Workshops & Classes · Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Introduction to Handbuilding
About
Suzanne Lussier introduces pinching, slab building, joining and surface decoration in a four-week beginner course that ends with a glazing class after a firing week. It meets Wednesdays from 6 to 8:30pm on November 4, 11 and 18 and December 2 at ICA San Diego North, 1550 S El Camino Real, Encinitas. The listing leaves the price to the registration page; ICA members receive 10% off.
Good to know
Read off ICA North’s own page. Times and prices can change; the venue’s page wins.
How it compares
- Beginner-friendly
- After work
If one session leaves you wanting more, 2 studios we list run multi-week pottery courses, from $275.
It starts after work, which only 23% of the pottery classes on our calendar do.
Other pottery classes in San Diego
- How Do I Feel Today? Air-dry ClayOceanside Art Collective · North County CoastalTUESDAYS · 12:00 PM · $25
- Holiday MugsOceanside Pottery Club · North County CoastalTHU, NOV 5 · $78.00
- Colored Clay & Pattern WorkshopGet Centered Clay & Art Studio · East CountySAT, OCT 24 · $275 members (CASD or GCCS) / $295 non-members
- Día De Los Muertos CelebrationSan Diego Craft Collective · Beaches & Point LomaSUN, NOV 1 · $0.00 (free)
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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