$98Workshops & Classes · Saturday, December 5, 2026
Clay Play: Slab Mugs
About
One of Wheelhouse Clay's two-hour Clay Play trial classes, this one building mugs from slabs of clay; the studio fires the work afterward. Saturday Dec 5 at 11am at 2201 Sutter St in Lower Pacific Heights, near Muni 2 and 22 stops. $98; the studio's Sunday wheel trial classes run through Nov 22.
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
- Weekend
At $98, this sits about the middle 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.
That works out to about $49 an hour for a 2-hour session.
If one session leaves you wanting more, 7 studios we list run multi-week pottery courses, from $65.
It is on a weekend, which only 37% of the pottery classes on our calendar are.
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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