$395Workshops & Classes · Thursday, November 5, 2026
Intro to Handbuilding: Lamps
About
A six-week handbuilding course in which you make a hanging pendant lamp and a table lamp using slabs and coils, with sketching, measuring and finishing along the way; wiring, 13 lb of clay, tools, glazes, firing and weekend open studio are included, but not shades or bulbs. Thursdays 6:30 to 9pm on Nov 5, 12 and 19 and Dec 3, 10 and 17 with Ahn Lee at Dusted and Blue, 1242 Mason St, San Francisco, on the Powell–Mason cable car line. $395.
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What the class includes
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How it compares
- Beginner-friendly
- After work
At $395, this sits about the middle of the 23 multi-week pottery courses we list in the Bay Area. They run from $65 to $445, and the typical price is $340.
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
- Holiday Makers MarketSFMOMA · SF Downtown & WaterfrontSUN, DEC 6 · Free and open to the public; museum admission is not required
- Hand Build and Raku FireThe Crucible · Oakland & East BayTHRU SUN, OCT 25 · $325 ($302.50 members)
- Clay Play: WheelWheelhouse Clay · SF West SideSUNDAYS · 11 AM · $98
- Planter Pots or Vases Hand-building WorkshopArtillery Ceramics · SF Mission & SouthSUN, OCT 25 · $75
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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