$350.00Workshops & Classes · Sunday, November 8, 2026
Slab Lab: Slab-building and Surface Design
About
A six-week Sunday-morning hand-building course on turning clay slabs into functional and sculptural pieces and decorating them with sgraffito, texture pressing, carving, mishima, underglaze painting, transfers and resists. Melissa teaches from November 8, 10am–1pm, at Seattle Artist League, 5516 4th Ave S in Georgetown, for $350 including a $25 materials fee. It is aimed at beginner and novice hand-builders and wheel throwers; the listing showed one spot left when we checked.
Good to know
Pick a date and tell us how many. We arrange it with Seattle Artist League for you. Free to ask; nothing is charged today.
Read off Seattle Artist League’s own page. Times and prices can change; the venue’s page wins.
How it compares
- Weekend
At $350, this sits toward the top of the 55 single-session pottery classes we list in Seattle. They run from $25 to $650, and the typical price is $95.
That works out to about $117 an hour for a 3-hour session.
If one session leaves you wanting more, 6 studios we list run multi-week pottery courses, from $140.
Other pottery classes in Seattle
- Friday Try NightOf the Earth Collective · South Seattle & GeorgetownFRIDAYS · 5:00 PM · $85.00
- Raku FiringSeattle Pottery Supply · South Seattle & Georgetown1ST & 3RD SATURDAY · 10:00 AM · $50 per person
- Sculptural Bud VasesSaltstone Ceramics · Ballard, Fremont & Queen AnneSUN, OCT 25 · $150.00
- Make a Travel Tumbler WorkshopPotterings · West SeattleSUN, OCT 25 · $50
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.
Questions people ask
When is Slab Lab: Slab-Building and Surface Design?＋
Where is it held?＋
How much does it cost?＋
How do I book a spot?＋
What else is on at Seattle Artist League?＋
Help keep this right
Know something we don’t about Slab Lab: Slab-building and Surface Design?
Locals and regulars know things no website prints. Tell us — a person reads every note, checks it, and fixes the page.