Teach at Mayfield · Abbotsford
Bring your workshop to Mayfield
We invite skilled makers to run their own workshops in our rebuilt, light-filled studio. You design and teach. We look after the bookings, payments, promotion and firing, and you keep 85% of your fee.
Who we're looking for
Makers with something to share
Mayfield is an open studio, so we don't run courses ourselves. Instead, we welcome experienced makers to teach what they know best: a hand-building tradition, a surface technique, a firing method, a way of working with the wheel. Workshops can be a single session or a weekend intensive, and our members and the wider Melbourne clay community come along to learn something new.
We host just two visiting workshops a month for now, so our members always have room to work. Dates are held in the order they're confirmed, so it's worth getting in touch early.
What you get
You teach. We handle the rest.
85% of your fee
You set your fee per student and receive 85% of it, the same for members and the public.
No admin
We take the bookings and payments, answer student questions and handle refunds.
Promotion
We share your workshop with our members, online and in the studio, with a profile linking to your own site.
Firing handled
Our team loads and fires every student's work, and students collect it from the front desk.
Sell your work
Bring your own work, tools or books to sell on the day. We take no commission.
A community
Students can choose to join your mailing list, and you become part of a studio full of working makers.
The space
A studio built for making
We've spent the last two years rebuilding our Abbotsford building from the ground up.
Light and air
Skylights, high ceilings and big fans, with room for a full workshop group.
The loft and balcony
A separate space upstairs, ideal for demonstrations and smaller groups.
Four large kilns
Electric kilns of around 170 litres each, with firings usually back within a week.
Kitchen and facilities
A full kitchen for breaks and shared lunches, and accessible toilets.
Pricing
Simple, and fair to everyone
Our rates are fixed, so the only thing you set is your own fee. For a 3-hour hand-building workshop with a $110 fee, members pay $184, the public pays $208, and you receive $93.50 for every student. The teacher pack has the full rate card, deposits, minimum numbers and cancellations.
Why Mayfield
Teaching here, or hiring a space yourself
You could hire a studio and run a workshop on your own. Here's what that involves, and what we take care of instead.
Example: a 3-hour workshop with $208 tickets, hiring a typical Melbourne studio at about $105 an hour for 4 hours including set-up. Your own figures will vary.
Process
How it works
Send us your idea
A short outline of your workshop, your fee and a few dates that suit you.
We agree the details
Date, prices and materials, set out in a simple one-page agreement.
We list and promote it
Your workshop goes on Studio Events at least four weeks ahead, and students book through us.
You teach
We show you around the studio first, and our team fires the students' work afterwards.
You're paid
Within 7 days of your invoice, with a clear statement of bookings.
What we ask of you:
- Your own public liability insurance of at least $20 million, with a certificate of currency
- A signed workshop agreement before we start promoting
- Workshops for adults (18+) for now
- Approved clay bodies, unless we agree otherwise
- An invoice with your ABN after the workshop
Need cover? Craft Victoria, NAVA and The Australian Ceramics Association all offer $20 million public liability insurance with membership. The teacher pack has the details.
Apply
We'd love to hear from you
Email us with a little about you and your practice, a few photos of your work, your workshop idea and the fee you have in mind. We'll be in touch to talk it through.
With only two workshop dates a month, they go to the first teachers to confirm. Your date is reserved once the agreement is signed and the deposit is paid.