$80-$100-$120 sliding scaleWorkshops & Classes · Friday, November 20, 2026
Clay Play: Thrown Mugs
About
A two-hour introduction to the potter's wheel for complete beginners: you throw cups with an instructor's help, keep one and pull a handle onto it to make a mug, then the studio trims, fires and glazes it (two rotating glaze options) for pickup in about two to three weeks. Friday, November 20, 6–8 pm at Reclaim Clay Collective, 800 S Weller St #201, about five minutes from International District/Chinatown Station (1 Line). Sliding scale $80-$100-$120, clay, glaze and tools included. A bowl-throwing version follows the next evening.
Good to know
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How it compares
- Beginner-friendly
- After work
At $80, this sits about the middle of the 55 single-session pottery classes we list in Seattle. They run from $25 to $650, and the typical price is $98.
That works out to about $40 an hour for a 2-hour session.
If one session leaves you wanting more, 6 studios we list run multi-week pottery courses, from $140.
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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