Firebox will have nine Shimpo VL-Whispers and eight Brent CXCs. Here’s how potter preferences, torque, and the studio’s electrical system shaped the decision.

Take a room-by-room look inside Firebox Pottery Studio, a 3,800-square-foot ceramics studio opening in Belmont, MA, with dedicated spaces for classes, memberships, events, glazing, reclaim, firing, and finished work.

Firebox is more than a studio

Making Decisions for a sustainable studio

Firebox Pottery Studio has a home

Firebox began with a simple problem: serious makers needed more access, more room, and fewer constraints.