Class Descriptions / Booking
“Intro 4” Class Description
Our four-week adult “Intro 4“ classes on Monday and Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings are designed for beginners with no experience throwing on the pottery wheel, and those who have been away from the wheel and need a refresher. Price ($220) includes three hours of instruction per class, clay and firings of up to five pieces. Additional pieces can be fired for a small fee.
Participants work on basic pottery skills: how to prepare clay, and the steps for creating (“throwing”), finishing (“trimming”) and glazing cylinders, bowls and cups.
Class size is limited to just seven participants, assuring plenty of time to get individualized attention from your instructor. Intro 4 classes can be taken more than once.
NEW! “Quick Throw Intro 3” is a three-week summer pottery class perfect for those who want a quick introduction to wheel throwing while still enjoying their summer vacation plans. Get your hand muddy, learn the fundamentals, and create your own pottery in just three weeks!
*Promo
Sign up for any Intro4 or Mixed Level class to be entered in a drawing for a full refund! Here’s how it works: You will be refunded $220 if all eight seats in just one of our Intro4 or Mixed Level classes offered each month are full, and if your name is the one randomly chosen during Week 3 of class. Tip: invite your friends to join you to have a better chance of winning and dividing the proceeds as you wish! Remember: your name will be entered in the drawing even if you’re not registered in the class that is full.
Our Policies (Please Read!)
- If We Change A Class: The minimum number of students needed to confirm a class is 4. If Full-Circle Pottery has to cancel a class or change the scheduled time, the studio will refund the student’s tuition or enroll them in a future class at the student’s discretion.
- Student Cancellation Policy: No refunds. You may reschedule your booking or cancel for full credit up until seven days before the start of class. Credits do not expire and can be used towards future classes or merchandise.
- Missed Class Policy: We will be working with wet clay during the first two weeks of class, then carefully drying it to the right texture for trimming in week three. BECAUSE OF THIS WE ARE UNABLE TO OFFER MAKE UP CLASSES FOR THE FIRST THREE WEEKS. You are able to reschedule the fourth class (glazing) to a glazing session in the following month’s “Intro 4” or “Step Up To Studio” classes.
- Studio health guidelines: Click here.
Register For Intro 4:
"Mixed Level" Description
Each month the class features a project designed to build on participants’ skills. Participants are welcome to follow along or continue working on personal projects with the support of their instructor.
In July, students who would like an extra challenge can create a sake set using a single piece of clay. We will learn the technique of throwing off the hump and practice bottle shapes while making a functional matching set.
‘Mixed-Level” classes size are limited to just seven participants, assuring plenty of time to get individualized attention from your instructor. “Mixed Level” classes can be taken more than once and prepare students for studio membership.
Our Policies (Please Read!)
- If We Change A Class: The minimum number of students needed to confirm a class is 4. If Full-Circle Pottery has to cancel a class or change the scheduled time, the studio will refund the student’s tuition or enroll them in a future class at the student’s discretion.
- Student Cancellation Policy: No refunds. You may reschedule your booking or cancel for full credit up until seven days before the start of class. Credits do not expire and can be used towards future classes or merchandise.
- Missed Class Policy: We will be working with wet clay during the first two weeks of class, then carefully drying it to the right texture for trimming in week three. BECAUSE OF THIS WE ARE UNABLE TO OFFER MAKE UP CLASSES FOR THE FIRST THREE WEEKS. You are able to reschedule the fourth class (glazing) to a glazing session in the following month’s “Intro 4” or “Step Up To Studio” classes.
- Studio health guidelines: Click here.
Register For Mixed Level Classes
Semi-Privates (SPs)
Learn how to throw a pot on the wheel. Because these 90-minute classes are small (4 max), you will get lots of attention from our patient instructor. You will make one or two pieces and choose your favorite to be glazed and fired.
Price ($80 per person) includes one finished piece. Pay $10 more to glaze/fire an addition piece. Your instructor will contact you when it’s time to pick up your pottery about three weeks later. Because of space limitations, the studio clears the shelf one month after the notification.
Important: we need at least two participants for a class to be a go, so sign up a friend or your beloved to enjoy this muddy experience (feel free to bring an apron). Our semi-privates make a great after breakfast or before brunch date. Note: Some cleanup is required.
Cancellation Policy for SP Classes: Cancel your order within 48 hours of booking and receive a 100% refund. Tuition is 50% refunadable if you contact us at least 72 hours before the session starts. Studio health guidelines: Click here. Questions? Call us at (310) 502-3115.
Register For SP Classes:
Step Up To Studio Classes
Full-Circle Pottery members, as well as participants who have taken at least two beginning pottery wheel class at Full-Circle or elsewhere, can continue practicing skills with our three-session Step Up To Studio classes. Participants should know the basics of centering, opening, lifting and shaping before taking this class. Each session will focus on a form, skill or decoration technique. Class can be taken more than once. Class size is limited to eight participants. Length of class varies.
In September we will focus on throwing bigger, better cylinders. This is a skill-building class and it’s for you if your goal is to improve on making well-centered and ever taller cylinders. We will practice, practice, practice lifting using our fingers, sponges, hard-edged ribs, and collaring. We will finish our cylinders (trimming, thumbing off, carving, etc.) in session three. The cylinders will be fired to bisque (^06). Please talk to us if you’d like to schedule a time after class ends to glaze your pieces.
Our Policies (Please Read!)
- If We Change A Class: The minimum number of students needed to confirm a class is 4. If Full-Circle Pottery has to cancel a class or change the scheduled time, the studio will refund the student’s tuition or enroll them in a future class at the student’s discretion.
- Student Cancellation Policy: No refunds. You may reschedule your booking or cancel for full credit up until seven days before the start of class. Credits do not expire and can be used towards future classes or merchandise.
- Missed Class Policy: We will be working with wet clay during the first two weeks of class, then carefully drying it to the right texture for trimming in week three. BECAUSE OF THIS WE ARE UNABLE TO OFFER MAKE UP CLASSES.
- Studio health guidelines: Click here.
Adult “Beginning Handbuilding”
Three-Week Classes
Unleash your creativity in this beginning hand-building class. Over the course of three weeks, you will acquire a foundation in hand-building. You’ll explore techniques like pinching, coiling, and slab construction in the first week of class, and work on a personal project in week two. In the last class, we’ll delve into the art of glazing, allowing you to add the finishing touch to all your creations.
Classes meet once a week for 2.25 hours for three consecutive weeks. Price ($190) includes instruction, clay, use of tools, firings, and glaze.
Our Policies (Please Read!)
- If We Change A Class: The minimum number of students needed to confirm a class is 4. If Full-Circle Pottery has to cancel a class or change the scheduled time, the studio will refund the student’s tuition or enroll them in a future class at the student’s discretion.
- Student Cancellation Policy: No refunds. You may reschedule your booking or cancel for full credit up until seven days before the start of class. Credits do not expire and can be used towards future classes or merchandise.
- Missed Class Policy: We will be working with wet clay during the first two weeks of class, then carefully drying it to the right texture for trimming in week three. BECAUSE OF THIS WE ARE UNABLE TO OFFER MAKE UP CLASSES FOR THE FIRST THREE WEEKS. You are able to reschedule the fourth class (glazing) to a future glazing session.
- Studio health guidelines: Click here.
Workshops
Obvara On The Patio
Join us Sunday, July 12, 1-5 pm, for an afternoon of trying "Baltic Raku" techniques to decorate your pottery. You will be dipping your hot pots into vats of mash and then quenching them in water. Bring three bisqued pieces to fire in our handmade brick kiln on the patio. The cost is $50 for members and $95 for non-members.
Horse Hair Firing on The Patio
Join us Sunday, August 23 at the studio for an afternoon of using horse hair and feathers to decorate your pottery. Bring up to four bisqued and burnished pieces to fire in our hand made brick kiln on the patio. The cost, $50/members, $95 non-members, includes horse hair, feathers and lemonade.
Pit Fire At the Beach
Join us on Sunday September 20, for a day of pit fire pottery at Dockweiler State Park Beach. Bring up to four bisqued pieces and participate in a primal fire-building experience that will leave you tanned, happy and smelling like smoke. Cost is $50/members, $95/non-members plus a bundle of firewood for non-members. Experienced potters and students taking the May "Mixed-Level" class are welcome to join us for this smoky adventure. Price includes up to four pieces. Questions? Call us at 310-502-3115.
First Tuesdays
Need a mini-break?
First Tuesdays is here to provide it! We are three women-owned businesses at 12023 Venice Blvd., 90066, the old ranch-style house between Sunny Grill and Taco Bell. We offer spa services, pottery sessions AND childcare (ages 1-5) in one location the First Tuesday of every month from 10am-2pm. Sign up for facials, one-hour hand building sessions and safely leave your kids at daycare on the property.
To schedule a First Tuesdays pottery session at Full-Circle Pottery, sign up below. Pottery Sessions $60.
To schedule First Tuesdays spa services, call Seaside Bungalow Spa at (310) 977-1337. Facials $125-$225 (other services available): 10-11:15am, 11:30am-12:45pm, 1-2:15pm.
To schedule a spot for your little one(s) while you are on the property for First Tuesdays, call Stella Education (310) 689-8682. Childcare ($39/hr): 10am-2pm.
First Tuesdays kicks off in February with 10% discounts!
First Tuesdays 2026: Feb 3, March 3, April 7, May 5, June 2, July 7, Aug 4, Sep 1, Oct 6, Nov 3, Dec 1.
Our Policies (Please Read!)
- If We Change A Class: The minimum number of students needed to confirm a class is four. If Full-Circle Pottery has to cancel a class or change the scheduled time, the studio will refund the student’s tuition or enroll them in a future class at the student’s discretion.
- Student Cancellation Policy: No refunds. You may reschedule your booking or cancel for full credit up until seven days before the start of class. Credits do not expire and can be used towards future classes or merchandise.
- Studio health guidelines: Click here.
Quick Start Home Studio
New in-person, hands-on class for potters thinking about launching a home studio. Sign-up to find out what’s involved in making pottery at home. We will cover loading and firing your kiln, mixing and maintaining dry glazes, safety and maintenance, tools and materials & more.
Benefit from 14+ years of experience running home and community studios. Class is limited to three students per session to maximize hands-on learning.
Schedule: Aug 29 & Sept. 12, 1:15-4:15 both days.
Cost for this six-plus hour class is $650. (10% discount for inaugural Aug/Sep session!)
Our Policies (Please Read!)
- If We Change A Class: The minimum number of students needed to confirm a class is two. If Full-Circle Pottery has to cancel a class or change the scheduled time, the studio will refund the student’s tuition or enroll them in a future class at the student’s discretion.
- Student Cancellation Policy: No refunds. You may reschedule your booking or cancel for full credit up until seven days before the start of class. Credits do not expire and can be used towards future classes or merchandise. NOTE: We are unable to reschedule within the seven-day window and/or after class has begun.
- Studio health guidelines: Click here.
