Intro to Handbuilding

Handbuilding is pottery without the wheel — you shape clay with your hands, a few simple tools, and a lot less pressure. Over two hours you'll work through the three techniques everything else is built on: pinching a form from a single ball of clay, coiling walls up from rolled ropes, and cutting and joining flat slabs. You choose what to make with them, whether that's a dish, a small vase, a planter, or something that only makes sense to you. No experience is assumed and nothing is timed. Our instructors circle the table the whole session, so you get help at the moment you need it rather than at the front of a lecture. Clay, tools and aprons are included, and we fire everything for you. Want it food safe? Add our glazing class, a fun BYOB night out where you paint your own designs, or have our staff glaze it in a color you pick ($15 either way). Skip glazing and we'll bisque fire your piece unglazed (note: pieces not glazed are not food safe), perfect for keys, trinkets and decor. Unglazed pieces are ready for pickup about three weeks after class.