Hot Mess Studios

Description

Hot Mess Studios is a family-owned paint-your-own pottery and craft studio in Surf City, in business since 2012. Classes are hands-on and open to beginners, with instructors guiding each step. Ceramic painting is the relaxed, drop-in-style option: pick a blank piece such as a mug, bowl or figurine and paint it however you like. Painting has a two-hour minimum, with a $10 charge for each additional hour. Other options include the pottery wheel, hand building with simple pinching and slab techniques, candle making, resin on wood, and jewelry making with stretchy beaded bracelets and polymer clay earrings. The pottery wheel is for ages 9 and up, and wheel classes need a reservation at least 24 hours ahead. Pieces made on the wheel are fired afterward and glazed in a separate glazing class. Birthday parties and group outings can be arranged around candle making, the pottery wheel, resin or ceramic painting, with supplies provided and a host to help. Visitors on vacation whose projects will not be ready before they head home can have finished pieces shipped for a small standard fee.