$425Workshops & Classes · Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Handbuilding Slabs: Kitchenware Six-week Course
About
Leslie Lopez teaches this six-week slab course for students with some clay experience, making decorative tableware and trying more advanced surface-design techniques; materials and student open-studio hours are included. Wednesdays 6 to 8:30pm from Nov 4 (Thanksgiving week off) at Wheelhouse Clay, 2201 Sutter St, San Francisco, near Muni 2 and 22. $425.
Good to know
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What the class includes
Summarised in our words from Wheelhouse’s booking page, Oct 23, 2026. If the page says otherwise, it wins.
How it compares
- Beginner-friendly
- After work
At $425, this sits toward the top of the 22 multi-week pottery courses we list in the Bay Area. They run from $65 to $445, and the typical price is $325.
Not ready to commit to a course? 18 studios offer one-time pottery classes from $10, a cheaper way to find out if you like it.
Other pottery classes in the Bay Area
- Five-week Wheel Throwing & Dinnerware ClassMel Rice Ceramica · SF West SideMON, OCT 26 · $285
- Simple Ceramics: Handbuild Your Own Travel MugStudio Sumi · SF West SideSAT, NOV 7 · $76
- Porcelain Ornaments and Gift TagsSharon Art Studio · SF West SideTHU, DEC 3 · $165 members / $190 non-members
- Hand Build and Raku FireThe Crucible · Oakland & East BayTHRU SUN, OCT 25 · $325 ($302.50 members)
New to pottery?
Most first classes are either a wheel taster, where you learn to centre clay and pull up a cylinder, or hand-building, where you shape a mug, dish or planter with pinch, coil and slab techniques.
- Wear clothes that can get muddy and keep nails short; rings and bracelets come off before the wheel.
- Expect two to three hours for a single session. Clay, tools and firing are almost always in the price; glazing sometimes costs extra.
- A one-time class is the cheap way to find out whether you want a five- or six-week course, which is where the wheel actually starts to click.
Taking it home: Not on the day. Pieces dry, are fired, glazed and fired again, so studios usually hold them for two to four weeks.
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