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Pottery Classes on Oʻahu
Wheel-throwing, hand-building, glazing and kintsugi — every ceramics class on the island we can vouch for, with the price and dates each studio actually publishes. Updated as venues post new terms.
FRIDAYS · 9 AM–12 PMHand-building — Friday MorningsHawaii Potters' Guild · DowntownPrice not published on the Guild's schedule pageDetails →Hawaii Potters' GuildSATURDAYS · 9 AM–12 PMWheel Throwing: Beginner — Saturday MorningsHawaii Potters' Guild · DowntownPrice not published on the Guild's schedule pageDetails →Hawaii Potters' GuildSATURDAYS · 12:30–3:30 PMHand-building — Saturday AfternoonsHawaii Potters' Guild · DowntownPrice not published on the Guild's schedule pageDetails →Hawaii Potters' GuildMONDAYS · 9 AM–12 PMWheel Throwing: Beginner & Intermediate — Monday MorningsHawaii Potters' Guild · DowntownPrice not published on the Guild's schedule pageDetails →Hawaii Potters' GuildMONDAYS · 6:30–9:30 PMWheel Throwing: All Levels — Monday EveningsHawaii Potters' Guild · DowntownPrice not published on the Guild's schedule pageDetails →Hawaii Potters' GuildTUESDAYS · 6:30–9:30 PMWheel Throwing: All Levels — Tuesday EveningsHawaii Potters' Guild · DowntownPrice not published on the Guild's schedule pageDetails →Hawaii Potters' Guild
WEDNESDAYS · 9 AM–12 PMWheel Throwing: Beginner & Intermediate — Wednesday MorningsHawaii Potters' Guild · DowntownPrice not published on the Guild's schedule pageDetails →Hawaii Potters' GuildWEDNESDAYS · 6:30–9:30 PMWheel Throwing: All Levels — Wednesday EveningsHawaii Potters' Guild · DowntownPrice not published on the Guild's schedule pageDetails →North Shore Arts Center
$220SUN, NOV 13-Week Beginner Wheel Throwing (Sundays)North Shore Arts Center · North Shore$220Details →North Shore Arts Center$220WED, NOV 43-Week Beginner Wheel Throwing (Wednesdays, Nov)North Shore Arts Center · North Shore$220Details →Fishcake
$120WED, NOV 4Chip + DipFishcake · Downtown$120Details →Fishcake$120SAT, NOV 7Soup-er BowlFishcake · Downtown$120Details →Fishcake$85SUN, NOV 8Ring VaseFishcake · Downtown$85Details →North Shore Arts Center$220MON, NOV 93-Week Beginner Wheel Throwing (Mondays, Nov)North Shore Arts Center · North Shore$220Details →North Shore Arts Center
$1002ND FRIDAYDate Night: Dinner and GlazingNorth Shore Arts Center · North Shore$100Details →North Shore Arts Center
$80SUN, NOV 29Charcuterie Board Ceramics WorkshopNorth Shore Arts Center · North Shore$80Details →North Shore Arts Center$220MON, NOV 303-Week Beginner Wheel Throwing (Mondays, Dec)North Shore Arts Center · North Shore$220Details →North Shore Arts Center$220WED, DEC 23-Week Beginner Wheel Throwing (Wednesdays, Dec)North Shore Arts Center · North Shore$220Details →North Shore Arts Center
$250SUN, DEC 6Slab and Wheel Plate WorkshopNorth Shore Arts Center · North Shore$250Details →Honolulu Museum of Art School
$305THRU WED, DEC 9Hand-building for BeginnersHonolulu Museum of Art School · Downtown$305Details →Honolulu Museum of Art School
$305THRU WED, DEC 9Wheel-throwing for BeginnersHonolulu Museum of Art School · Downtown$305Details →Honolulu Museum of Art School
$305THRU THU, DEC 10Hand-building Next StepsHonolulu Museum of Art School · Downtown$305Details →Honolulu Museum of Art School
$305THRU THU, DEC 10Intro to CeramicsHonolulu Museum of Art School · Downtown$305Details →Honolulu Museum of Art School
$305THRU THU, DEC 10Independent Projects for Experienced CeramicistsHonolulu Museum of Art School · Downtown$305Details →Honolulu Museum of Art School
$275THRU FRI, DEC 11Art for Life: Ceramics Hand-buildingHonolulu Museum of Art School · Downtown$275Details →Honolulu Museum of Art School
$305THRU FRI, DEC 11Wheel-throwing for BeginnersHonolulu Museum of Art School · Downtown$305Details →Honolulu Museum of Art School
$305SAT, OCT 17Wheel-throwing Next StepsHonolulu Museum of Art School · Downtown$305Details →Honolulu Museum of Art School
$305SAT, OCT 17Intro to CeramicsHonolulu Museum of Art School · Downtown$305Details →Honolulu Museum of Art School
$290SUN, OCT 18Ceramics (Ages 13-15)Honolulu Museum of Art School · Downtown$290Details →Honolulu Museum of Art School
$290SUN, OCT 18Ceramics (Ages 6-8)Honolulu Museum of Art School · Downtown$290Details →Honolulu Museum of Art School
$290SUN, OCT 18Ceramics (Ages 9-12)Honolulu Museum of Art School · Downtown$290Details →How pottery classes work on Oʻahu
There are really three formats, and which one you want depends on how much time you can commit. The ten-week term is what the Honolulu Museum of Art School runs (Intro to Ceramics, Wheel-throwing for Beginners, Hand-building for Beginners), starting in October and again in the new year, at roughly $275–$325. You get a locker, kiln access and a real progression from centering to glazed, fired work. The catch is you commit to the same evening or Saturday for two and a half months.
The short course — Mudd Studio's six-week wheel course ($450, one two-hour session a week) or its three-day wheel workshop ($245 across three afternoons) — gets you on the wheel faster and with less to lose if you discover you don't love it. And the one-off workshop, which is Fishcake's territory in Kakaʻako ($85 for a ring vase, $130 for shisa figures, $375 for kintsugi), is a single afternoon with something to take home.
If you are choosing blind: try a one-off first. It costs less than a term and you'll know within two hours whether you want to sit at a wheel every Wednesday until December.
At a glance
- Studios teaching ceramics
- HoMA Art School (Makiki), Mudd Studio (Honolulu), Fishcake (Kakaʻako), North Shore Arts Center (Waialua)
- Cheapest way to try clay
- Fishcake single-session workshops from $85; Mudd one-day hand-building $115
- Longest programme
- HoMA Art School — 12 ceramics courses in the fall term alone, ten weeks each
- Kids
- HoMA runs Sunday ceramics by age band (6–8, 9–12, 13–15) at $290 a term
What we check before listing a class
Every class here was read off the studio's own booking page by a person, not scraped by a crawler. We record the price the venue prints — and if a venue doesn't print one, we say so rather than guess. Registration windows matter for pottery more than any other craft on the island (HoMA's fall term sells out its beginner wheel sections), so if a class shows as closed we tell you when the next section starts. Our fun classes guide covers every studio on the island, including the ones that only run occasional terms.