DIRECTORY RESEARCH
Melbourne pottery studio and firing snapshot
This snapshot turns the same source-backed records used in the directory into a reproducible view of classes, casual access, memberships, public firing and restricted practice across Melbourne.
Coverage by comparison category
Categories overlap because one listing may offer several services. Percentages use all 100 published locations as the denominator.
| Category | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Casual studio access | 15 | 15% |
| Public firing | 12 | 12% |
| Membership | 9 | 9% |
| Student / restricted access | 2 | 2% |
| Classes & workshops | 79 | 79% |
Coverage by Melbourne research region
Each location appears in one research region, so this table totals the directory inventory.
| Region | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Inner city | 32 | 32% |
| East | 19 | 19% |
| South-east | 19 | 19% |
| North | 10 | 10% |
| South | 10 | 10% |
| West | 9 | 9% |
| North-east | 1 | 1% |
Evidence coverage
- 15 of 100 listings have a comparable published price or starting price recorded; missing prices remain unknown.
- 90 of 100 listings have a sourced, visually reviewed identifying image.
- The underlying profiles contain 112 operator or vendor source links.
- Listing evidence was checked from 2026-09-19 to 2026-09-20; the snapshot was compiled 2026-09-19.
Method
We count a service only when an operator page publishes evidence for it. Separate branches remain separate locations, and one location can appear in several service categories. Region labels are editorial groupings used for this directory rather than official administrative boundaries.
Limits
This is a selected inventory, not a census or quality ranking. Published classes, access and prices can change, and the research has not been verified through studio visits. A missing service or price means it was not confirmed from the reviewed sources.
This page is generated from the same reviewed listing records used by the directory. Counts update with the published dataset; they are descriptive, not quality scores.