$110Workshops & Classes · Saturday, December 19, 2026
Take a Spin: Saturday Pottery Wheel Lesson
About
A pre-holiday edition of Higher Fire's two-hour try-the-wheel lesson: pre-centered clay, your own wheel, two finished pieces glazed and fired for pickup in four to five weeks, ages 12 and up. Saturday Dec 19, 10am to noon, with a second session at 3pm the same day, at 499 S Market St in downtown San Jose (VTA light rail is a few blocks away). $110 per person; the regular Sunday afternoon sessions run through Dec 13.
Good to know
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What the class includes
Summarised in our words from Higher Fire’s booking page, Oct 23, 2026. If the page says otherwise, it wins.
How it compares
- Beginner-friendly
- Weekend
At $110, 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 $55 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
- Tuesday Morning Hand-buildingJTown Clay · South BayTUE, OCT 27 · $399–$419 ($100 studio members) · sold out, waitlist
- 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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