FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE!!!! Team binding was really good, sweet staff and top tier servic!! 10/10…read morerecommend

I submitted multiple requests online to contact me to schedule a corporate event for my business…read more The company failed to even acknowledge or get back to me. Then, when my staff contacted the company, not only is there a minimum charge per person, but they don't even have an office/location and, to hold the event, we would need to rent out a separate location (at our cost) to hold the event. Avoid at all costs as the service/response is piss poor and the additional fees to rent a location to hold the event is not properly disclosed on the website. Based on the quote received, a 3 hour corporate session for 10 people was between $2,350 - $2,600 depending on which "location" to hold the event, which is absolutely ludicrous given the other corporate event companies that are available.

It was a Saturday evening, my friend and I were feeling spontaneous and decided to do a pottery…read moreclass because she had not done one before. We found Hand Eye Ceramics had an availability for a beginners 2.5hr pottery wheel class and signed up. I have done many wheel pottery classes before and they were max 1-1.5hrs so I was interested to see what would be different about this one. The space was pretty big and everyone could sit comfortably during the class. We could only make a bowl, mug (without handles), or a vase. I have made all of these things in previous pottery classes and never took more than an 1 or 1.5hrs. The reason this class was so long was because 3/4th of the time the instructor was just explaining things to us about pottery rather than letting us actually do it. Out of the 2.5hrs, we maybe spent 30mins actually doing pottery, the rest of the time was just the instructor talking about pottery. If we had a question while we were working on our clay, the assistant would come and do it for us instead of explaining how to do it. At the end, it didn't feel like the work was mine and most of the time just went listening to the instructor talk. The last 30-40mins of the class was dedicated to us cleaning the space, our apron, and all the tools we used. We had to actually scrub everything down and keep it clean but they only had one sink for 12 people! It took so long to do this! I wish the class was more focused on us working on our piece and less on everything else. We paid over $70 for this and it didn't feel like it was worth it.

This was honestly the worst wheel pottery class I've ever taken…read more We booked a date night class ($100 per person) and it was supposed to be 2.5 hours. The instructor showed up 15 minutes late, but the class still ended at the original time. So right off the bat, we lost a chunk of the time we paid for. Because of that, everything felt rushed. He spent the first 30 minutes going over the basic concept and the very first step (which was pretty easy to understand), and then we barely had enough time to actually work on the clay and shape our pieces. We didn't sign up for the class to sit there and watch what felt like an "instruction video." We signed up to actually experience working with clay and learn through doing, with their guidance. Since we didn't have much time left to actually experience wheel throwing, it got to the point where the assistants were doing a lot of the work for us just to keep things moving. That kind of defeats the purpose of taking a class, especially if you're there to actually learn. We were also told that we could make additional pieces if time allowed. When we finished our first pieces, there were still about 30 minutes left. But we had to wait for him to come remove the pieces from our wheels, and that alone ate up a good chunk of time. After waiting around for about 10 minutes, he then said we couldn't start anything new because we needed time to clean up, which only took about 5 minutes anyway. So in the end, everyone left early. Between him showing up late, ending early, and all the waiting in between, we only had about an hour of actual hands-on time to work on our pieces for $100 each. They also said they would trim, fire, and glaze the pieces for us. I've done pottery for a couple of years, so I know trimming is where you really refine the shape and clean up the bottom. Instead of actually trimming, it looks like they just removed the piece from the wheel and left it at that. The final piece came out chunky and heavy at the bottom. If they are charging that much and handling the trimming and glazing themselves, you'd expect them to at least make it look a bit more finished. Overall, it just felt like the whole process was rushed and they care more about getting you out the door with something (anything!) rather than actually teaching you or helping you make something you're proud of. There are a lot of pottery studios in Vancouver. Do yourself a favour and choose a different one.