Hawaii Ceramic Supply
- Location
- 1922 Colburn St, Honolulu, HI 96819; 808-295-1477; Tue–Fri and some Saturdays (see site for current hours)
- Last checked
- 2026-10-16
Hawaii Ceramic Supply is a ceramic supply shop in Honolulu, Hawaii with its own online store and cart, selling glazes, underglazes, tools and bats for pickup, with clay, kiln firing and kiln repair available through the shop.
Official shop URL: https://www.hawaiiceramicsupply.com/s/shop (store home: https://www.hawaiiceramicsupply.com/)
Last checked: 2026-10-16
Category: Supplier Also called: HCS; Hawaii Ceramic Supply, LLC; Hawaii Ceramic Supply & Studio; Nendo Studio Hawaii; hawaiiceramicsupply.com
Who it’s for
Hawaii potters, hobbyists, schools and studios, mainly on Oʻahu, who want to buy ceramic supplies locally. The About section says the owner opened the shop so “potters could go to purchase their supplies locally.”
Why it’s listed
This is the company’s own online store with a working shopping cart (“Shopping Cart,” “Checkout,” “Secure checkout by Square”). It prints a street address, phone, product prices and a returns policy. It is not a directory card or marketplace.
- Positioning (home page, checked 2026-10-16): “Since 2022 — Hawaii’s Source for Ceramic Supplies.”
- Online cart (Shop page): “HCS Online Cart only allows for pick up orders.” For shipping on Oʻahu or the outer islands, email the shop. Clay must be purchased in person or by email, not through the cart.
- Products (Shop page and product pages, checked today): Amaco Potter’s Choice glazes (pints about $26.95), Amaco Teacher’s Palette (about $24.80), Laguna glazes (about $20), Amaco HF high-fire glaze (gallon $105), Aardvark brushes ($8.95), 13” bats ($13), Bat System Universal ($60.95), Latex Resist pint ($27.50), aprons and a $25 gift card. A Mid Fire category page exists in the store.
- Clay categories named on the Shop page: mid-fire, high-fire, low-fire and air-hardening clays (order by visit or email).
- Kiln firing (Kiln Firing Services page): community bisque (cone 06) on Tuesday evenings and glaze (cone 5) on Thursday evenings, allow about 8–10 business days, payment in advance, a liability form required.
- Workshops (Workshops page): the studio side is now named Nendo Studio Hawaii, with weekly wheel and handbuilding workshops and studio memberships.
- Hours (home page): Tuesday–Wednesday 10 am–4 pm, Thursday–Friday 10 am–6 pm, most Saturdays 10 am–2 pm, closed Sunday and Monday; the home page notes a closure from Nov 7 to Nov 30. Hours change, so check the site or Instagram.
- Returns: “All sales final. No returns or exchanges allowed.”
Prices are what the site showed on the check date and may change.
Official URL
Shop: https://www.hawaiiceramicsupply.com/s/shop
Store home: https://www.hawaiiceramicsupply.com/
Mid Fire category: https://www.hawaiiceramicsupply.com/shop/mid-fire-clay/9
Example product (gift card): https://www.hawaiiceramicsupply.com/product/hcs-gift-card/813
Example product (Latex Resist): https://www.hawaiiceramicsupply.com/product/latex-resist-pint/420
Visit Us (address and About): https://www.hawaiiceramicsupply.com/visit-us
About: https://www.hawaiiceramicsupply.com/about-us
Workshops & Nendo Studio: https://www.hawaiiceramicsupply.com/lessons
Kiln Firing Services: https://www.hawaiiceramicsupply.com/kiln-firing-services
(Canonical first-party store checked 2026-10-16. Every cited URL returned HTTP 200 to curl -sL with a Chrome User-Agent. No 202, 403 or 429. No item was added to the cart.)
Location
Hawaii Ceramic Supply, LLC, 1922 Colburn St, Honolulu, HI 96819, phone (808) 295-1477. Email is printed on the site; it was not used.
This is a supply store. It also runs firing services, kiln repair and workshops, but the web store is the core offer.
Notes
- Category is Supplier: first-party store with cart. The cart is pickup-only; clay is not sold through the cart.
- Not the same as Ceramics Hawaii, Ltd., which closed in 2016 (its site says so); that was skipped.
- Hawaii already has Hawaiʻi Potters’ Guild (guild); this is the first Hawaii supplier (checked local files, GitHub main and live clayplaza.com on 2026-10-16; not listed).
- Home-page hours mention a November closure; verify before visiting.
- Not affiliated with Clay Plaza.
- No Clay Plaza contact, purchase, cart action, form, account or publication action was taken.
- Image: the shop’s own logo (512 × 512 PNG, android-chrome-512x512.png from the site’s uploads), saved as
hawaii-ceramic-supply.png, PNG 512 × 512.
FAQ
Q: Can I order from Hawaii Ceramic Supply online?
A: Yes, for pickup. The online cart sells glazes, tools, bats and gift cards (for example Amaco Potter’s Choice pints at about $26.95). Shipping on Oʻahu or the outer islands must be arranged by email.
Q: Can I buy clay through the cart?
A: No. The Shop page says clay must be bought in person or by email.
Q: Where is it?
A: 1922 Colburn St, Honolulu, HI 96819; phone (808) 295-1477.
Q: Does it fire work?
A: Yes. Community firings are bisque on Tuesday evenings and glaze (cone 5) on Thursday evenings, about 8–10 business days, with a liability form and advance payment.
Q: What is Nendo Studio Hawaii?
A: The new name of the shop’s studio side, offering weekly workshops and studio memberships.