One-Time Pottery Classes Wheel & Handbuilding

Experience the fun of creating with clay in an intimate setting that ensures personalized attention! Our one-time pottery classes are ideal for beginners or anyone seeking a creative refresher. With small class sizes, you'll enjoy plenty of guidance from our experienced instructors, whether you're trying your hand at the potter's wheel for the first time or exploring handbuilding with slabs.

Besides small class sizes, we also offer the unique opportunity to create two pieces in each of our One-Time Wheel and One-Time Wheel & Hand-building classes ($85/person, including glazing and firing). This not only doubles the fun but also reinforces your skills, giving you a deeper understanding and a more rewarding creative experience. Looking to craft a personal drinking mug? Sign up with friends for one of our Big Mugs classes - there’s something magical about sipping your morning coffee or chai from a mug that's a reminder of your creativity. Currently our Valentine's Dates on February 13th and 14th are filling fast - don't wait! Click the heart at the top of the page for detailed information.

Booking is easy via our calendar below. For more details, scroll past the booking calendar to watch our studio video and learn everything you need to know about our one-time pottery classes.

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Video courtesy of American Bar Association, shot and edited by Ezra Spurrier.

About Our One-Time Pottery Classes

In our one-time pottery classes we guide you through each step as you create 2 pieces on the potter's wheel - getting to make a second piece really lets you build on the techniques you've learned with the first piece. At the end of class you'll choose your glaze colors. Then we take it from there as we trim, glaze, and fire each piece. You'll get a "ready for pickup" email from us as soon as your pieces are cool enough to unload from the kiln - typically 3 to 5 weeks.

We have designed our one-time pottery classes so that our instructors give you personal attention and an exceptional first-time experience. The video above lets you know what to expect when you come by our studio. Instruction is designed for adults, however teens ages 13-17 may join if there is an adult with them taking the same class.

(We like all participants to know that when working with clay there is a chance a pot may face challenges during firing. We try our best to make it right for you on the off chance this should happen to your piece.)

Suggestion: plan ahead - classes typically book full early, especially on a weekend.

Potter's Wheel classes: you'll make 2 pieces on the wheel.
Wheel + Handbuilding classes: you'll make 1 piece on the wheel and 1 by handbuilding. (Sunday afternoons.)
Handbuild your own big mug: nothing beats sipping your favorite drink from a handmade, personalized mug that you crafted yourself! (This one-time class is for making one large mug.)

POTTER'S WHEEL - In class, our instructor teaches the steps for throwing on the wheel - throwing, centering, drilling down, and pulling up the walls. Once you've tried a one-time pottery class, consider taking a six-week course where you learn to wedge, trim and glaze your own work.