon (3-5:30) with Alysha Baier (Mixed Level Throwing):
1 spot

The small size of our classes allows us to accommodate most skill levels. All available classes are beginner-friendly. Our teachers are excellent at focusing on each student's individual needs and will tailor the class accordingly.

New students must pay in full to save a spot in the class. You can pay over the phone or drop off cash or a check here at Studio Sales. Checks should be made out to Studio Sales Pottery. If you have further questions please don't hesitate to reach out!

08/18/2026

Studio Sales is pleased to present a 3-day wood firing workshop taught by our studio manager, Daisy Goldstein Cross. This workshop is designed to give participants a hands-on learning experience of atmospheric firing in a small group. Please email [email protected] to register or with any questions. Maximum of 9 spots available.

Daisy has been woodfiring for 6 years and has completed programs at The Cub Creek Foundation and The Oki Doki Studio, focusing on atmospheric firing techniques. She has also traveled to fire wood kilns with other artists across the East Coast and assisted Linda Christianson with her woodfiring class at Penland School of Craft last summer.

Upon registration, students will be asked to select 2, 25lb bags of cone 10 clay from several available varieties for pick up at Studio Sales.* Participants can purchase more clay from Studio Sales as needed throughout their making to reach their cubic footage allotment. For reference, a Standard clay box is ½ a cubic foot. Daisy will counsel each participant on successful forms and making for a wood firing. Participants are expected to bring their allotment of bisqued work to the studio on the 19th of November from 6-9pm to discuss and begin glazing.

On Saturday November 20th participants will arrive at Studio Sales at 10am to begin loading day. Daisy will help students finish glazing, discuss wadding and loading techniques. The group will then load the kiln together, with each person getting an opportunity to load their pots. This day will end when the kiln is fully loaded and the door is bricked up and ready for the firing. Participants will sign up for a shift at the kiln for the following day.

Sunday November 21st will be the firing day. Participants will work in groups of 3 to manage and stoke the kiln. Daisy will talk the group through the different phases of firing, listening to the kiln, and stoking with confidence. The firing day will conclude late in the evening with the addition of soda and closing up the kiln.

The group will reconvene on Wednesday November 25th to unload the kiln, discuss results, and clean the kiln!

*Please contact us if you would like to participate but are too far to come and get clay from Studio Sale

06/24/2026

Classes start next week! We have a few openings left! Grab your seat today by emailing [email protected]

We are currently registering students for our 8 week summer session of pottery classes running June 29th through August 21st. We have availability in the following classes:

Monday Evening 6:30-9 with Betsy Foster (Mixed level Handbuilding)

Wednesday Evening 6:30-9 with Kyle Scott Lee (Intermediate Wheel Throwing)

Thursday Afternoons 3-5:30 with Alysha Baier (Mixed Level Wheel)

Classes include one 25lb block of clay, studio tools, access to studio glazes, bisque and glaze firings and open studios during the day Thursday through Sunday.

Email [email protected] for more information and to save your spot today!

06/05/2026

We are currently registering students for our 8 week summer session of pottery classes running June 29th through August 21st. We have availability in the following classes:

Monday Evening 6:30-9 with Betsy Foster (Mixed level Handbuilding)

Wednesday Evening 6:30-9 with Kyle Scott Lee (Intermediate Wheel Throwing)

Thursday Afternoons 3-5:30 with Alysha Baier (Mixed Level Wheel)

Classes include one 25lb block of clay, studio tools, access to studio glazes, bisque and glaze firings and open studios during the day Thursday through Sunday.

Email [email protected] for more information and to save your spot today!

05/26/2026

The 14th annual WNY Pottery Festival at Studio Sales Pottery in Avon, NY 6/20 & 6/21 from 10am-4pm.