$355-$375-$395 sliding scaleWorkshops & Classes · Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Intro to Wheel: 6 Week
About
A six-week beginner series of three-hour weekly lessons covering throwing, trimming, attachments, surface decoration and glazing, with a 12.5 lb bag of clay, glaze, tools and outside-of-class studio time included; weeks 1 and 5 are required for safety information. Four sections start this week: Tuesdays Oct 27–Dec 1 and Wednesdays Oct 28–Dec 9 (6–9 pm), Thursdays Oct 29–Dec 10 (6–9 pm), and Fridays Oct 30–Dec 11 (10:30 am–1:30 pm), with the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday sections skipping Thanksgiving week. Classes are at Reclaim Clay Collective, 800 S Weller St #201, near International District/Chinatown Station (1 Line); sliding scale $355-$375-$395.
Good to know
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How it compares
- Beginner-friendly
- After work
At $355, this sits about the middle of the 11 multi-week pottery courses we list in Seattle. They run from $140 to $1,200, and the typical price is $350.
Not ready to commit to a course? 12 studios offer one-time pottery classes from $25, a cheaper way to find out if you like it.
It starts after work, which only 40% of the pottery classes on our calendar do.
Other pottery classes in Seattle
- Sculptural Bud VasesSaltstone Ceramics · Ballard, Fremont & Queen AnneSUN, OCT 25 · $150.00
- Make a Travel Tumbler WorkshopPotterings · West SeattleSUN, OCT 25 · $50
- Gesture Sculpting in ClayGage Academy of Art · Ballard, Fremont & Queen AnneSUN, OCT 25 · $430
- Drop-in Studio: Clay BasketsFrye Art Museum · Capitol Hill & Central DistrictTHU, OCT 29 · 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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