ART. CERAMICS. A CREATIVE LIFE.
Make something
of your creativity.
Practical education for the work you want to make — and the creative business you want to build.
Find your next stepSix free starter resources. Courses in development.
SIX PRACTICAL STARTING POINTS
Where do you
want to go?
Pick the challenge you’re working on. Start with a free tool or guided worksheet, then tell us if you want to go deeper.
Your first online art sale
A practical starting point for artists with finished work who want to put their first collection online.
Find my free starterFrom occasional to intentional
For artists who’ve made some sales and want a more deliberate way to show up, release work and follow through.
Find my free starterPrice your art with conviction
Work through the costs, choices and presentation behind an art price — so you can explain it without apologising.
Find my free starterFind your people
Develop a small, relevant email audience around your art, with a reason to join and a reason to stay.
Find my free starterLess glaze guesswork
A practical approach to glaze testing and record keeping for potters who want to understand their own results.
Find my free starterClay, made for the wall
Explore ceramic wall art through shape, surface and composition, drawing on Sam’s own studio practice.
Find my free starter
MEET THE PEOPLE BEHIND OUR ART SCHOOL
From Sam
& Olive Mayell.
We run Sam Mayell Ceramics and The Pottery Lounge in New Zealand. Our Art School is where we’re bringing that creative practice into practical art, ceramics and creative business education.
Sam is the designer and maker behind the ceramic work you see here. His background is in photography and graphic design; his Queenstown studio practice includes mould making, glazing and finished wall installations.
Meet Sam & see his practice ↗Explore The Pottery Lounge ↗
A new school, built from an existing practice. Our first courses are in development.