Studio Use

Access our Pottery Wheel, Hand-building, and Glazing Studios for your pottery and production projects. Studio Use is open to individuals who can work in the studio independently and without instruction. Create your clay projects with any of Tahanan’s clays. Bring your basic pottery tools to use during your studio time but should you require any special tool or equipment, please feel free to ask at the front desk.  If you have questions on techniques, Tahanan resident artists are home to answer your queries. To reserve studio time, call or message us at least one day ahead. To request additional shelf space for production work, please inquire with Vicente or get in touch with him through his Viber/Mobile below, charges may apply.

Studio Use Rate: P125/hour, minimum of two hours

Locker Rental

No need to lug your heavy clay bags, pottery tools, and personal items each time you come for regular Studio Use. Avail yourself of our monthly or yearly locker rental rates. Inquire at the front desk for the rental rates. 

Mobile/Viber: 091701277207

Landline: (02) 7117-3401

Email: tahananpottery@gmail.com

STUDIO USE POLICY

Studio Etiquette

1. All clients are expected to use the appropriate amount of table space and must share facilities, space, and equipment fairly as well as respectfully work side by side with other Studio Users.

2. Do not touch other studio users’ or students’ works, whether they are works in progress, bisque-fired, glazed, or finished works. Any loss or damage may be charged to the members.

3. Clients must use earphones to listen to personal music and phone calls must be taken outside the Studio.

4. Clients are not allowed to smoke inside the Studio. The designated smoking area is the front yard and patio at the back of the Studio. 

Tools & Equipment

1. Clients are encouraged to bring their pottery tools. Please label them with your name.

2. Tools are available and will be provided on loan during Studio Use sessions. All tools must be cleaned and returned to the Tahanan staff for inspection and inventory.

3. All Tahanan tools and equipment are for studio use only. Borrowing of tools and equipment will not be allowed.

4. Any loss or damage to loaned tools and equipment shall be reported to Tahanan for assessment. Clients may be charged for damages or losses due to improper use of tools and equipment.

Work Monitoring Procedures

1. All client’s works must be stamped with their maker’s mark or signed with their name. 

2. Unmarked works cannot be claimed without proof of ownership.

3. Studio Users are encouraged to take pictures of their works during each stage of the process for future identification purposes.

4. When work is ready for firing, please bring to the front desk for firing charge computation.

Works in Progress & Shelf Space

1. Clients must wrap works in progress properly with plastic sheets. They must be labeled with your name to avoid them being mishandled by other students/studio users.

2. Place your works on your designated shelf rack. Space is limited to a maximum of ONE shelf per studio user. Should a studio user wish to use more shelf space, accommodations may be extended for an additional fee.

3. Tahanan will not be held liable for any loss or damage to studio users' works at any stage of the ceramic process.

Clean-Up and Pack-Up

1. Students are tasked to pack up and clean their work area, tools, and equipment, making sure they are free from clay or glaze residue, at least 15 minutes before closing time.

2. The stainless-steel sinks have a clay reclaiming tank and must only be used for washing items with clay residue.

3. All leather hard and bone-dry clay from trimmings and leftover hand-building clays is placed in a separate bucket found beside the sink.

4. All clay slop from the wheel must be dumped into the slop bucket first before it is rinsed in the sink. Please clean the wheel table, wheel head, and wheel basins efficiently. Wash the wooden and plastic bats. Scrape off dry clay from the table, collect it, and place it in a collection bucket or basin. Wipe the table with a wet rag.

5. Studio Users must bring home personal clay or rent a locker to store them. Tahanan will not be held liable for lost clays left in the Studio.

6. Clients must turn off pottery wheels, faucets, fans, and lights when not in use.

Glazing

1. Clients must prevent contamination of wet glazes by using dedicated glazing tools for each glaze.

2. Clients must return leftover glazes from dipping tubs and bowls to the correct glaze bucket.

3. Clients must properly glaze their works to avoid thick applications. Clients must wipe the bottom of their works and leave a minimum ¼ inch margin from the bottom edge on all pieces. There will be a minimum P250 penalty charged should the glaze touch the kiln shelf. The fee goes up commensurately depending on the severity of kiln damage.

4. Collect all glaze residue, whether powdered or liquid, as a slop glaze. Ask Tahanan staff where to put the glaze residue collected.

5. Place glazed works in a designated shelf rack ready for glaze firing.

Health and Safety Protocols

1. Clients are encouraged to smoothen works at the leather hard stage. If sanding is necessary, members must wear a mask while sanding.

2. Clients must AVOID prolonged skin contact with glazes. Wash hands properly after glazing.

3. Clients with allergies must provide their dust masks and/or surgical gloves.

4. Clients are not allowed to go in the kiln area, whether it is firing or not.

5. Light snacking and drinking to rehydrate is allowed inside the Studio but make sure your hands have been thoroughly washed and your work area is free from clay and glaze dust.

Claiming of Works

1. Tahanan shall inform members if fired works are ready for claiming. Works may be claimed only up to three months after the works have been fired.

2. Unclaimed works shall be disposed of, donated, or sold in Tahanan’s Clearance Sales.

3. Clients must sign for all claimed works.