Solid Earth Studio

Solid Earth Studio is an independent pottery studio in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, offering wheel-throwing courses, drop-in style workshops and monthly studio memberships with cone 6 firing.

Official URL: https://www.solidearthstudio.com/

Last checked: 2026-10-19

Category: Studio Also called: Solid Earth; Solid Earth Studio Wilmington; Solid Earth Pottery Studio; solidearthstudio.com

Who it’s for

Adults in the Wilmington area who want to try the potter’s wheel for the first time, take a structured 8-week course, or (with prior experience) rent independent studio time. The Membership page says membership “is meant for people with previous ceramic experience,” and the Try the Wheel workshop is aimed at “a first-timer.”

Why it’s listed

This is the studio’s own website, with its own class-booking pages. It prints the street address, phone, hours, membership price and workshop prices. It is not a directory card.

• Classes (Classes page, checked 2026-10-19): “Come join us in a structured 8-week class.” Beginner Wheel Throwing is open for booking; Intermediate Wheel Throwing is marked “Coming Soon.”
• Beginner Wheel Throwing (booking page): $400 per person, ages 18 and up, an 8-week course covering centering, pulling walls, shaping, attachments such as handles, glazing and decoration. Clay for class must be bought from Solid Earth. On the check date the page showed “No Upcoming Sessions.”
• Workshops (Workshops page and booking pages): Try the Wheel, $75 for 2 hours, tools and materials included, next session Saturday, Oct 24, 2026, 5:00–7:00 PM EDT; Date Night Sip and Spin, $75, ages 21+, Friday, Oct 23, 2026, 6:00–8:00 PM EDT; Spooky Candlelit Date Night, $80, Friday, Oct 30, 2026; Spooky Sgraffito, listed at $75 with a $65 session on Sunday, Oct 25, 2026, 10:00–11:30 AM EDT. Try HandBuilding is “Coming Soon.” The studio glazes and fires workshop pieces for later pickup.
• Membership (Membership page): $150/month. Members work independently during open studio hours, use studio glazes and get “unlimited firings in our Cone 6 kiln.” Open studio hours on that page: Mon 12–8 pm, Tue 12–5:15 pm, Fri–Sun 12–5 pm.
• Class discount (Beginner Wheel Throwing page): class participants can get membership at $75 per month (regularly $150) for the two months of the class plus one more month.
• People (About page): co-founders Samara (instructor; master’s in architecture, about 7 years focused on ceramics as maker and teacher) and Dave (visual artist who has spent about 2 years developing as a potter).
• Support Us page: the owners describe the studio as self-funded and take donations to add “more services, features, and studio components.”

Prices and session dates are what the site showed on the check date and change by session.

Official URL

https://www.solidearthstudio.com/

Membership: https://www.solidearthstudio.com/membership

Classes: https://www.solidearthstudio.com/new-page

Workshops: https://www.solidearthstudio.com/workshops

About: https://www.solidearthstudio.com/about

Contact / hours: https://www.solidearthstudio.com/new-page-2-1

Support Us: https://www.solidearthstudio.com/supportsolidearth

Booking, Beginner Wheel Throwing: https://solidearthstudio.kilnfire.com/classes/beginner-wheel-throwing

Booking, Try the Wheel: https://solidearthstudio.kilnfire.com/classes/trywheelworkshop

Booking, Date Night Sip and Spin: https://solidearthstudio.kilnfire.com/classes/date-night-sip-and-spin

Booking, Spooky Sgraffito: https://solidearthstudio.kilnfire.com/classes/spooky-sgraffito

(Canonical first-party site checked 2026-10-19. The booking pages are the studio’s own subdomain on its class-booking platform; their prices and dates load by script and were read in a rendered browser. Every cited URL returned HTTP 200 to curl -sL with a Chrome User-Agent. No 202, 403 or 429.)

Location

Solid Earth Studio, 225 N Market St, Wilmington, DE 19802 (site footer; the booking platform prints ZIP 19801), phone (302) 412-1534.

Hours (Contact page): Monday 12–8 pm; Tuesday 12–5 pm; Wednesday and Thursday closed; Friday 12–5 pm; Saturday 12:30–5 pm; Sunday 12–5 pm. Email is printed on the site; it was not used.

This is a studio: classes, workshops and member studio space. It is not a supplier or a guild.

Notes

• Category is Studio. It sells class clay and tools to students, but it is not a supply store.
• The ZIP code differs between the site footer (19802) and the booking platform (19801); confirm before mailing anything.
• Two site pages use placeholder URLs (/new-page for Classes, /new-page-2-1 for Contact); the old /classes and /contact paths return 404 and are not cited.
• Beginner Wheel Throwing showed no upcoming sessions on 2026-10-19; check back or ask the studio for the next start date.
• This is the first Delaware listing (checked local files, GitHub main and live clayplaza.com on 2026-10-19; not listed).
• Not affiliated with Clay Plaza.
• No Clay Plaza contact, booking, purchase, donation, form or publication action was taken.
• Image: the studio’s own logo (the site og:image), saved as solid-earth-studio.png, PNG 881 × 345.

FAQ

Q: Where is Solid Earth Studio?
A: 225 N Market St, Wilmington, Delaware (ZIP printed as 19802 on the site and 19801 on the booking page). Phone (302) 412-1534.

Q: How much is the beginner wheel class?
A: Beginner Wheel Throwing is an 8-week course at $400 per person for ages 18 and up (checked 2026-10-19). Class clay is bought from the studio.

Q: Can I just try the wheel once?
A: Yes. Try the Wheel is a 2-hour, $75 workshop with tools and materials included; the studio glazes and fires your piece for pickup.

Q: How much is a studio membership?
A: $150 a month, with studio glazes and unlimited cone 6 firings. It requires previous ceramic experience; beginner class students can get $75/month membership for up to three months.

Q: When is the studio open?
A: Monday 12–8 pm, Tuesday 12–5 pm, Friday 12–5 pm, Saturday 12:30–5 pm and Sunday 12–5 pm; closed Wednesday and Thursday.