Long Term Classes
PASEO POTTERY OFFERS 6-WEEK LONG CLASSES FOR STUDENTS OF ALL LEVELS
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Students have the opportunity to choose between wheel, hand-building, and specialty classes. We offer options for beginner, intermediate, and advanced potters. Classes meet once per week, for 6 consecutive weeks. During the 2.5-hour weekly lesson, the first 30-45 minutes the instructor will give a demonstration, followed by individualized guidance as you create with clay. The first weeks you will work with wet clay, followed by learning to trim and shape the semi-dried (“leather hard”) clay. After the piece has gone through its first kiln firing (the “bisque” firing), you will learn surface decoration methods. Our final class is a glaze session and potluck where we celebrate what we have made and finish glazing the pieces you've made throughout your session. Continue challenging your throwing and design skills with an intermediate or advanced class on the wheel, hand building, making your own materials and more! Push your creative limits with us by your side to help.
How much is a class?
Wheel and hand-building classes cost $320 for a 6-week class. This includes 25-pounds of recycled clay (or $12 off a bag of new clay) all materials, use of aprons, glazes, and tax. Firing fees are payable in the form of tickets that can be purchased on our website. After your first class, you’ll be able to sign up for studio time ($5/hour) on our studio calendar.
Make up classes
In the event of missed classes, students are welcome to attend other classes during the session they are registered for to observe demonstrations they may have missed. As other classes may be full, we can NOT guarantee wheel or workspace to students making-up. Students registered for the class will have priority on the equipment and workspace during their scheduled class time.
IMPOrtant: read before registering
If you want to sign up for a class that has already started, you can still join late - either by signing up for classes individually, or with a 6-class pass. If you are signing up for classes individually, you must sign up for at least two classes. If you only sign up for a single class, we will contact you to cancel your registration. The system only allows students to join a class late up to week 3 - after then, you will have to wait to join at the start of the next session.
Wheel Classes
We offer 6-week wheel classes for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students. Click below to view all wheel options.
Hand-building Classes
We offer 6-week hand-building classes for students of all levels, and with different target areas - from slab-building, to sculpture, to complete beginner introductions. Click below to view all hand-building options.
Combo wheel + Handbuilding Classes
If you cant’t decide between wheel and hand-building, we offer combination classes to teach students the foundation of both mediums. Click below to view all combo class options.
Specialty Workshops
Thanks to our volunteers’ wise range of experience levels, we are able to offer specialty workshops from time to time. These can range in length and price. Previous and upcoming workshops include: teapots, nerikomi, cruets, glaze chemistry, and more. Click below to view our current specialty class options.