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November at The Pottery Loop

Build Your Own
Pottery Course

The ultimate pottery course, built around your schedule and the things you'll actually use.

No fixed weeknight, no syllabus you didn't choose. 12 projects are on the calendar this November. Pick the 4 you want in your kitchen and on your shelves, on the nights that work for you, then come back once to glaze everything you made.

  • 🗓️ You pick the nights
  • 🏺 You pick the pieces
  • 🕡 Weeknights 6:30 PM, Saturdays at noon
  • 🎄 Ready for pickup before Christmas
Start building$185 per person, everything included
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Pick your 4

Your schedule, your pieces. Tap the four nights on the calendar that fit your life. Same project twice? Go for it.

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Get creative

Each night an instructor walks you through one piece, from a lump of clay to something you will actually use.

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Glaze it all

One 3 hour glaze day between Nov 29 and Dec 10 (6 to 9 PM, weekends 12 to 3 PM). BYOB, and everything is ready before Christmas.

Inside the studio

Come for the clay, stay for the people

A full handbuilding class at work around the long studio table
Three friends holding their glazed bowls
Guests shaping clay by the studio windows
Two friends laughing while they build at the table
Two guests showing off their finished mugs

Your schedule. Your pieces.

Tap the 4 project nights that fit your calendar and make things you'll actually use, then one glazing day to finish them all up. Every pick lands in your course basket.

November

+ early December

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Project night · 6:30 PM (Sat 12 PM) Glaze day · 6 to 9 PM (weekends 12 to 3 PM) In your basket

*Matcha Bowls is the only wheel throwing night in the course, perfect if you want to try one night on the wheel along with your handbuilding.

Your custom course

$185

0/4 pieces · built around your schedule

  1. 1Piece 1: tap a project night
  2. 2Piece 2: tap a project night
  3. 3Piece 3: tap a project night
  4. 4Piece 4: tap a project night

  5. Finish them all up

    Pick a glaze day, Nov 29 to Dec 10

Seats (friends come to the same nights)
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Personal tool kit

Secure checkout on the next step. Gift cards and promo codes welcome.

Your course · 0/4 pieces

🎨Glaze

Good to know

+Do I need any experience?

Nope. Every night is a guided handbuilding project with an instructor walking you through it start to finish.

+What if I pick two nights with the same project?

Wall vases, matcha bowls, and lemon juicers each run twice so you have more date options. Pick whichever night works, or take both if you want a matching pair.

+What happens at glazing?

Come back on the day you picked for a 3 hour glaze session (6 to 9 PM on weekdays, 12 to 3 PM on weekends) and glaze every piece you made with custom colors and designs so they are food safe. BYOB welcome. Everything is fired and ready for pickup before Christmas, and we hold pieces for 60 days.

+Can I change a night after I book?

We staff and prep every class based on registration, so we cannot reschedule on the same day. Email potterychicago@gmail.com at least 48 hours before your night and choose another open project night in November.

+Can I book with a friend?

Yes. Add up to 4 seats in one order and you will all come to the same nights.

1770 W Berteau Ave, Suite 407, Chicago. All clay, tools, and aprons included. Cancellations: $25 fee if you cancel more than 5 days before your first night. Within 5 days of your first night, bookings cannot be cancelled. Guests under 18 must attend with an enrolled adult. Questions? potterychicago@gmail.com