$75Workshops & Classes · THURSDAYS · 6 PM
Intro to Hand-building: Thursday Try-me Session
About
Artillery's weeknight drop-in for first-time hand-builders: one guided 2.5-hour session with a fresh project theme each week. Thursdays 6 to 8:30pm at Artillery Ceramics, 2751 Mission St, a block from 24th St Mission BART. $75 per session, sliding scale available; a Saturday 1pm version runs too.
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.
Read off Artillery’s own page. Times and prices can change; the venue’s page wins.
How it compares
- Beginner-friendly
- After work
At $75, 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
- 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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