By the time you pay the fees and the student loan interest you'll be in 100,000 dollars debt, and…read morethis is for a degree that's only 2 years from a university no one has ever even heard of. I could have got 2 or 3 degrees from other places for this price. Waste of time.

Jane is a fantastic teacher and is always available to lend a hand when the clay goes astray…read more The slow wheel classes are great no matter what level, highly recommend taking part.

From the owner: Slow Clay Centre is a beautifully designed ceramics and pottery studio in inner-city Melbourne that…read moreopened in 2012. It has grown from ceramic artist Jane Sawyer's popular studio pottery classes specializing in Japanese techniques. The new venue, in Collingwood is large enough for friends and other professional ceramic artists to join Jane and together they offer a wide range of exciting pottery classes and guest artist workshops and forums. Please visit the tutors page to learn about our experience and the timetable page to search for pottery classes or just register your interest and subscribe to our newsletter. We hope you will join us at Slow Clay Centre sometime and experience our passion for and addiction to clay!

Life changing ceramics store... Say what? Guild of Objects is an emporium of handmade homewares and…read morefor an avid tea drinker like myself, finding the right tea mug can change your life. I like to call it a 'hug mug' - it has to be the perfect circumference, texture, colour and height. Not an easy mission. I found an abundance of spirit mugs here! Melbourne is creative and proud of it - and this quaint ceramics shop celebrates local makers by exclusively selling Victorian goods. And good they are! Incredible actually. I fell in love with so many pieces that I bought 10 of them that I am prepared to cart home back to Perth. Turbulence, please be kind to my new ceramic friends. Located in North Melbourne, they also offer beginners workshops and community drop in days. Next door is a sunny cafe called Beatrix that looked to be brimming with delicious homemade cakes. Take one home as a perfect accompaniment for your first cup of tea in your spirit mug discovery.

From the owner: Retail store stocking Australian designer makers in ceramics, textiles, jewellery and prints. See…read moreour website to shop online or preview a list of current exhibitions and social crafting workshops.

A quaint little shop with a broad take on its theme, Alice & Co is a self-proclaimed "purveyor of…read morelanguage and other wonders". Locally themed and published books, prints of classical illustrations, postcards, notebooks and other literary themed art are all displayed on dark wood tables and bookshelves. There's a whole shelf of different Alice in Wonderland illustrations on postcards in pigeon holes for $2.50 each, but not everything in the shop is directly associated with Lewis Carrol novel. Small prints of fairy tale stills and tarot deck illustrations go for between $15 and $30 each, it's a good place to stock up on things for your walls that aren't just band posters stripped from poles around Melbourne. Alice & Co also plays host to exhibits from illustrators, readings and book launches, as well as classes in humanities and languages. It's also been known to host puppet theatre. The proprietor is friendly and obliging, and lovers of literature will enjoy the general feel of the place.

As i have said before, i enjoy a colourful window display. Alice & Co is an Art space that focuses…read moreon language arts, book arts. illustration and is the street front for Littlefox Press. The window display right now is quite epic. There's variety of art all themed from Alice in Wonderland (I guess they wanted the window art to match the name of the gallery). The last time i managed to swing past Alice & Co was when they had an exhibition from a much admired photographer Ari Fainchtein. The small space is quaint and cosy but after a while in Alice & Co, it was time to move on, a coffee just around the corner finished off the visual feast. Alice & Co host a range of Book Launches / Openings, Exhibitions and even runs some classes for languages and social sciences.