Six Turning Earth Studios

In 2013, Turning Earth pioneered an open-access membership pottery studio model that has since grown in popularity internationally. A bit like gym membership, users pay a monthly subscription and come and go as they please.

After surviving Covid-19 restrictions with the support of its community, Turning Earth is now responding to this trend, boldly launching a new studio in Tottenham, London during the restrictions of Winter of 2021, and continuing the mission to make space for more makers with the creation of a new centre in Highgate, London.

Turning Earth’s Director Tallie said, “They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. When we saw the first lockdown looming we didn’t think we’d get through it. But the response of our community was incredible - when we closed our doors, our members kept paying their fees so we wouldn’t go under. It showed us just how much our facilities meant to people and we knew that if we survived the crisis we needed to keep growing . With the help of our members, the furlough scheme and a generous Arts Council grant we were lucky enough to come through it, so now we are doing just that”

Tottenham, the new go to destination for nesting creatives, was the obvious choice. But when, soon after construction began, Tallie found another perfect space on the market near Highgate Woods where she and her brother played as children, they decided their work in North London wasn’t done. The recently launched centre in Highgate, is Turning Earth's sixth studio site.

Now the UK’s leading makerspace, Turning Earth today serves over 500 open-access members and 400 students a month across its five sites in three London postcodes. These include studios in railway arches in Hoxton, in an industrial estate in Leyton, and - as of December 2021 - within a new creative complex in Crawley Road near Turnpike Lane in Tottenham.

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N6 Highgate

E10 Layton

N22 Haringey

E2 Hoxton