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Friday Nights | 6-8pm
Every Friday in May and June!
Level: Beginner and beyond
Ages 13+
All materials and fees are included in the class price, and our professional artists will handle the glazing and trimming.
This is a workshop for absolute beginners or those in need of a refresh!
Have you always wanted to try the pottery wheel? Can't stop thinking about The Great Pottery Thrown Down? We have a solution!
Our experienced instructors will teach you how to center clay, bring up the walls, and shape it into your very own pot. Each student will get to keep two hand-thrown pieces to take home and cherish. Sign up now to discover the joy of creating something beautiful with your own hands.
Tie back long hair, wear comfy clothes you don’t mind getting muddy, trim long fingernails, and bring a bevvie.
Pots are ready for pick up 2-3 weeks after the workshop. You have 30 days to pick up your work once it’s ready.
Cancellation Policy
You may cancel up to 72 hours before your class start date to receive a full refund or a credit, minus a $25 cancellation fee. Transfers are not allowed.
Cancellations made outside of the 72 hour window are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Once a class has started, no refunds, credits, or transfers can be issued. Cancellations must be delivered via email to hello@specklestudio.com.
Saturday | April 18 | 6-9pm
Level: Beginner and beyond
Join us for a cozy Paint & Sip night where you’ll paint a majestic local owl with Bernal Heights painter Aaron Zube. BYOB.
In one class, Aaron will lead you step-by-step from blank panel to finished painting—no experience needed. You’ll learn approachable techniques for sketching your composition, building shape and shadow, blending color, and adding expressive details that bring your owl to life.
Cancellation Policy
You may cancel up to 72 hours before your class start date to receive a full refund or a credit, minus a $25 cancellation fee. Transfers are not allowed.
Cancellations made outside of the 72 hour window are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Once a class has started, no refunds, credits, or transfers can be issued. Cancellations must be delivered via email to hello@specklestudio.com.
Saturday | May 9 | 6-9pm
Level: Beginner and beyond
Ages 16+
Instructor: Holly Coley
This is a workshop for absolute beginners. All materials are provided.
Join us in our fantastically beautiful studio for a night of hand building planters! Under the expert guidance of our studio owner, Holly Coley, you’ll learn how to build a slab planter from start to finish, and then get to paint and carve your planter any way you like. Afterwards, we will glaze and fire your planter for you and have it ready for pick-up in 2-3 weeks. You’ll have 30 days to pick up your work once it’s ready.
When you come in, tie back long hair, wear comfy clothes you don’t mind getting muddy, and trim long fingernails.
Bring a plant friend to share and your own bevvie!
Cancellation Policy
You may cancel up to 72 hours before your class start date to receive a full refund or a credit, minus a $25 cancellation fee. Transfers are not allowed.
Cancellations made outside of the 72 hour window are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Once a class has started, no refunds, credits, or transfers can be issued. Cancellations must be delivered via email to hello@specklestudio.com.
Two Days | Saturday and Sunday | June 27-28 | 9am-4pm
Level: Next Steps
Ages 18+
Instructor: Anna Grace Nwosu
Note: This is not an intro workshop. To be successful in Next Steps, you need to be able to confidently center 2 lbs of clay and make a cylinder.
Class Description:
In this two-day workshop, students will focus on creating larger wheel-thrown forms including large bowls, tall bottles, and centerpiece vases. We will utilize techniques like spiral wedging, piecemeal centering, and coil throwing to achieve wider, taller, and proportionately pleasing forms.
Day 1 (Throwing Big & Wide): Students will first learn new techniques to wedging, centering, and throwing larger amounts of clay (5 lb +). We will utilize these new techniques to throw a large, shallow salad bowl. We will also begin practicing throwing taller, structurally sound cylinders in preparation for throwing bottles and vases on day 2.
Day 2 (Throwing Big & Tall): Students will then learn modified pulling and collaring techniques to throwing taller forms with consistent walls. We will begin throwing a narrow bottle to practice height, and then throw a larger, wider bellied vase. Finally, students will learn coil throwing, an effective and more controlled alternative to stacked forms. Students may prep a base piece the day before or throw a base on day 2 and force dry it via hairdryer/heat gun/torch.
Workshop fee covers 25lbs of bmix with grog, studio use, and bisque fire.
About the instructor
Anna Grace Nwosu is a ceramic artist working in San Francisco, California. Her vessels are shaped by ancient and modern ceramic traditions, recontextualized within the contemporary world. As functional as they are sculptural, each piece is created with the lived environment in mind. She has recently exhibited at Fog Fair, Col Gallery, San Francisco Art Fair, Glass Rice Gallery, and Re.riddle Gallery. She hosted her first solo exhibition, Return to Form, at Marrow Gallery in October 2025. She teaches intermediate and advanced wheel throwing classes throughout the Bay Area.
Cancellation Policy
You may cancel up to two weeks (14 days) before your class start date to receive a full refund or a credit, minus a $25 cancellation fee. Transfers are not allowed.
Cancellations made within two weeks of the class start date are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Once a class has started, no refunds, credits, or transfers can be issued. Cancellations must be delivered via email to hello@specklestudio.com.
