Clay Creation - Santa Cruz, California

Shelby B.

Been taking classes here for over a year and I love it! Geoff is a great teacher and makes everyone feel welcome. They’ve built a great sense of community here.

Sarah B.

Sadly this wasn’t the place for me. The owner Geoff has the worst communication and made my son and I feel really terrible. Some of the people that are members are not the nicest to work around, however I met a few great people that were great! Overall because of the poor communication, bad management and some of the mean members I personally do not recommend Clay Creation. Clay is something my 17 year old son and I have loved doing together for years, but since we went to Clay Creation he hasn’t wanted to do it anymore. He really felt terrible with the way we were treated. Hopefully he will start someday again. I’ve been going to Santa Cruz Clay and Phoenix. Both places have been so incredibly nice and so helpful.

Pepper R.

I really wanted to like this place but they were so rude when I dropped by. I am a local ceramic artist who was looking forward to renting here since it is in my neighborhood. Too bad.

Daniel O.

Clay Creation is a great place to learn, but also a great artist community. The studio has a variety of experience levels from beginners to amazing potters with tons of experience. The community nature of the space is great, and everyone is so very helpful. I am learning so much, and I look forward to working with clay as often as I am able. The instructors are awesome. Come join us!

Caitlin J.

I highly recommend going elsewhere.The studio hours are limited and hard to work around (they were significantly reduced after Clay Creations reopened), the work space itself is small, it is expensive compared to other studios, and communication is terrible. Unless you have a lot of free time, the studio hours are problematic. Also, management is uncommuncative, almost never present, and unfriendly (the supervising artist's are nice, but also don't get much communication from management and can't always answer your questions -it is very difficult to get a response from management). The community of artists among its ongoing students is fantastic (helpful, fun, and inspiring)! However, I cannot base my rating on a business based on how much I like its customers.

You can decide for yourself whether you would like to enroll at Clay Creations. I actually have many good memories here! Its so sad that this place became what it now is after the pandemic. I recommend trying Higher Fire or another competing studio for better studio hours, a more functional workspace, better communication, and friendlier management.

Andrew R.

Welcoming and friendly community, with a wide variety of equipment available for use, and helpful instructors. I highly recommend Clay Creation for a relaxing artistic experience.

Josephine U.

beautiful place to learn and play with clay! I love the atmosphere and folks are so friendly and helpful.

J E.

Instructors are very rude