The Clay Cafe is Back

Plain, white ceramic blanks wait to receive your creativity – SJ Update photo

Megan Yelle, original owner of the original Clay Cafe which started out up there by the Whale Museum back in 1995-1997, has re-opened, and she’s now at 185 First Street, next door to the Rumor Mill – right where the Blue Dolphin was.

The idea to re-open popped into her head a little over a month ago, and after a 2-week flurry of preparation she opened her doors on July 7th.

A brush for every taste – SJ Update photo

For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, the Clay Cafe is a place to go and create your own artwork on a ceramic item that you choose from her stock of blanks. She has all kinds of mugs, plates, bowls, tiles and other things to choose from, and you paint your own colorful design with the glaze that she supplies, and then 3 times a week, she fires up the kiln to bake that color on, and Presto – you have your own unique, one-of-a-kind art piece.

She’s open 7 days a week from 10am – 6pm. So far the opening has been very well received, and she looks forward to offering some specials in the fall, such as a “Ladies’ Margarita Night”, and a “School’s Out” thing on those half-days at school where the kids can come down and she’ll donate a dollar from every tile created, to the PTA. She also will be working with Island Rec to offer classes.

Check out the Facebook Page to keep up-to-date on what’s going on down there.

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