$100.00Workshops & Classes · 3RD SATURDAY · 1:00 PM
Ceramics Open Studio
About
A small wheel-throwing open studio with Mati Moon, limited to four people, for working on your own pieces with instructor support. It runs the third Saturday of each month from 1pm to 4pm (21 November and 19 December in the window) at the Ilan-Lael Foundation near Julian, with directions sent on booking. Each session is $100 and includes glaze, kiln firings and one glaze day. The Metal Forging Open Studio runs alongside it.
Good to know
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How it compares
- Weekend
At $100, this is the most expensive of the 9 single-session pottery classes we list in San Diego. They run from $25 to $100, and the typical price is $73.
That works out to about $33 an hour for a 3-hour session.
If one session leaves you wanting more, 2 studios we list run multi-week pottery courses, from $275.
Other pottery classes in San Diego
- Colored Clay & Pattern WorkshopGet Centered Clay & Art Studio · East CountySAT, OCT 24 · $275 members (CASD or GCCS) / $295 non-members
- Earth to Art: Adobe Sculpture WorkshopICA San Diego North · North County CoastalSUN, OCT 25 · See listing
- How Do I Feel Today? Air-dry ClayOceanside Art Collective · North County CoastalTUESDAYS · 12:00 PM · $25
- 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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