Larger Business Opportunities

The kits below are put together to provide you with all you need to start a Paint Your Own Pottery business. These kits provide you with an excellent basis for growth, and allow you to start this exciting venture according to your budget. By clicking on the buttons shown, you'll be taken through a number of options, designed to help you plan your business and decide the best course of action.

If you are unsure about any aspect, give us a ring and one of the team will be happy to help you. When you make up your mind, you can choose and pay for your starter kit here and now, or ring us to order. If you need more information before signing on the dotted line, our weekend starter course is the best in the industry, and gives you all the information you need on every aspect of running a Paint Your Own Pottery business.

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Click on the buttons below to find YOUR opportunity!

Mobile Pottery Painting is a great way to start a business in ceramics. With no overheads such as rent and rates, you can concentrate all your efforts on marketing. There are so many public spaces which are glad to welcome a new and original activity like pottery-painting. Keep your kiln at home in the garage and fire your pieces after each session. Click on the "Mobile Studio" button to see some examples of the starter packs available.

Mobile Pottery Painting with a Home Artist Kiln

This kit includes:
1 x Home Artist Kiln (13amp), 3 x Plate Stackers and spacers
10 popular Stroke & Coat fired colours
3 Gallons Dipping Glaze, brushes & tools
Price: £1070.86 inc VAT & delivery

Hand and Footprints in Clay - Your Business Opportunity

This kit includes:
1 x Fireluxe Kiln; 4 x stilts, 2 plate stackers
16 popular Mayco Stroke & Coat colours, selection of platters & plates
1 x 5-Gallon Dipping Glaze; tools and brushes
Price: £1,382.21 inc VAT & delivery

This kit includes:
1 x Studio 1 Kiln; 6 plate stackers, 12 spacers
20 popular Mayco Stroke & Coat colours, selection of mugs & plates
5 Gallons Dipping Glaze; tools and brushes
Price: £1,681.93 inc VAT & delivery

The ultimate opportunity, and by far the most well-known is the ceramic cafe. This is a pottery painting business set up in an area where passing members of the public can come in and paint pottery over coffee and cake, and where parties are hosted. Some studio owners combine this with mobile parties as well to get as much as they can from their investment. The size of your premises will dictate how many seats you can have in your studio, and we use this to differentiate between the suggested packages below.

This kit includes:
1 x Studio 1 Kiln; 6 plate stackers, 12 spacers
20 popular Mayco Stroke & Coat colours, selection of mugs & plates
1 x 5-Gallon Dipping Glaze; tools and brushes
Price: £1,681.93 inc VAT & delivery

This kit includes:
1 x Studio 2 Kiln; 6 plate stackers, 12 spacers
20 popular Mayco Stroke & Coat colours, selection of mugs & plates
1 x 5-Gallon Dipping Glaze; tools and brushes
Price: £2,631.50 inc VAT & delivery

Other Types of Pottery Painting Businesses

Of course, our kits shown above are not exhaustive, and won't suit every situation. We can tailor kits to your needs. Below are just some of the other areas where pottery-painting can thrive! If you want to know more before committing your investment, why not come on our weekend starter course. Two days at our studio in Hampshire learning everything you need to know to operate your business successfully.

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Pottery Painting and Claywork is a well-known form of occupational therapy, used widely in care homes, day centres and other charitable institutions. We have several institutional customers who use pottery-painting as part of their portfolio. Please contact us for more details about the possibilities within this area. If you limited funding, Matt and Jane can advise on the correct package to make the most of your budget.

Increasingly these days we are seeing agricultural premises being turned into small groups of commercial units. Some of these have become havens for craft businesses - where the public can come to indulge in several different crafts. Pottery painting businesses tend to do well in these locations because we provide an end-product of lasting value. Importantly, you benefit from marketing carried out by the other units and the site owners.

In recent years, soft play areas have sprung up around the country, providing parents with a safe environment for kids to enjoy themselves and let off steam. Combine this with pottery-painting and you have a diversified business model with increased appeal for customers. Josh can dive into the ball-pool, while Mum sits and paints a mug with Jenny. As the pottery and the colours are totally non-toxic and wash straight out of kids clothes, you don't have to worry about little spills either.

Walk into any garden centre this weekend, and you know straight away that it's not just plants that they're offering. There is a whole range of craft and leisure activities available. Good garden centre managers are on the lookout for new and exciting opportunities to attract the public. Therefore they are more than happy to include you in their marketing plans. And as it is leisure spend, passers-by are more likely to stop and take in what is going on - the best advertisement for pottery painting!

Centerparcs have pottery-painting, and there are zoos and country-parks all over the UK which offer great opportunities. You are benefitting from guaranteed footfall and leisure-time spend. By arranging with the park owner to give a discount voucher with every booking, you increase interest. Pottery-painting is a great holiday activity when the weather is bad. Tailor your pieces to the park's attractions and watch your business get off to a flying start!

We recognise the value of getting young people involved with ceramics at an early stage. It has been proven that claywork can assist with the treatment of dyslexia, and children with special educational needs. For this reason, we are able to offer schools and educational institutions preferential pricing, to offer as an after school club, or as part of the main teaching programme. For details and assistance with putting together a pacakage to suit your needs, please contact Jane, who will be happy to help you.

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