$90Workshops & Classes · Friday, November 20, 2026
Mug Making Night
About
Hickory Clay's handbuilt-mug evening: no experience needed, you shape cups or mugs with molds, add texture and experiment with color, and pieces come back glazed and fired in about four weeks. Friday Nov 20 at 6:30pm at 2710 16th St, San Francisco, a short walk from 16th St Mission BART. Listed at $90; it shares the evening with the studio's Try Out the Pottery Wheel session.
Good to know
Pick a date and tell us how many. We arrange it with Hickory Clay for you. Free to ask; nothing is charged today.
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How it compares
- Beginner-friendly
- After work
At $90, this sits toward the low end of the 65 single-session pottery classes we list in the Bay Area. They run from $10 to $499, and the typical price is $143.
If one session leaves you wanting more, 7 studios we list run multi-week pottery courses, from $65.
Other pottery classes in the Bay Area
- Planter Pots or Vases Hand-building WorkshopArtillery Ceramics · SF Mission & SouthSUN, OCT 25 · $75
- 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
- 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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