$300Workshops & Classes · Sunday, November 1, 2026
Hand-building Course
About
Four Sunday sessions of clay hand-building for decorative and functional pieces, open to any skill level with no experience required. Classes meet 3–5pm on 1, 8, 15 and 22 November at Wet Clay Cafe, 1109 N 35th St, Suite A in Fremont (King County Metro routes 31, 32 and 62), and the course costs $300. The studio also runs a six-week wheel course on Sunday mornings over the same period.
Good to know
Pick a date and tell us how many. We arrange it with Wet Clay Cafe for you. Free to ask; nothing is charged today.
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How it compares
- Beginner-friendly
- Weekend
At $300, 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 $353.
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.
Other pottery classes in Seattle
- Sculptural Bud VasesSaltstone Ceramics · Ballard, Fremont & Queen AnneSUN, OCT 25 · $150.00
- Gesture Sculpting in ClayGage Academy of Art · Ballard, Fremont & Queen AnneSUN, OCT 25 · $430
- Moon Do Bang Three-day WorkshopBallard Clay · Ballard, Fremont & Queen AnneSUN, NOV 8 · $1,100 (non-members); $980 (members)
- Clay DayPottery Northwest · Ballard, Fremont & Queen AnneSAT, NOV 14 · $95.00
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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