Our Facility

Our facility is located in Boone Plaza, Golden Valley Minneapolis. We have ground level access, plenty of off-street parking, and a generous southern exposure that lets in plenty of natural light to help facilitate our members' creativity and positive mood.

The Work Area

All our members receive 24 hour access, 7 days a week. We provide wheels, a slab roller, an extruder, and glazes for our members, and stock two varieties of clay for purchase. Each member has their own shelf, rack or semi-private studio to store their work. Racks are provided for greenware and glazed work ready to be fired.

The studio also includes a small chat area where members can take a break and relax, eat their lunch, or take phone calls away from the main work areas. The chat area is complete with microwave and refrigerator. We even have a small library including various books and pottery magazines.

The classroom is sectioned off from the main work area and member storage space. This creates a separate space so classes won't interfere with members who wish to work while classes are in session.

Kilns & Equipment

We have 5 electric kilns that we use to bisque and glaze fire our members' work.

Bisque Firing (Cone 06)

We bisque fire on a daily basis in order to move our members' work through the process as quickly and safely as possible. Our bisque firing program takes approximately 18 hours, allowing our members' work to be fired as safely as possible.

Glaze Firing (Cone 6 and Cone 10)

We currently offer glaze firing to cone 6 and cone 10 in our electric kilns. Both Cone 6 and Cone 10 glaze firings are loaded every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday as long as we have enough work ready to fill the kiln. The combination and number of cone 6 or cone 10 firings vary, so we post to Instagram when we load and unload glaze kilns.

Communal Work Areas

We have two main communal work areas and a communal glazing area.

The front work area includes:

• 7 - electric wheels (both Brent and Pacifica)
• 1 - kick wheel
• Large Work Table
• Bailey slab roller
• Large wedging table
• Ware boards and plastic for wrapping work in progress
• Shared tools
• Snag It Rack of abandoned pottery

The back work area includes:

• 4 - electric wheels (both Brent and Pacifica)
• Northstar extruder with solid & hollow-form dies
• Small Wedging table for white clay only
• Large Work Table
• Chat Area with lighting set up for photographing pottery

The glaze area includes:

• Cone 6 glazes
• Cone 10 glazes
• Slips and Stains
• Spray Booth
• Community buckets and tools for glazing

Additional electric wheels are available for member use in the classroom when classes are not in session.

The Members' Gallery

Fired Up members have the opportunity to display their work for sale in our gallery. The gallery is open to the public 5 days a week during our office hours.