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Pottery Wheel Throwing Class
4.9 (128)
date_range Runs regularly
location_on Manhattan
1 to 15
label $96
Pottery Wheel Throwing Course
5.0 (5)
date_range 4 Apr, 2 May
location_on Manhattan
1 to 15
label $325
Ceramic Workshop
5.0 (2)
date_range Runs regularly
location_on Brooklyn
1 to 12
label $90
Pottery Class: Private Lesson
5k followers
date_range Your choice of time
location_on Manhattan
1 to 5
label $100 - $200
Hand-building Ceramic Class
4.9 (7)
date_range Runs regularly
location_on Brooklyn
1 to 12
label $105
Neriage Wheel Throwing Class
5k followers
date_range Your choice of time
location_on Manhattan
6 to 15
label $96
Ceramics Workshop: Pipe and Ashtray Workshop
date_range Thu, Apr 20, 7pm
location_on Brooklyn
1 to 12
label $80
Pottery Hand Building Class: Mug
5k followers
date_range Your choice of time
location_on Manhattan
4 to 10
label $85
Nerikomi Pottery Workshop
5k followers
date_range Your choice of time
location_on Manhattan
4 to 10
label $100
Crackle Pottery Wheel Throwing Class
5k followers
date_range Your choice of time
location_on Manhattan
6 to 15
label $96
Golden Netsuke Class
5k followers
date_range Your choice of time
location_on Manhattan
6 to 10
label $50
Pottery Painting Class
5k followers
date_range Your choice of time
location_on Manhattan
10 to 15
label $104
Horsehair Pottery Course
5k followers
date_range Your choice of time
location_on Manhattan
10 to 15
label $195
Valentine's Day Wheel Throwing Pottery Class
5k followers
date_range Your choice of time
location_on Manhattan
10 to 14
label $96
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Make Hand Built Pottery: Incense Burner and Candle Holder
3k followers
date_range Your choice of time
videocam
local_shipping Craft kit delivered
2 to 200
label $75
Make Pottery at Home: Meditate and Mud
9k likes
date_range Your choice of time
videocam
local_shipping Craft kit delivered
10 to 300
label $95
Make Pottery at Home: Vase
9k likes
date_range Your choice of time
videocam
local_shipping Craft kit delivered
10 to 300
label $95
Make Pottery at Home: Mug
9k likes
date_range Your choice of time
videocam
local_shipping Craft kit delivered
10 to 300
label $95
Seasonal Ceramic Painting at Home
2k followers
date_range Your choice of time
videocam
local_shipping Craft kit delivered
10 to 250
label $50
Learn Kintsugi
9k followers
date_range Sun, Apr 23, 2pm
videocam
local_shipping Craft kit delivered
1 to 50
label $219
DIY Kintsugi for Beginners
5.0 (7)
date_range Your choice of time
videocam
local_shipping Craft kit delivered
5 to 250
label $50 - $85
Make Ceramics at Home
1k followers
date_range Your choice of time
videocam
2 to 50
label $75
DIY Hand Building Clay Craft Box / Kit
8k followers
local_shipping Ships to you
label $65
Make Polymer Clay Napkin Rings or Gift Tags
3k likes
date_range Your choice of time
videocam
local_shipping Craft kit delivered
6 to 300
label $85
Make Polymer Clay Wall Hangings
3k likes
date_range Your choice of time
videocam
local_shipping Craft kit delivered
6 to 300
label $85
Paint Ceramics and Meet Llamas
date_range Your choice of time
videocam
local_shipping Craft kit delivered
10 to 100
label $80
You may be wondering, is there a place that teaches pottery near me? Ceramics studios are all over NYC and our teachers love to welcome beginners to learn their craft. Whether you want to try wheel throwing classes or a hand-building clay class you don't need to feel intimidated. Everyone can find a workshop to suit their interest.
Step into a ceramic studio and get hands-on instructions from seasoned ceramics professionals. You'll learn the proper techniques for shaping clay, firing up in the kiln, and painting your piece with bright colors. Once you've gotten the hang of using the clay wheel, you can also try your hand at hand building.
While it's fun to paint your own pottery and bake it in the kiln, it's twice as fun to do it with friends. Not just for single folks, ceramic classes are perfect for families and groups, too! Sign up your friends or coworkers for fun team building activities where you can try to best each other to see who creates the best handmade pottery. These workshops are great for bachelorette party ideas, too. You'll certainly have a blast, even when you're making a mess!
Add this to your list of things to do in NYC this weekend because pottery making is a fantastic way to while away the hours when you're looking for something new to do. Go to a ceramic studio for a change. Here, instructors teach you the art of wheel throwing, where you use the clay wheel to shape your pottery to fantastic shapes and sizes. Soon, you'll be able to make vases, bowls, plant holders, and more!
After you've learned the tips and tricks for handmade pottery, you can study how to decorate your creations. Ceramic painting workshops are equally challenging and therapeutic at the same time. Ceramic artisans will also show you age-old methods for creating glazed pottery, with these creations being baked in the kiln to strengthen the material.
New York City has a surprising amount of activities that will ignite your creativity and get your muscles moving. Whether you want to try wheel throwing, clay hand building pottery classes, or ceramic painting, there's something for you. You will never know the pleasures of hands-on creativity until you are involved in making pottery.
Not only will you feel more relaxed as you knead clay and form it into a shape, but you'll also be reducing your stress levels. Watch your breathing slow down, take in the scent of the clay, maybe even close your eyes and imagine a time in your life when you felt at peace.
Pottery classes are also great for meeting new people with the same interests. So, get started on giving these one-of-a-kind NYC experience gifts to that special someone -- and maybe just book pottery classes for yourself!
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