Santa Cruz Pottery at 1642 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, California.

Mixed feelings here. Beautiful pottery but I took my teenage daughter there to show her the place since I had talked about it and she is learning the art. The older man I had met on my first visit asked about her being there on a weekday and she explained that she was homeschooled. He acted like he was interogating her and asked her how she felt she measured up academically, we both tried to answer his rapid fire questions. When we got in the car she looked at me and said "I am smart enough to know when someone is being a jerk." Touche'. Love the place but maybe an unsolicited opinion isn't so good for business. She didn't want to buy anything from him even though we went there intending on making a purchase.

Didn't have a huge selection of pottery, and the person working when I came in wasn't very helpful or friendly. He seemed bothered that I took him away from his clay wheel.