Celebrating Craft and Community
Summer Special Workshops:
Clay With Us!
Get your hards dirty with this family friendly workshop series! Each day provides a specific one-off project accessible to all ages and abilities with easy to follow step-by-step instructions. Sign up for as many sessions as you like!
All materials, firing and glazing provided with each registration.
Open to all ages *8+
Project Dates:
WEDNESDAYS FRIDAYS
6/24 “Little Boxes” 6/26 “Little Guys"“ (Animal Pinch Pots)
7/8 “Charcutere Board” (for 1) 7/10 “Noise makers”
7/22 “Photo Frames” 7/24 “Clay Whistles”
7/29 “Coil Bowls” 7/31 “Animal Sculptures”
8/5 “Wind Chimes” 8/7 “Tic-Tac-Toe game board”
*Minors must register with adult regristrant.
Upcoming Classes
Our studio offers many beginner classes in both wheel and hand building techniques. These are perfect for folks who are ready to begin their journey in ceramics and working with clay.
If you’re just wanting to dust yourself off from a long hiatus or want to challenge yourself, we offer intermediate wheel, hand building and portrait sculpture classes.
Check out our offerings below to see which is right for you!
*All classes are 18+. Youth 14+ may register with adult regristrant.
Learn the basics of “throwing” on a pottery wheel in this course. No experience necessary! In this course you will learn the process of creating art on the wheel from centering to glazing and how to create cups, bowls and other forms: perfect forms to start your wheel throwing journey!
CLASS DATES:
April/May session: April 14, 21, 28. May 5, 19
June/ July session: June 2, 9, 16, 23. July 7
You will have five lessons within a six week period to allow us to fire your pieces.
All tools, glaze, 25 lbs of house clay and equipment provided.
Five free open studio sessions included with each class
Other clay varieties available for purchase
Ages: 18+
*Youth 14+ are welcome to register with adult registrant.
Learn the basics of “Hand Building” the practice of creating ceramic art and functional ware without the wheel! In this intro class you will learn the basics of slab construction and coil building to create geometric vessels like boxes and coil built vessels like planters or hollowed sculptures. This approach to working with clay offers limitless creations!
CLASS DATES:
April/May Session:‍ ‍April 15, 22, 29. May 6, 20.
June/ July Session: June 3, 10, 17, 24. July 8.
You will have five lessons within a six week period, to allow us to fire your pieces.
All tools, glaze, 25 lbs of house clay and equipment provided.
Five free open studio sessions included with each class
Other clay varieties available for purchase
Ages: 18+
*Youth 14+ are welcome to register with adult registrant.
Learn the basics of “throwing” on a pottery wheel in this course. No experience necessary! In this course you will learn the process of creating art on the wheel from centering to glazing and cups, bowls and other forms: perfect forms to start your wheel throwing journey!
CLASS DATES:
April/May Session: April 16, 23, 30. May 7, 21.
June/July Session: June 4, 11, 18, 25. July 9.
You will have five lessons within a six week period, to allow us to fire your pieces.
All tools, glaze, 25 lbs of house clay and equipment provided.
Five free open studio sessions included with each class
Other clay varieties available for purchase
Ages: 18+
*Youth 14+ are welcome to register with adult registrant.
Level up your throwing skills in our intermediate class! Reccomended for anyone who’s taken an introductory throwing course and feels confident with centering and throwing cylnders. In this 5 week course, you’ll learn to throw larger and with more clay (up to 5 lbs), and make consistant shapes through createing matching sets like stackable bowls, cups or plates.
Classes include one 25 lb bag of clay, all tools and equipment, storage and 5 open studio passes to use during any of our open hours.
Ages: 18+
*Youth 14+ are welcome with adult registrant.
Introduce the love of ceramics to your teen this summer with our week long ceramics course! With hands on instruction, teens will learn the steps and skills necessary to create ceramic artwork through wheel throwing and handbuilding techniques.
This 5 day week-long course provides all materials, tools, firing and is open to all levels; no experience necessary!
What you learn: Wheel (2 days)
Wheel throwing is a great method for creating pottery, typically associated with creating cups, bowls, vases and other functional ware. Students will learn wheel essentials such as: Wedging, centering, pulling forms, and trimming.
What you learn: Handbuilding (3 days)
Handbuilding is everything made with clay off the wheel and includes learning multipule techniques to create sculptures and functional ware alike!
Students will learn handbuilding techniques such as: slab construction, coilbuilding and surface design through underglaze and more.
Firing and glazing included.
*Open to youth aged 13-17.
Learn the basics of “Hand Building” the practice of creating ceramic art and functional ware without the wheel! In this intro class you will learn the basics of slab construction and coil building to create geometric vessels like boxes and coil built vessels like planters or hollowed sculptures. This approach to working with clay offers limitless creations!
CLASS DATES:
April/May session:‍ ‍April 17, 24, May 1, 8, 22.
June / July session: June 5, 12, 26. July 3, 17.
You will have five lessons within a six week period, to allow us to fire your pieces.
All tools, glaze, 25 lbs of house clay and equipment provided.
Five free open studio sessions included with each class
Other clay varieties available for purchase
Ages: 18+
*Youth 14+ are welcome to register with adult registrant.
Ready to start your journey with clay but not sure if you want to try the wheel or hand building first? This course is the perfect sultion for you. In our intro to ceramics course, you will be introduced to both introductry wheel throwing and handbuilding techniques for a well rounded experience. In this course you will learn the A - Z process of transforming wet clay to finished glazed work, with oppertunities to explore sculptural and functional ceramic art!
This class is perfect for total beginners, or folks tooking to dive back in after a long hiatus.
Your class includes one 25lb bag of clay, 6 open studio passes, all necessary tools, firing and galze.
CLASS DATES:
8/15. 8/22. 8/29. 9/5 9/12. 9/26.
(no class 9/19)
What you learn: Wheel (3 days)
Wheel throwing is a great method for creating pottery, typically associated with creating cups, bowls, vases and other functional ware. Students will learn wheel essentials such as: Wedging, centering, pulling forms, and trimming.
What you learn: Handbuilding (2 days)
Handbuilding is everything made with clay off the wheel and includes learning multipule techniques to create sculptures and functional ware alike!
Students will learn handbuilding techniques such as: slab construction, coilbuilding and surface design through underglaze and more.
All ages 18+
*youth 14-17 welcome to register with adult regristrant.
Memberships
Experienced potters looking for a space to create are encouraged to sign up for our studio memberships! With a membership, you are joining our welcoming community of artists and makers and establishing a creative home for your practice. Memberships also include:
Unlimited studio access during our open studio times.
Unlimited firing of pieces made in studio (*within size limits)
Full access to all studio tools and equipment
Access to all house glazes
Individual storage space
Two $10 monthly guest passes
May bring 1 youth for free*
First dibs on workshop registration.
Age: 18+
*Open studio is a non-instructional working period. Those interested in memberships must have prior experience and be able to work safely and independently during open studio times.
*Youth welcome so long as you are constantly monitoring and attending to them and take responsability for any risks that may occur.
Closed for holidays on the following dates:
6/19
7/4
11/11
11/26
12/24/ 2026 - 1/1/ 2027
Open Studio
Dedicated non-instructional work time available for members and students to drop in anytime during our open hours.
With 12 wheels, several large work tables and plenty of storage space for your in-progress works, you can work at your own pace and enjoy the full use of our facilities.
*Scheduled classes and workshops get priority use of wheels and tables during their session. (see detials on membership page)
Open Studio Hours
Tuesdays: 10a - 9p
Wednesdays: 10a - 9p
Thursdays: 10a - 9p
Fridays: 10a - 9p
Saturdays: 9a - 5p
Sundays: 9a - 5p
Handmade Happy Hour
Wind down your week with good friends, good drinks and clay. Handmade Happy Hour is a perfect Friday night destination for you to kickstart your creative energy for the weekend with our fun wheel and hand building workshops. (21+)
$75 per session
Give wheel throwing a whirl in this fun 2 hour workshop!
Included in your session:
2 lbs of clay
20min throwing demo
1 guaranteed fired piece
your choice of glaze color
Drinks (21+) and snacks
*Aprons and towels will be provided, but please dress for mess as wheel throwing can get pretty muddy!
*This is strictly a 21+ event, ID’s are required to participate.
Wanna take things slower? Hand building offers many methods in creating functional and sculptural ceramic work without the wheel! Create a wine goblet, mug or other beverage vessel using hand building techniques!
1 guaranteed fired piece
your choice of glaze color
Drinks (21+) and snacks
*Aprons and towels will be provided, but please dress for mess as working with clay can get pretty messy!
*This is strictly a 21+ event, ID’s are required to participate.
Workshops
Studio Manzanita is committed to celebrating diverse craft techniques and practices. In our weekend workshops you can learn new mediums, take 2 day intensives on a specific technique, or try a one-time drop in session on the potters wheel or hand building.
Drop in Wheel Sundays | 10a - 1p
$90.00
Who we are
Studio Manzanita is a welcoming community that celebrates ceramic and craft practices from around the world.
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