Holiday Pottery Gift Course

Handcraft meaningful holiday gifts in Encino at an intimate two-session pottery course!



2 x 2 hours Location Encino Class size 4 to 15 guests   $180

Shape it

Shape It

You'll handbuild your holiday pieces — a dreidel, candle holder, ornament, or tree — from soft clay. No experience needed.


Glaze it

Glaze It

In session two, you'll glaze everything in colors you choose. I'll show you how — it's easier than it looks.


Gift it

Gift It

Gift It
I'll fire your pieces in my own kiln. You pick them up finished and gift-ready, in time for the holidays.


Your hands are about to make something worth wrapping up and giving away this holiday season -- and you don’t need a single ounce of prior pottery experience to pull it off!
Spread across two sessions at a cozy Encino terrace pottery studio, this holiday handbuilding class walks you through shaping your own decorative pieces -- think candle holders, dreidels, ornaments, and little trees -- using simple hand-building techniques that anyone can pick up at the table. In the first session, you’ll shape your pieces with guidance every step of the way. In the second, you’ll glaze them, and your host will fire everything in her own kiln so your creations come back finished and ready to gift well before December. It’s one of those creative activities that sounds intimidating until you’re actually elbow-deep in clay, laughing, and wondering why you waited this long. Whether you’re looking for unique date ideas, birthday party ideas, bachelorette party ideas, or just a genuinely fun afternoon that ends with something handmade -- this is it.
Everything is included: clay, glazes, firing, tools, tea, and cookies. You’ll leave with finished, fired pieces that make meaningful holiday gifts -- or the kind of thing you quietly decide to keep for yourself. Either way, totally valid!
What you'll get
  • Hand-built pieces in clay, including bowls, cups, plates, and ornaments
  • A full set of holiday gifts ready to give!
  • Glaze application and kiln firing included, from wet clay to finished piece
  • A relaxed outdoor table setting on a flagstone terrace with tea and cookies
Knowledge required
All skill levels are welcome!
What to bring
  • Your curiosity and creativity!
  • Enthusiasm to learn and get hands-on
  • A smile
Session repeats

This class series runs over 2 consecutive sessions, which are 1 week apart.

Suitable for

This class is great for a team building activity, Christmas party, birthday or bachelorette party.

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 6 years old).

An adult must accompany any attending kids (the adult may observe for free).

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mom or Xmas gift.

Location

Encino, CA

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Quintal Clay
Quintal Clay

female Women-owned

Quintal Clay is a one-of-a-kind ceramics studio tucked into the hillside of Encino, Los Angeles — a place where making something by hand feels less like a class and more like an afternoon you’ll want to keep coming back to! Founded by Andrea Nhuch, a Brazilian-born MFA artist who has taught ceramics at Mount Saint Mary’s University, Quintal Clay is set on the flagstone terrace of her 1959 midcentury home, with the San Fernando Valley stretching out behind you and tea and cookies on the table. Quintal, as Andrea will tell you, is Portuguese for backyard — and that’s exactly the spirit of it.
Small groups gather here to learn handbuilding from scratch — pinching, coiling, slab-building — with no wheel, no prior experience, and no pressure. Whether you’re joining a four- or six-week course, a holiday workshop to make gifts in time for the season, or a private experience like Wine & Clay with friends, Quintal Clay welcomes everyone with the warmth of a working artist’s home and the generous, unhurried creativity of a Brazilian arts collective. Come as you are; leave with something you actually made!

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