Ember & Clay

Classes

Small groups, real instruction, mud included.

Every course includes clay, tools, glazes, and firing — you bring clothes that can take a splash. Courses end with finished, food-safe work you made yourself. Sign up below or at the front desk.

A small group shaping bowls at a pottery workshop

Wheel One

Price
$340
Length
6 weeks
Size
10 wheels, 10 people

Tue or Thu · 6:30–9:00 pm

Your first six weeks on the wheel — from wedging a lump to trimming a bowl you'd actually give someone. Clay, tools, glazes, and both firings included.

  1. 1

    Wedge & center

    The week of mud. Everything else depends on this.

  2. 2

    Cylinders

    Pull your first walls. They will be thick. That's fine.

  3. 3

    Bowls

    Open the form up. This is where it starts feeling like magic.

  4. 4

    Trim & handles

    Flip it, trim a foot, pull a handle that fits your hand.

  5. 5

    Last throws

    One more session at the wheel to chase whatever clicked.

  6. 6

    Glaze day

    Dip, pour, wax. Fired work is ready about two weeks later.

Sign up for Wheel One
Hands shaping a slab of clay at a workbench

Handbuilding

Price
$240
Length
4 weeks
Size
12 seats

Wed · 6:30–9:00 pm

No wheel, no hurry. Pinch, coil, and slab your way to plates, planters, and one ambitious project of your choosing. Good for restless hands.

Sign up for Handbuilding
Two people shaping clay together on a pottery wheel

Try the Wheel

Price
$85
Length
One evening
Size
10 wheels

Fri 7–9 pm · Sun 2–4 pm

Two hours, plenty of mud, zero expectations. Make a couple of pieces; we glaze and fire your favorite, ready to pick up in two weeks.

Sign up for Try the Wheel

Open studio membership

Your wheel, your shelf, your key.

For potters who've finished Wheel One (or throw at that level), membership is the studio as your own: come in any open hours, stay at the wheels as long as you like, and leave your work on a shelf with your name on it.

$195/month

  • 25 lb of clay a month, firing included
  • Dedicated shelf space and glaze access
  • Member hours until midnight, Tue–Sun
  • Month-to-month; pause anytime
Ask about membership

Private events

Rent the wheels for a night.

Birthdays, team nights, dates that beat dinner. Two hours at the wheels with two instructors, for groups of 8 to 20. From $68/person, everything included — we glaze and fire each guest's favorite piece.

Ask about a date →

Good to know

  • Missed a class? Make it up during any open studio hours that week.
  • Wear clothes that can get muddy. Aprons help; they don't win.
  • Short nails throw better — the clay is blunt about this.
  • Fired work is ready about two weeks after glaze day. We hold pieces for a month.