How it works…
Waveform offers small classes with flexible scheduling. This page offers educational information on how classes work, including class descriptions and a current menu so you can see all the prices and offerings in one place. Already know what you want to do? Schedule your offering:
If you are looking to book for yourself, check out the Single Drop-In Throwing Class and learn more about how Class Bundles work if you’d like to come back and Trim your work. Classes run for 1.5 hours and seat up to five people: coordinate with a friend to sign up for open spots or fly solo!
If you are booking for a group - date night, group outing or family, learn about Claydates, or reach out to design your own Birthday Parties and Off-Site Handbuilding Workshops.
If you are looking for a particularly calming, therapeutic experience, learn more about Claybody Craft Nights or Private Sessions.
Throwing or Trimming?
Before you get to choosing your offering, it’s important to know a little pottery terminology. When you book you’ll see options for throwing or trimming: what’s the difference, and do you need to take both?
Throwing
Make something on the wheel! Work with wet clay on the wheel, spinning it and pressing it with your hands until it is firmly in the center of the wheel. Once the clay is centered, you learn various techniques to create a form. Bowls, cups, and saucers are popular. It is squishy and messy and chaotic and fun!
Trimming
An optional follow-up to throwing: carve your work on the wheel after it has dried to a “leather hard,” state - the consistency of chocolate. We flip the piece upside down, secure it to the wheel and carve it with a metal loop tool, refining the overall shape and creating a “foot.”
Single Drop-In
A Single Drop-In class is a one-time throwing class. Learn how to center clay on the potter’s wheel and create a simple form (a bowl, cup, planter, etc.). You can expect to make 1-2 pieces to take home; you select your glaze color, and work is available for pickup within 4-6 weeks.
Class Bundles
Design your own class bundle and come back for more: a combination of throwing classes and trimming classes to explore different stages of the pottery process and build your skills. 2, 4 or 6-Class Bundles are popular. Classes need to occur 1-8 days from one another.
Class Types
Claydates
Claydates reserve the studio for you and your guest(s) - this group offering is for 2-5 people. Come in to throw, and come back to trim if your group wants to learn more. To reserve the studio for a Birthday Party or book Waveform for a team-building off-site handbuilding workshop, click here.
Workshops
Waveform offers team-building workshops on the wheel (on-site, 5 people) or off-site hand-building workshops featuring pinch pots, mug-making and coil-built forms. Bring a tactile experience to your team and get grounded. Workshops are customizable - reach out to the studio for rates and schedule some clay time for your team!
Parties
Book the studio for a customized birthday party, anniversary, milestone, family outing or simply to enjoy doing something fun and new with your favorite people! Parties are 3 hours and seat five for throwing on the wheel; incorporate hand-building activity where you create celebratory mementos. Reach out to the studio and we’ll get you on the schedule!
Workshops & Parties
Private Classes
This offering is part of the CLAYBODY program - offerings with a focus on regulating the nervous system and providing space for folks navigating grief, discrimination, burnout, illness and/or disability. Private classes are also a great option if you live with a disability you think prohibits you from working on the wheel. Let’s get together and explore possiblities!
Full Menu
Workshops
Off-Site Team-Building
Nourishing Vessels
Somatic Clay Experiences
Claybody
Claybody Craft Night..$20-65
Private Sessions…………$165
Claydates
Claydate for 2 (Double)……...$250
Claydate for 3 (Throuple)…. $350
Claydate for 4 (Quartet)……..$450
Claydate for 5 (Full House)….$550
Birthday Parties…. $625
Know what you want to do?
Single Drop-In Throwing…. $95
Class Bundles
2-Class Bundle………………..$190
4-Class Bundle……………....$375
6-Class Bundle……………....$565
Perks for Regulars
Reclaim & Wheel Repair 101
Studio Time
Studio Policies
Deposits
All offerings require a non-refundable deposit at the time of booking.
Cancellations
To cancel or reschedule a session, email the studio and book another class. Deposits may be waived if student notifies the studio one week before the original class date.
Sliding Scale
All tips and donations go to the Equity Fund, which provides sliding scale with a focus on BIPOC. Email us to contribute, or to utilize the fund.
Learn more about studio policies including our kid policy, masking protocol and finished work storage policy:
“Bright studio, excellent playlist and overall good vibes. Thank you, chef!”
— First-timer at Waveform
