Best Pottery Classes in Santa Monica, CA

“Respectable products, people and space.”

“Yuli and Ki are always ready to give advices and share their extensive ceramic knowledge, it is well equipped, well located, all the teachers are nice, and the hours are great (24/7 for members, lots of practice time for students).”

“When conversing with the owner regarding his beautiful business and orgin he let it be known that this idea come from his other successful business which is a paint and sip called Joyful Expressions.”

“The studio's classes and membership option are small enough to receive plenty of specialized, 1-1 attention from teachers yet big enough to connect with and learn from other artists/class pass students/studio members.”

“I was very intimidated to go to any ceramics studio as a novice, but the owners and staff are so generous and kind.”

“Even when he isn't teaching ill ask him for help with a question and he goes above and beyond to help me.”

“There is a corner of the studio with a little cozy table with a coffee machine and refrigerator so you can bring food/snacks/coffee/tea and feel like you're in a homey setting and really settle into a project and take breaks and not have to leave.”

“It is only a block down on the opposite side from the new starbucks reserve location and just north of wilshire.”

“Good deals”

“And after every sculpture finished the whole class has a champagne break in the middle of the studio!”

“I really appreciate that my daughter gets to experiment with all kinds of mediums and there's no pressure to do everything in one particular way.”

“Joan was so good at explaining how to spin the wheel (and also fixing after I messed up).”

“Susan Grieder has been working in clay for over forty years. She received her BFA degree in ceramics from California State University, Long Beach in 1983 and has since worked in such diverse aspects of the field as dinnerware manufacturing and design...”

“But to have the number of students now after all these years is testimony to the quality of the students work, and a great testimony to the man who started it all as well as Carolyn who also put her heart and soul into the studio as well.”

“The older kids classes focus much more on the technical aspects of the different mediums and my older daughter thrived not just artistically but the skills she has acquired have lifted her confidence and she is always happy to be at the studio also ...”