Pottery Classes for Members

(1) Buy your pass or membership before signing up for classes.

(2) Sign-Up for Beginner Orientation, Wheel Throwing, Hand-building + more

(3) Practice, Process, Repeat

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$95 | 10 Hour Pass

$185 | 28 Hour Pass

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All students should sign-up for Beginner Orientation. If you want to learn how to wheel throw you will need to sign-up and attend Beginner Wheel Throwing at least once before using using wheels independently and we recommend signing up for Beginner Wheel two to three times in between practice sessions.  All students new to clay should also sign-up for beginner hand-building. If you want to glaze & paint your own pottery you should sign up for Beginner Glazing & Painting.

During this class an SBAP instructor will give you an overview of the studio, discuss important terminology  tools and equipment as well as tagging your own shelf and more. ALL new students regardless of experience need to attend this orientation in order to start using the studio independently.

Learn the basics of how to throw on the potter's wheel by learning how to center, open, pull and make small cups and bowls. New students should take beginner wheel at least once before using wheels independently and we recommend taking beginner wheel class 2-3 times in addition to practice, practice, practice.

Sundays 12:30 - 1:00

Learn how to finish your pot by trimming the foot and removing excess clay. Students should practice centering for at least 4-6 hours and should have a good feel for centering before signing up for this trimming demo. Make sure to keep your pottery bagged so it is leather-hard to trim

Saturdays 12:30 - 1:00

Pulling a handle on your first mug is super gratifying, however if not executed properly handles can often break, crack or pull away. Learn how to pull and attach handles in this class. To learn to make other varieties of handles and attachments sign-up for the Beginner Hand-building.

ALL LEVELS

Saturdays 1:30-2:30

Each month we will demonstrate a new form or technique to learn, practice or refine as well as how to step up your game by stepping out of our comfort zone and trying new forms.   Instructors will also spend time during this class trouble shooting individual student questions.  Students in this class should  be able to easily center 1.5-2 lbs of clay making various cylinders and bowls. Read more details below or ask us if this class is a good fit for your ability. 

JUNE > 6/10, 6/17, 6/24

Decorative Feet & Ribs: Learn how to use different ribs to dress-up your pottery with decorative feet as well as experiemnt with using ribs and tools to make interesting textures and design.

JULY > 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29

Throwing off the Hump: Learn how to cone up and cone down by centering a larger amount of clay once to make multiple forms or multiples in a set.

AUGUST > 8/5, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26

Tall and Small: 

LEVEL 1

Sundays 3-4:30

This class is required for students new to clay as you will need to know basic methods of working with clay such as important terminology, techniques, and tools that you need to know in order to advance in learning the basics of hand-building with clay.   

ALL LEVELS: Students should have taken at least 1 session of beginner hand-building before signing up for this class.

Sundays 3:00-4:30

Go beyond the basics and learn how to hand-build small and medium size functional table-ware and serving dishes with pinch and coil techniques. This class is for students who have completed at least one project in the Beginner Hand-building class. Students are welcome to sign-up just once once or multiple weeks in a row. 

JUNE > 6/11, 6/18, 6/25

Lotus Flower Tea Lights

JULY > 7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30

POT HEADS: All month we will be making Pot Head planters with faces and gestural poses that are inspired by  human and animal forms.  Sign-up once, twice or every week and make a series.

AUGUST > 8/6, 8/13, 8/20, 8/27

Chip 'n Dip Bowls and Mini Condiment Serving Dishes: Learn how to attach forms together to make a chip 'n dip bowls and or a mini-condiment serving dish and you'll be all set for your next BBQ!

ALL LEVELS: Students new to hand-building should take at least 1 session of Beginner Hand-building on Sundays 3-5:30 before signing up for this class.

Thursdays 7:30-9:00

This class expands on the idea of working with slabs to make small to medium sized functional and decorative objects. Sign-up once or come every week and make multiples in a set. Students should take  Beginner Hand-building before signing up for this class.

JUNE > 6/8, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29

Lanterns: Learn how to design and make your own Lantern. Students will learn basic slab techniques as well as now to make lanterns in multiple shapes and sizes.

JULY > 7/6, 7/13, 7/20, 7/27

Hanging Planters: The whole month of July we will be exploring ways to design hanging planters made in multiple  shapes and sizes.  Whether it is an air plant or a trailing plant, we can make a pot for it.

AUGUST > 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, 8/31

Leaf Inspired Plates & Platters: Bring some of your favorite varieties of leafs to class and we will imprint and trace them to make leaf plates and platters.

LEVEL 1

Saturdays 12-1 | Sundays 12-1

 This class is focused on the basics of glazing & hand-painting and is required before using the Glaze 'n Paint room independently.  Wait to sign-up for this class once you have your 1st piece of bisque pottery come out of the kiln.

ALL LEVELS

Wednesdays 6-7

Each week we will feature new techniques related to the monthly theme. Sign-up ala-carte, or take it to the next level and sign-up weekly weekly and make it a month long workshop!

JUNE > 6/7, 6/14, 6/21, 6/28

Carved & Inlaid : Create carved and inlaid colored patterns and designs by learning all about sgraffito, mishima, water etching, wipe-on wipe-off techniques and more.

JULY > 7/ 5, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26

Designer Liners: Learn how to draw with designer liners using underglaze and colored slips. We wil experiment using leather-hard and bisque fired pottery. Plan ahead and bring your own pottery to class as it is most ideal to have at least 1 piece of leather hard pottery and 1 piece of bisque-ware

AUGUST > 8/2, 8/9, 8/16, 8/23, 8/30

Stencils: The whole month of August we will be making our own stencils and create printed deisgns on our pottery. Bring your own leather-hard pottery or bisque-ware.

LEVEL 3

WEDNESDAYS 7-8

Learn how to use our advanced brush on glazes and layer your colors as well as how to wax and dip your own pottery. This is also a good time to trouble shoot glaze tests, techniques and questions...