Come and engage your senses

Let’s Clay

Enter a space of mindfulness & presence

Just Clay

For those who simply want to create:

book a guided pottery session in our studio.

Learn basic handbuilding techniques, explore your creativity, and enjoy a moment of mindful making.

Or, if you have a particular project in mind, please get in touch and we can discuss how we can facilitate this for you.

Material and tools included. Firing done in-house.

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Clay Studio Sessions

Private clay sessions in my studio (by appointment only).

Learn wheel throwing, basic handbuilding techniques, explore your creativity, and enjoy a moment of mindful making.

Set of pastel-colored ceramic bowls and plates stacked on top of each other, with a note that reads 'A beautiful momento,' arranged on a white table.

Private 1-1 Sessions

Create with clay - GUided sessions

$75 (1hr - initial session) $55 (1hr - subsequent sessions)

Create with clay + extended studio access

$105 (2hr - initial session) $85 (2hr - subsequent sessions)

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Gift Cards & Packages

A therapeutic gift in more ways than one..

Gift cards are valid up to 3 years and can be used for clay or talk-therapy sessions.

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from $50.00

A thoughtful gift for someone creative or someone who would enjoy or could use some intentional mindfulness.

Packages

Create with Clay - 5 session package - 5 x 1hr Create with Clay - 5 session package - 5 x 1hr
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Create with Clay - 5 session package - 5 x 1hr
$250.00

Save with session packages. This works out to $50/hr per session.

Extended studio access is available for these bookings too for $27/hr. Just enquire within.

Please note: this is only applicable after you’ve attended your first initial session (booked online for $75)

Create with Clay - 3 x 1 hr sessions Create with Clay - 3 x 1 hr sessions
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Create with Clay - 3 x 1 hr sessions
$150.00

Save with session packages. This works out to $50/hr per session.

Extended studio access is available at $27/hr (non-guided) for these bookings too. Just enquire within.

Please note: this is only applicable after you’ve attended your first initial session (booked online for $75)

“Any time you are concentrating on what you are experiencing in the present moment, you are being mindful.”

Mental Health Foundation Consumer Guide

MEET YOUR Ceramic Guide

Nicole Loo, accredited counsellor and ceramicist at The Grounding Space

Nicole Loo
Accredited Counsellor & Ceramicist

I’ve been working with clay since 2017, exploring the different ways to create and building my studio.

I’ve taken on private commissions for various projects from meaningful personal gifts or tributes to custom branded gifts, homeware for private use, and tableware for hospitality.

I have conducted private workshops for clients with a project in mind, looking to create something for their home or for couples to engage in a joint activity as a special treat.

I have personally found working with clay to be deeply therapeutic and an activity that puts me in a flow state. With many lessons learnt through my journey working with clay, I would love to share this grounding and satisfying creative outlet with others.

Let’s engage your senses, facilitate presence, and learn about the magical process of turning mud into a ceramic form set in stone!

View some of my works on madebynicole.melbourne on insta

Exploring hand-built organic forms and allowing the clay to guide me.. Loving how unique each piece is!
I don’t like gifting things just for the sake of the occasion. I like it to have a sentiment and be something thought through.. Same goes for the ceramics I make. I enjoy making meaningful pieces. So.. one of my fellow travellers on the recen
Remember how I said the finished colours after firing vary greatly? Here’s the final outcome after firing! The light colours were nice but these vibrant colours are beautiful too! Loving how these turned out. The test plate isn’t too b
More colour tests..! It’s always tricky with ceramics as what you see is never what you get (after the final fire) and thus the need for tests..! Working out colours for my range still.. Oh hell, I’ll even fire the test plate and see w
Testing colours, glaze and firing temp compatibility last night. Cos I recently learned the hard way that just because the label says it fires to X temp and you even set your kiln to 2 degrees below that for the glaze to mature the colour has the po
A fruitful weekend getting my clay on working on a private commission and finally starting to make some of the designs I’ve had sitting in my mind’s to-do for years..! Better get back to work now tho.. How was your weekend? #weekendb
Looking through my feed there’s always only occasionally that pop of colour.. Loving the colours of my matcha mixing bowls..! Hope you get to spot them at the tea house soon..! ☺️ #pinkceramics #greenceramics #matchamixingbowl #ceramicswithh
Exploring larger vessels for a potential collab/feature... Yay or nay? #vessels #ceramicvessels #ceramicvases #ceramics #handmade #wheelthrown
It was a late one last night.. Had to get the handles attached while the pieces were leather hard. When it comes to pieces with parts to attach timing is key as it cannot be too hard or too soft, too dry or too wet. A custom creation for a tea hous
Prototyping a matcha mixing bowl for a prospective order... Been too long since I sat at the wheel. I have missed the calm and serenity into the night just on my own with my hands, clay and my thoughts.. #serenity #matchabowl #matchamixing #mixingb
More work in progress.. it’s always a good morning when you unload the kiln and nothing’s cracked or broken..! 🙂🙃🙂 My nifty little kiln has been working nonstop to get things fired. So happy that the commercial kilns have finally ope
They’re meant to be taco holders but hey, they’ll hold your chocolate almond croissants as well... They’ll also happily hold your Kong bak pau (asian sliders), hot dogs, sausage rolls, cannoli, wraps, curry puffs and more...! #mu
The brief was to feature Froggy Chair on the mug but not to have it turn out looking like a child’s art project.. Given it was a birthday gift, I suggested personalising it with the receiver’s name as well. So here we have Grace’s
It’s 3am and we’ve spent the day churning these babies out. With 11 steps required to complete the piece at the green ware stage, it was quite a process...! Couldn’t have done this without an extra hand from a friend and the suppo