$295 for 5 weeksWorkshops & Classes · Tuesday, November 17, 2026
Beginner Hand-building Five-week Course
About
Five Tuesday evenings of hand-building fundamentals with instructor Maile: pinch pots, coils, slabs, surface decoration and glazing. Meets 6 to 8:30pm from Nov 17 to Dec 22, skipping Thanksgiving week, at Artillery Ceramics, 2751 Mission St, a block from 24th St Mission BART. $295; the next cohort starts Jan 5.
Good to know
Pick a date and tell us how many. We arrange it with Artillery for you. Free to ask; nothing is charged today.
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How it compares
- Beginner-friendly
- After work
At $295, this sits about the middle of the 22 multi-week pottery courses we list in the Bay Area. They run from $65 to $445, and the typical price is $354.
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
- Kintsugi Paper Craft with Louise DiskerudEureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library · SF Mission & SouthFRI, OCT 30 · Drop-in · no price listed
- Handbuilding Exploration (november Sundays)The Pottery Studio San Francisco · SF Mission & SouthSUN, NOV 1 · $235
- Intro to Throwing & Glazing (mondays)Hickory Clay · SF Mission & SouthMON, NOV 2 · $375
- Clay Pinch PotPortola Branch Library · SF Mission & SouthSAT, NOV 14 · First come, first served · no price listed
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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