A Potter's Place

Category: Studio Also called: A Potter’s Place; A Potters Place; A Potter’s Place Community Clay Studio; apottersplace.com; Hbarr Designs LLC Last checked: 2026-09-25

What it is

A Potter’s Place is a community clay studio in Fort Collins, Colorado, founded by Heather Barr in 2025 (site footer: © Hbarr Designs LLC). It runs 8-week adult wheel and handbuilding courses, one-day workshops, kids’ camps, a teen wheel punch card, and a small monthly Community Potter membership. The About page describes a 2,400+ square foot space with 16 electric wheels, a slab roller, a vacuum pug mill, a double-jar ball mill, and 10+ food-safe in-house cone 5/6 glazes. It is not a membership guild association and not a clay supplier. Clay and tools are sold only to enrolled students and members during open studio.

Who it’s for

Adults 18+ who want structured 8-week courses with open studio time included. Also course graduates who want a capped monthly membership, families who want one-day workshops, and kids ages 5–17 in seasonal camps (wheel from age 9+). It is not a drop-in open studio for the unenrolled public. Open studio is for enrolled students and members only, and membership requires a finished 8-week course plus an orientation.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party Fort Collins teaching and membership studio. Its site prints a Lincoln Court address, a membership dollar rate ($205/month), a clay bag price ($30 / 25 lb), course and workshop starting prices, and a dated Fall 2026 open-studio schedule. It is not a scraped directory card.

• Contact / location (site footer + Contact + About, checked 2026-09-25): 313 Lincoln Court, Fort Collins, Colorado 80524; phone 720.744.0033; email info@apottersplace.com. Hours: “By Class Registration” (see class and open studio schedule). Front-door parking.
• Community Potter membership (Memberships page, checked today): $205/month, limited to 14 members. Includes open-studio access, a private wet box (11” × 16” × 8”) plus clay storage, all firings, unlimited glazes, slips, and stains, and 1 member class per month. Unused class credits roll over month to month and expire when the subscription ends. Additional classes cost $25 each. Clay is $30 per 25 lb bag and must be the in-house brand/type. Slip casting costs $1 per piece extra. Member discounts: 45% off all workshops (for the member plus unlimited family/friends) and 25% off 8-week courses (printed as $360 → $270). Month-to-month with no contract; cancel before the 1st. Requirements: a completed 8-week course, orientation, and a card on file. Waitlist plus deposit to reserve a place.
• Courses and workshops (homepage + Courses, checked today): the homepage prints adult 8-week courses starting at $224 (2–3 hours of weekly instruction, first 25 lb bag of clay and shared tools included, open studio time). One-day workshops start at $45. Kids’ camps start at $90 (2- and 4-day seasonal camps, ages 5–17). The teen wheel 8-session punch card costs $285 (ages 9–17, Wednesdays). New 8-week sessions start in early January, mid March, early June, mid August, and mid October. Full payment is due at signup, and cancellations more than 7 days before the start get a refund or credit.
• Open studio (Open Studio + Memberships pages, checked today): Fall 2026 (Aug–Dec) planned hours are Sun 2:00–8:00 p.m.; Mon 1:00–11:00 p.m.; Tue 12:00–3:00 p.m.; Wed 9:00–11:00 p.m.; Thu 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. & 8:00–11:00 p.m.; Fri 1:00–4:00 p.m.; no open studio on Saturdays. Wheels are held for registered students for the first 30 minutes. The last 15 minutes are for clean-up. June–August hours shift around kids’ camps.
• Studio policies (Studio Guide, checked today): cone 5/6 mid-range vitrified clay, no outside clay, and two firings (bisque plus glaze at cone 5/6) included in class cost. Approved commercial underglazes and cone 5/6 glazes are allowed with monitor/teacher approval.

The membership, clay, course, and schedule figures above are what the official pages showed on the check date. The homepage “starting at $224” course price and the Memberships page “$360 → $270” discount example differ, so confirm the current tuition on the live registration page. Waitlists and hours change. Check the live apottersplace.com Memberships, Courses, and Open Studio pages before treating any figure as fixed.

Official URL

https://www.apottersplace.com/

Memberships: https://www.apottersplace.com/membership

Open Studio: https://www.apottersplace.com/open-studio

Courses: https://www.apottersplace.com/courses

(Canonical first-party Squarespace site checked 2026-09-25. Registration runs through the studio’s Acuity scheduler, linked from the site.)

Location

A Potter’s Place: 313 Lincoln Court, Fort Collins, CO 80524. Phone 720.744.0033. The site gives hours as “By Class Registration.” Fall 2026 open studio (enrolled students and members only) runs Sun–Fri at the printed windows above, with none on Saturday.

This is a teaching / membership community clay studio. It is not a guild HQ and not a ceramic supply retailer.

Notes

• Category is Studio: a community teaching studio with 8-week courses, workshops, camps, and a capped $205/month membership. Not a guild and not a clay manufacturer or supplier.
• Distinct from already-listed Colorado cards (Colorado Potters Guild, Rocky Mountain Clay). Not the same as other US businesses named “A Potter’s Place” in other states. This listing is the Fort Collins, CO studio at apottersplace.com only. Keep separate from the Lapidary / Mahjong / Bee / Bonsai directories.
• The $205/month membership (14-member cap), $30 per 25 lb clay, $25 extra classes, $224/$45/$90/$285 starting prices, and Fall 2026 open-studio hours were transcribed from official pages checked on 2026-09-25 and may change. Reconcile the $224 vs $360 course figure live.
• The site’s Studio Guide mentions Amazon for personal starter tool kits. Clay Plaza does not link to Amazon or affiliate stores. Use the official site only.
• Not affiliated with Clay Plaza.
• No Clay Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.
• First-party logo saved beside this listing as a-potters-place.png (from the apottersplace.com Squarespace Logo.png upload: circular “Pottery Studio / Classes & Community” teapot badge, resized to 800 px).

FAQ

Q: What does membership cost?
A: Memberships page (checked 2026-09-25): the Community Potter membership is $205 per month, month-to-month, limited to 14 members. It includes open-studio access, a private wet box and clay storage, all firings, unlimited glazes/slips/stains, and 1 member class per month (extra classes $25). Clay is $30 per 25 lb bag. You must complete an 8-week course and an orientation first, and there may be a waitlist and deposit.

Q: How much are classes and when is open studio?
A: The homepage lists adult 8-week courses starting at $224 (clay and tools included), one-day workshops from $45, kids’ camps from $90, and a teen 8-session wheel punch card for $285. Fall 2026 open studio for enrolled students and members: Sun 2–8pm, Mon 1–11pm, Tue 12–3pm, Wed 9–11pm, Thu 10am–4pm and 8–11pm, Fri 1–4pm, and no Saturday open studio. Confirm on the live calendar.

Q: Is A Potter’s Place a guild or a clay supplier?
A: Neither. It is a community teaching and membership studio. Clay and specialty tools are sold to enrolled students and members during open studio, not as a public retail store. For association dues use a guild, and for a full supply catalog use a ceramic supplier.