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| - I thought this would be an awesome date idea for me and my boyfriend! Just had to try it. Make sure to check-in on Facebook for half off on the studio price!
HOW IT WORKS: It's a ceramic studio filled with plain, unfired pottery pieces from christmas ornaments, cups, interesting mugs, plates, ice-cream shaped containers, dinosaur figures etc. You pay a studio fee for each person participating ($8 for adults, $6 for kids) to paint, glaze, and fire the piece you choose. Then, you get to choose from their wide selection of ceramic pieces. Each item price varies depending on what it is. It can be pricey ($3 - $40?) There's plenty of pieces for $15-$25 from when I checked (mugs for ours). This outing can be expensive, but pretty cheap if you plan on doing something small.
You get to use as much paint as you like (wide selection of different hues to get just the right one you envision!), and for however long as you like. Definitely fun to look at the different types of blues and purples they have. There's plenty of tables set up with a slew of different brushes to use. They also have lots of stencils (symbols, letters, numbers etc.) for us artistically challenged! The sponges, pencils, and markers are there to help you plan out your favorite design. There's also a blow dryer there for you to use to get a coat to dry faster.
If you want to copy a specific image (example: logo) onto your piece, just ask the awesome staff there to show you how. You can pull up the image on the computer they have set up there, resize it to your liking, and then print it. They'll show you how to etch it on there using copy paper and you just trace it! What ends up happening is that the image's outline you traced will end up on the piece. And then you just go over it with paint.
If you're afraid of being clumsy with the paint brushes, there's no worries. They have a pen-needle paint dispensers for each color (think of those kiddle glue containers, but way less bulky and the point is needle-thin) for you to hold like a pencil and use to paint for the detailed stuff (e.g. handwriting a quote, numbers etc.).
Once you're done painting, just tell the someone and they'll do the glazing for you and you get a call to come back and pick up your piece around 4-7 days. It's fun to see the colors saturate from pastel to bright hues! Definitely a fun outing.
We went here for a night-time date and we didn't get to finish painting because of closing time. Did not expect to take so long to decide what to design on our cups! If you don't finish by closing time, no worries, they let you come back whenever you want to finish up (have your receipt ready) My suggestion is to definitely go during the day. This place is perfect for kids! Or for an outing with some friends. Also a great choice for a date for your boyfriend or your girlfriend to make fun of each other and get creative. I had so much fun here and the staff is really helpful! They helped us out with lots of different techniques and for whatever questions we asked. We hope to come back sometime soon =]
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