Greater Chicago Artisan Center
Paint Your Own Pottery!
It's fun! It's easy! Create your own one-of-a-kind piece. We offer a wide selection of unglazed ceramics available to paint at your leisure.
No reservations necessary! Stop by whenever we're open!
Paint Your Own Pottery: How it Works

Select your bisque piece(s).
Clean bisque piece (Pottery Piece) with damp sponge to remove dust.
Paint 2-3 coats of glaze for full/opaque coverage. 1 coat will be transparent. Allow piece to dry between coats, the glaze will look chalky rather than shiny when it is dry.
Have a particular design in mind? Let us know how we can help you achieve it.
Anything you don’t paint will be a shiny white.
When finished, put name or initials on bottom of piece with dark glaze color.
Fill-out name, phone, email and mark which pieces painted on Pottery Card, then give the card to our Customer Service Representative for payment. Pottery pricing is regularly between $5.00-$50.00. There is no studio-fee.
Return in 1 week to pick-up your fired piece(s).
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Pottery Painting at Greater Chicago Artisan Center