Instruction

One-time
$100 · 2 hours
Series
$420 – $440 · 6 weeks
Class size
8 – 10 students

Classes

Classes are offered in the form of 2-hour, one-time sessions or a six-week series.

Registration

Next session

Six-week series begins August 23

Registration open · 6 days away

  1. Jul 19 · 10 am Members & current students Current students cannot sign up family and friends during this registration period. This is to allow folks interested in continuing their learning to stay. Registration open to this group
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Schedule

This session

Six-week series schedule for the current session
Day Time Class Instructor Starts
Sunday 10:30 am – 1:30 pm All Levels Wheel Cade Aug 23
Monday 6:30 – 9:30 pm All Levels Wheel Brian Aug 24 Meets on Labor Day
Tuesday 6:30 – 9:30 pm Hand-building Cade Aug 25
Wednesday 6:30 – 9:30 pm Continuing Wheel Brian Aug 26 Some experience required
Thursday 2 – 5 pm All Levels Wheel Brian Aug 27
Thursday 6:30 – 9:30 pm All Levels Wheel Al Aug 27

Aug–Oct six-week series · all classes run six weeks

We do not recommend signing up if you will knowingly miss more than one class and the first two classes are especially the most difficult to miss if you are new to clay and/or our studio.

All classes

Price
$100 per person
Length
2 hours
Level
No experience required
When
Registration opens 4 weeks in advance
Status
Registration open

One-time wheel classes

Sip N Spin & Try It

These classes are a fully instructed, fun, 2-hour introduction to the basic techniques on the wheel. Great for beginners or as a refresher. A smaller investment in finding out if the wheel is something you would like to make a hobby. This class only focuses on wet clay on the pottery wheel. We do all the prep and the cleanup!

Participants can choose one piece to be trimmed and fired by the studio. These can be picked up 3-4 weeks after class.

No experience is required, all levels of experience welcome! These are the same exact class except Sip N’ Spin classes are 21+ and folks can BYOB if they would like. Try-it class allows ages 14+ with participating adult.

Classes are available for registration 4 weeks in advance.

Book a one-time class Kiln Fire ↗ Questions about series classes
Person shaping pottery on a spinning wheel with hands covered in clay.
Price
$440 per person
Length
3 hrs weekly · 6 weeks
Level
Beginners welcome, no experience required
Status
Registration open

All levels

Six-week Wheel Series

A series class is perfect for folks wanting to learn all the steps of creating pottery on the wheel from prep to glaze firing.

With small class sizes (8-10) these sessions can be catered to anyone’s skill level. Beginners are welcome, no experience required. Folks with experience will also find these classes a perfect return or continuation of growing their skills. Each individual will be able to grow their skills based on their experience. Pottery is a journey that will often take many sessions to get to a place of independent learning. Classes are 3-hours, once a week. Clay is unlimited, practice time is an additional charge and time limited.

This session

Six-week Wheel Series schedule
Day Time Instructor Starts
Sunday 10:30 am – 1:30 pm Cade Aug 23
Monday 6:30 – 9:30 pm Brian Aug 24 Meets on Labor Day
Thursday 2 – 5 pm Brian Aug 27
Thursday 6:30 – 9:30 pm Al Aug 27
Book a wheel series Kiln Fire ↗ Questions about series classes
A person shaping a ceramic object with a carving tool on a pottery wheel.
Price
$425 per person
Length
3 hrs weekly · 6 weeks
Level
Beginners and experienced hand-builders alike
Status
Registration open

Off the wheel

Six-week Hand-building Series

Learn to make functional and sculptural pieces off of the wheel. This class is all about pinching, coiling, and slab rolling techniques to build unique pieces without the help of the wheel.

Join us in a class that will allow you to slow down, battle your own perfectionism, and learn to see the beauty in the imperfect and literally your own fingerprints in your artwork.

This class is perfect for beginners and those with hand-building experience alike. Our instructor will guide you through different projects, help you design or execute your own visions and teach the best techniques to successfully build and fire hand-built pieces.

This session

Six-week Hand-building Series schedule
Day Time Instructor Starts
Tuesday 6:30 – 9:30 pm Cade Aug 25
Book a hand-building series Kiln Fire ↗ Questions about series classes
A student in a canvas apron shaping a small coil-built clay vessel on a turntable.
Price
$420 per person, plus clay
Length
3 hrs weekly · 6 weeks
Level
Prior series class required
When
Wednesdays 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Status
Registration open

Building on the basics

Six-week Continuing Wheel Series

This series is for folks who already know the basics. There will be no intro style demos to wedging, throwing, or trimming, we will work on furthering our skills and decoration techniques. Learning surface design and texture while exploring new forms. Students must come in with base knowledge of wheel work, but this is not an intermediate class. Anyone who has had at least one series class and feels like they no longer need basic demonstrations should sign up for this class.

Students will purchase clay from the studio, no outside clays allowed. This means you will have unlimited practice time during student practice hours.

This session

Six-week Continuing Wheel Series schedule
Day Time Instructor Starts
Wednesday 6:30 – 9:30 pm Brian Aug 26 Some experience required
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People working on pottery projects at a ceramics studio with clay bowls and tools on tables.

Gift cards

Gift certificates

Ballard Clay offers gift cards good for all of our classes, workshops, and memberships. The gift card page gives you a guideline of our average pricing of workshops and events. Give the gift of an experience and maybe a life long love of clay.

Purchase a gift card Kiln Fire ↗

Policy

Refunds and transfers

  • Cancel 7+ days prior to the first class — full refund, less 10% processing
  • Cancel within 7 days prior to the first class — 50% refund
  • Cancel within 48 hours prior to the first class — no refund

Participants can transfer their registration to another person and email the studio with the new participant’s name, email, and phone. The studio does not handle the transfer of money between participants.

In cases of illness within 48 hours please contact the studio on why you need to miss the class. Please do not come to class if you are displaying any symptoms of illness. Out of respect for others please mask up even if you are no longer considered contagious, but still displaying symptoms.