$75Workshops & Classes · TUESDAYS (TO NOV 10) · FRIDAYS (FROM NOV 27) · 6 PM
Try-me Wheel Throwing
About
A small single session (up to five adults) covering wheel basics: centering, opening and pulling up walls; pieces are practice and are not kept. Tuesdays at 6pm through Nov 10, then Fridays at 6pm from Nov 27, at Artillery Ceramics, 2751 Mission St near 24th St Mission BART. $75. Artillery's beginner wheel courses start Dec 1 (Tuesdays) and Dec 2 (Wednesdays).
Good to know
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What the class includes
Summarised in our words from Artillery’s booking page, Oct 23, 2026. If the page says otherwise, it wins.
How it compares
- 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.
That works out to about $30 an hour for a 2.5-hour session.
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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