The Clay Hole

The Clay Hole is a community pottery studio in Draper, Utah, about 10,000 square feet, that teaches through monthly memberships, with weekly classes led by four instructors, open studio times, 29 wheels and more than 650 glazes.

Official URL: https://theclayhole.com/

Last checked: 2026-10-20

Category: Studio Also called: Clay Hole; The Clay Hole Pottery; The Clay Hole Draper; @theclayhole; theclayhole.com

Who it’s for

Adults in the Salt Lake City and Utah County area, from first-time beginners to production potters, who want to make pottery every week. The minimum age is 18, or 14 with a parent or guardian who is also a member.

Why it’s listed

It is a working community studio with its own website, a published street address, a weekly schedule and published membership prices. It is not a directory card.

• About (FAQ page, checked 2026-10-20): “A community pottery and art studio in Draper, Utah, and nearly 10,000 square feet of it. Pottery is the main event, with workshops in other art forms running alongside it.” The studio has couches, game tables and lounge areas, and is built around community.
• Membership (home and membership pages): month to month, no contract, four Levels. Green $145/month (4 classes), Yellow $170 (5), Purple $200 (6) and Black $275 (8, capped at 20 members), about $33–$36 a class. Higher Levels add more tools, more glazes, a bigger shelf and $2–$6 off every bag of clay. New members pay $50 for the first month, and classes never expire while you remain a member.
• Add-ons (home page): the Unlimited Class Pass adds every class and open studio session from $60 a month (Green) to $140 (Black). A Shared Membership for couples starts at $145, a Shared Shelf Pass saves 20% on two memberships, and a Bring a Friend Pass is $35 for a first visit.
• Schedule (membership page): open studio classes with four instructors on Monday 10:30 am–2 pm and Monday–Thursday 6:30–10 pm; open studio without instructors (still counts as a class) Friday 6:30–10 pm and Saturday–Sunday 10 am–1:30 pm. Open seven days a week, holidays excluded. A new member’s first visit must be a regular class.
• Studio (home page): 29 pottery wheels, 650+ glazes, 248 slab molds and 217 free online lessons.
• Billing (FAQ): memberships renew on the 25th; you cancel yourself in the member portal by 11:59 pm on the 24th (a text or email does not cancel), and pausing must be done by 4 pm on the 24th.
• Owner (Dan Pearce page): founded by Dan Pearce, a potter, author and former Single Dad Laughing blogger, who says more than $1 million went into building the studio.

Prices are what the site showed on the check date and may change.

Official URL

Home: https://theclayhole.com/

Membership sign-up: https://theclayhole.com/products/monthly-pottery-membership-at-the-clay-hole-new

Location and directions: https://theclayhole.com/pages/clay-hole-pottery-classes-draper-utah-location-address-find-us

FAQs: https://theclayhole.com/pages/faqs

Contact (text only): https://theclayhole.com/pages/contact-the-clay-hole

Founder (Dan Pearce): https://theclayhole.com/pages/dan-pearce

(Official site checked 2026-10-20. Every cited URL returned HTTP 200 to curl -sL with a Chrome User-Agent and browser Accept headers, spaced 4 seconds apart. No 202, 403 or 429.)

Location

The Clay Hole, 12896 S Pony Express Rd, Suite 100, Draper, UT 84020, in the Pony Express Center on the I-15 frontage road, the building north of Living Spaces and up the road from IKEA. Exit 291 (12300 South) from the north or Exit 289 (Bangerter Highway) from the south. Free shared parking lot. Contact is by text to (385) 241-5528, usually answered Monday–Thursday; the studio has no email address.

This is a studio (classes and memberships). It is not a guild or a supplier.

Notes

• Category is Studio: membership-based community studio with instructor-led classes and open studio.
• It sells clay to members at the studio (member discounts on every bag), but it is not a public supply store.
• Visitors cannot drop by to look around (FAQ: the social-media following made visits unmanageable).
• The site has a large social-media following behind it (the FAQ cites more than 3.1 million followers as @theclayhole), and its pages include sales copy such as a live count of “discounted spots left this month.”
• Utah already has Clay Arts Utah (guild); this is the first Utah studio (checked local files, GitHub main and live clayplaza.com on 2026-10-20; not listed). Sunstone Pottery & Supply (UT) remains a standing skip as a studio/supply blur.
• Not affiliated with Clay Plaza.
• No Clay Plaza contact, text, membership, purchase, form, account or publication action was taken.
• Image: the studio’s official logo (The_Clay_Hole_Official_Logo_all_Black from the store’s CDN, 5520 × 1196, served as WebP), resized and saved as the-clay-hole.png, PNG 1600 × 347.

FAQ

Q: How much does The Clay Hole cost?
A: Memberships run $145 a month for 4 classes, $170 for 5, $200 for 6 and $275 for 8. The first month is $50 for new members, and there is no contract.

Q: Where is The Clay Hole?
A: 12896 S Pony Express Rd, Suite 100, Draper, UT 84020, off I-15 near IKEA, with free parking.

Q: When can members come in?
A: Classes run Monday 10:30 am–2 pm and Monday–Thursday 6:30–10 pm; open studio is Friday 6:30–10 pm and Saturday–Sunday 10 am–1:30 pm.

Q: Is there a minimum age?
A: 18, or 14 if the teenager comes with a parent or guardian who is also a member.

Q: How do I cancel?
A: In the member portal by 11:59 pm on the 24th; memberships renew on the 25th. A text or email does not cancel a membership.