Pottery West is privately owned by Amy and Ruth Kline. Amy and Ruth purchased the property in 2001 and designed and built the facility from the ground up. Our facility is a pottery school and studio located in the northwest part of Las Vegas, Nevada – just minutes from the Las Vegas strip.
Pottery West offers classes and workshops in ceramics for for all levels from the absolute beginner to the professional artist. Our classes take place weekly and are scheduled during morning and evening hours. The best thing about Pottery West is the community of like-minded people who come together for the love of clay.
Inside Pottery West
Pottery West is a 10,000 sq ft facility fully equipped to offer a total clay experience with on-site housing.
Inside the Pottery
Follow the long driveway to the pottery studio located behind the main house. The Pottery West studio is 3,000 sq ft pottery studio furnished with 21 potters wheels, a slab roller, wall-mounted extruder, glaze lab, 3 spray booths, a bench grinder, sandblaster, a 16 cu. ft. oval electric kiln, a 27 cubic foot Geil gas kiln, another 16 cu. ft gas kiln, an 80 cu. ft Train Wood-fire Kiln, and a 50 cu. ft Wood/Soda barrel-arch kiln.
There are over 20 cone 10 glazes available. Most of our glazes are Tom Coleman’s glazes. The pottery studio is equipped with satellite radio, surround sound, and a 42″ LCD screen. The windows and sky-lights provide natural lighting throughout the daytime and there is central air-conditioning and heating.
Main House
With a 7,000 sq ft main house, Pottery West offers guests and resident artists on-site housing. The main floor of the house also has an 800 sq ft gallery and state of the art community kitchen.
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- outside the pottery
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- glaze area
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- community kitchen
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- shower near the courtyard
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- Inside the pottery