Chinatown pottery studio abruptly shutters, customer finds 'hundreds of pieces' left behind
A pottery studio in Singapore's Chinatown has abruptly closed, leaving customers with unfinished and unglazed items. Management cited financial and operational challenges, while customers have been left to search through hundreds of abandoned pieces to recover their work.
Why it matters
This highlights the risks consumers face with small business closures and the lack of recourse for prepaid services in the creative workshop sector.
MIT Artspace, a pottery studio in Chinatown, has closed abruptly, leaving customers with unfinished pieces.
In an interview with Stomp, a 24-year-old student nicknamed Dylan said he received a text about the studio’s closure on Aug 3, after nearly two months of waiting for his pottery pieces.
He had attended their workshop in June but was told the glazing and firing process would take more time.
According to a screenshot of the message he provided to Stomp, the studio management was required to “hand over the unit”, and customers could collect their pieces including those which were not completed.
The studio also said they were unable to individually pack the items, requesting customers to come and collect their items within a week.
Dylan went back to the studio and found his pieces but said none of them were glazed nor fired.
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