Website: https://boneheadpottery.com/
Bonehead Pottery is a pottery studio in south Nashville, Tennessee, offering classes and studio time. The studio describes itself as “a studio in south Nashville founded in 2024.” It provides wheel throwing and hand-building instruction along with open studio access for more advanced members, and keeps class sizes small to support the learning experience. The studio promotes a beginner-friendly atmosphere, encouraging newcomers with the message: “It’s time to get your hands dirty!”
Services
The studio offers a range of classes for different commitment levels. The Beginners Pottery Wheel Lesson runs two hours and includes “5 prepared 1lb pieces of clay,” with bisque and glaze firing for one piece and glaze application, focused on throwing technique with hands-on practice. The Beginners Handbuilding Workshop runs 1.5 hours and provides “2.5 lb of clay to use for your project,” teaching “slab building techniques to make a 3D form,” with bisque and glaze firing included and pickup in two to three weeks.
For longer instruction, the Beginners Eight Week Wheel Class meets three hours per week for eight weeks, with options on Tuesdays from 2 to 5pm or Wednesdays from 6 to 9pm. It includes a “25 lb bag of clay” plus studio tools and glazes, and covers “wheel throwing, trimming, surface decoration and glazing.” The Beginners Eight Week Handbuilding Class also meets three hours per week for eight weeks, on Wednesdays from 6 to 9pm, with a 25 lb bag of clay and studio tools, covering “building with slabs, coils, and pinch pots, as well as surface decoration techniques and glazing.” The studio notes that hand-building classes produce a “functional piece of art that you can use in your home or give as a gift,” while wheel classes emphasize learning over finished results. Open studio time is available for more advanced members.
About
The studio was established and is operated by Rachel, who has practiced pottery since 2018 and began teaching in 2022. Olivia serves as studio manager and general support staff, having started working with clay in 2023. Rachel states that “teaching and sharing the joy I’ve found in pottery with new people is a delight,” and describes pottery as a multi-stage creative process: “designing what I want to create, to throwing and trimming on the wheel and glazing the fired pots, every step offers a new problem to think about and solve!”
Location & Contact
Address: 129 Antioch Pike, Nashville, TN 37211. Email: [email protected].
Additional Information
The studio also operates a shop featuring handmade ceramic pieces and maintains an Instagram presence at @bonehead_pottery. Class schedule and class description pages provide further detail on upcoming sessions.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (boneheadpottery.com).