Kids Holiday Pottery

A 2 hour spring school holiday hand building and/or wheel throwing class with clay for children aged 5+ years! 

If your child loves to make and play with a bit of clay, then this is for them! Under the guidance of our wonderful tutors, they will be immersed in a world of creativity and fun that will only make them want more! Firing their masterpieces and all clay and tools are included in the fee starting from $70/child.

Parents are welcome to watch from a distance or join their child! Please be mindful the studio is limited in space. If your child has lots of energy and excitement that needs regular curtailing, we suggest parental assistance to support our tutor in keeping things go smooth and quietly for them as best possible.

These classes will be a mix of either wheel throwing  and-or handbuilding. 

It’s the teachers prerogative to choose the technique that they are best at to share with the children. Some classes will have a focus solely on hand building.

3 pieces maximum per child will be kept for glaze firing at Clay Talk with collection to take place 14-28 days after class at reception, Montsalvat, Wednesdays-Sundays 10am-4pm. 

If your child makes more than allocated 3 pieces for glaze firing and wishes to keep their other pieces, you are more than welcome to take them home with you on some newspaper which the Clay Talk studio can supply.

You will be notified when to collect your child's pieces via email or SMS.

IF THERE ARE NO BOOKINGS AVAILABLE ON THE DATE YOU WANT: email us at claytalk@montsalvat.com.au and we will see if we can extend extra places for you.

IF YOU HAVE ATTENDED OTHER CLAY TALK CLASSES IN 2024: you can email us at claytalk@montsalvat.com.au with your receipt of any 2023 class you have attended to claim your 10% loyalty discount code!

UNCOLLECTED PIECES: Uncollected pieces 30 days from email/SMS notification will NOT be kept in storage any longer and will be allocated for further ceramic projects at Clay Talk. If you will not able to collect your child's pieces or away for travel, please email claytalk@montsalvat.com.au to arrange accordingly.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

To secure your place in a class, course or workshop we require full payment at the time of booking.

Bookings are only accepted through our online portal at www.

Payment of class, course or workshop fees can only be made through our online portal at  www.

By booking this class, you acknowledge and accept the inherent risks involved in the firing process, including the possibility that not all pieces will survive. You also understand and agree that the outcome of your piece, including any potential imperfections or changes during firing, is beyond our control and part of the artistic process.

ACCESS

Clay Talk studio is located on the grounds of Montsalvat. For this reason, there are security measures in place to prevent trespassing and maintain your safety. Upon booking you will receive an Information Kit which has instructions on how to access Clay Talk studio. Please read this before coming to class.

REFUNDS / ABSENCE / TRANSFERS/ CANCELLATION

• We do not offer refunds if you change your mind after you have made the booking. Please be sure you are able to commit to the class, course or workshop dates and times prior to booking.
• Transfers are done upon email request and subject to available spaces only. Failure to transfer successfully will mean receiving a credit note or being transferred to a later term of the same class.
• If you are unable to attend a class, please contact us at claytalk@montsalvat.com.au on the day of your class. In exceptional circumstances, we can make alternative arrangements to compensate for lost class time.
• Retrospective requests (a request for a make-up from last term for example) for class make-ups are not accepted. We request you make contact via email or phone to Clay Talk as soon as you can’t make class so that we can make alternative arrangements for you.
• Clay Talk reserves the right to cancel a class due to unforeseen circumstances such as insufficient enrolments or illness or for maintenance works. You will be notified prior to the class if cancellation of the class is deemed necessary, or if there will be another date scheduled, or if a pro-rata refund will be provided.

ILLNESS

If classes and workshops are cancelled due to illness of a tutor, and the inability to find a suitable replacement, Clay Talk will endeavour to provide rescheduled dates for classes and workshops.

In the event that students cannot attend the rescheduled classes, students must email claytalk@montsalvat.com.au as soon as possible prior to the commencement of the rescheduled class or workshop.

If a student is unable to attend the rescheduled classes or workshop Clay Talk may, at its absolute discretion, provide either a credit note, or a pro-rata refund (minus an administration fee of 10%).

 GIFT VOUCHERS

Gift vouchers are only available through our online portal www. Gift vouchers can be purchased for a minimum of $20 and are valid for 3 years from purchase.

Gift vouchers can only be used for booking classes, courses and/or workshops at Clay Talk through our online portal. Gift vouchers can be applied at check out when booking a class, course or workshop.

FIRING OF WORK 

Most workshops and classes include firing and glazing of a specific number of pieces. Check the workshop listing description on our online platform.

We take extreme care with your work however accidents do happen, and we are unable to guarantee fully that your work will be successfully fired. As ceramics is a fickle material to handle sometimes, breakages or cracks will sometimes happen. Clay Talk takes no responsibility for failure or breakage of work.

COLLECTION OF WORK

• Firing, glazing and packaging of your work takes approximately 2-4 weeks after your class/workshop.
• You will be notified by a written or digital notification, an email, or the Clay Talk Newsletter when your work is ready for collection.
• Clay Taster & Kids School Holiday programme students have 30 days to collect their pieces from the time they received notification of their pieces to be collected before uncollected works are repurposed elsewhere.
• Uncollected works, bisqued pieces, items on student shelf including tools and clay - unless the student notifies staff at Clay Talk that they wish to make alternative arrangements to collect their work - will not be guaranteed safe keeping or storage and will be re-purposed.
• EMAIL / SMS NOTIFICATIONS
• Clay Talk takes no responsibility for parents/students not receiving or seeing messages, emails or checking their spam/junk mail from Clay Talk/We Teach Me, regarding work collection.

The Clay Talk Ceramics Centre in Montsalvat is a ceramics facility located in the grounds of Montsalvat – Australia’s oldest continuously active artists’ community. The studio is an addition to Montsalvat’s already rich history as a place where art is made, taught, shown and experienced.

At Clay Talk, we aim to be a creative environment that brings students and practitioners together through education and skills-based programs. Currently we offer classes where you can learn wheel throwing and hand building at all stages of development supplemented by specialist programs and workshops taught by established artists.