Hollowed Earth Pottery

Category: Studio Also called: HEP; Hollowed Earth; hollowedearthpottery.com Last checked: 2026-10-05

What it is

Hollowed Earth Pottery is a ceramics teaching studio and classroom in Greenville, South Carolina, run by Mark and Sarah Batory. The homepage describes pottery classes for beginners through intermediate students, studio memberships for independent potters, and a retail selection of local potters’ work. Contact and Membership pages place the classroom / membership studio at Hampton Station (1320 Hampton Avenue Extension, Bay 7 / membership page wording 1320 Hampton Extenstion Ave). It is not a membership guild association and not a ceramic supply warehouse.

Who it’s for

Adults and youth (ages printed per class — Intro and Pottery Basics recommend 10+; seasonal kids offerings from 5+) who want one-time intro wheel sessions, multi-week Pottery Basics / hand-building series, or monthly open-studio membership with daytime and evening access. Memberships are limited; independent work expected for members. Not a substitute for a dues-only guild association.

Why it’s listed

This is the first-party Hollowed Earth Pottery Squarespace domain (hollowedearthpottery.com) with a printed Hampton Station classroom address, 2026 membership dollar amount, live class dollar pages, and retail hours — not a scraped directory card.

• Contact / addresses (Contact + homepage header/footer + Memberships, checked 2026-10-05): Contact page — Classroom 1320 Hampton Avenue Extension, Bay 7; phone 864-757-2097; email info@hollowedearthpottery.com. Site header/footer also prints 115 Nature Trail, Greenville, SC 29609 and 864-423-4391. Memberships page: Location Hampton Station, 1320 Hampton Extenstion Ave, Greenville, SC 29601 (site spelling “Extenstion”). Cite addresses and both phone numbers as printed.
• Retail hours (homepage, checked today): Sunday–Saturday 10–4pm.
• Monthly membership (Studio Memberships, checked today): 2026 Pricing: $175/month; members invoiced monthly via recurring payment. Includes designated member space; potter’s wheels, tools, and studio equipment; kiln firings “within reason”; studio glazes (members may bring cone 5/6 glazes); shelving; access at Hampton Station. Daytime and evening hours; open hours and classes communicated daily through a message app. Number of available memberships “very limited.” Home-studio makers may ask about a “community studio membership” (no separate public dollar table at check — do not invent it).
• Intro class (Beginner / sampler page, checked today): Intro Pottery Wheel Class — $75/person; 90 minutes; recommended ages 10+; make two wheel pieces; glazes chosen after class; pieces returned in 2–3 weeks. Card reserves spot; charge at attendance; in-person payment cash/card/gift card/check.
• Pottery Basics series (Pottery Basics page, checked today): Pottery Basics 1 — $240; four weeks; ages 10+; wheel fundamentals + week-4 glazing; materials and additional lab time included. Pottery Basics 2 — $240; four weeks; ages 10+; requires Basics 1 or recent wheel comfort. Pottery Basics 3 — $360 (eligible for member discount); 6 weeks; ages 12+; bridges Basics 2 toward membership. Youth Pottery Basics (kids 11–17) noted for Wednesday 4–6pm / 4pm schedule wording across Classes vs Basics pages — confirm live schedule.
• Other class families (Classes page, checked today): seasonal projects (mugs, vases, trays, ramen bowls, travel mugs, fairy houses, etc.); Hand Building Basics series (Pinch/Slab/Coil; Kitchen Essentials); custom classes for groups of 4+. Dollar amounts for every seasonal/hand-building SKU were not all printed on the overview page at check — cite only dollars from dedicated pricing pages above.

Membership and class figures above are what the official pages showed on the check date. Schedules, limited membership seats, and prices change. Confirm on the live Memberships, Classes, Intro, and Pottery Basics pages before treating any figure as fixed.

Official URL

https://www.hollowedearthpottery.com/

Studio Memberships: https://www.hollowedearthpottery.com/studio-memberships

Classes: https://www.hollowedearthpottery.com/classes

Intro Pottery Wheel Class: https://www.hollowedearthpottery.com/sampler-class-form

Pottery Basics: https://www.hollowedearthpottery.com/potterybasics1

Contact: https://www.hollowedearthpottery.com/contact

(Canonical first-party Squarespace site checked 2026-10-05; cited URLs returned HTTP 200 with a normal browser User-Agent.)

Location

Hollowed Earth Pottery classroom / membership studio: 1320 Hampton Avenue Extension, Bay 7, Greenville, SC (Hampton Station; Memberships also prints Greenville 29601). Contact phone (864) 757-2097; email info@hollowedearthpottery.com. Site header also prints 115 Nature Trail, Greenville, SC 29609 and (864) 423-4391. Retail hours Sun–Sat 10–4pm (homepage).

This is a teaching / membership pottery studio. It is not a guild HQ and not primarily a ceramic supply warehouse.

Notes

• Category is Studio: monthly memberships, intro wheel, Pottery Basics series, hand-building and seasonal classes, retail gallery hours. Not a guild. On-site retail supports the studio, not a full-catalog moist-clay supplier.
• First Greenville / Upstate SC teaching-studio listing on Clay Plaza. Away from Fri OR/PA/FL and earlier week TX/MI/MN, VA/UT/KS, WI/ME/KY, AR/NJ/NM geos. Keep separate from Lapidary / Mahjong / Bee / Bonsai directories.
• Address/phone: Contact classroom Hampton Ave Extension Bay 7 + 864-757-2097 vs header Nature Trail + 864-423-4391 — both first-party; cite as printed. Memberships page spells “Extenstion.”
• Community studio membership for home-studio potters mentioned without a public dollar table at check — do not invent a price.
• Membership and class figures were transcribed from official pages checked on 2026-10-05 and may change.
• Not affiliated with Clay Plaza.
• No Clay Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.
• No full first-party wordmark was available without login/captcha; only the site favicon (50 × 50) was saved beside this listing as hollowed-earth-pottery.png.

FAQ

Q: What does monthly membership cost?
A: Studio Memberships (checked 2026-10-05): 2026 pricing $175/month with recurring invoice; wheels/tools/equipment, firings within reason, studio glazes (cone 5/6 OK to bring), designated space and shelving at Hampton Station. Memberships very limited. Confirm on the live Memberships page.

Q: How much are intro and Basics classes?
A: Intro Pottery Wheel Class $75/person for 90 minutes (ages 10+). Pottery Basics 1 and 2 $240 each (4 weeks); Pottery Basics 3 $360 (6 weeks; member discount eligible). Materials/lab notes as printed on those pages. Confirm seats and dates on Classes / sampler / Pottery Basics pages.

Q: Is Hollowed Earth Pottery a guild or a clay supplier?
A: Neither as its Clay Plaza category. It is a Greenville teaching and membership pottery studio with retail hours. For association dues use a Guild listing; for a full-catalog moist-clay warehouse use a Supplier listing.