Pottery Classes | Delores Pottery Durham Pottery

Tue June 2nd - July 7th 7pm - 9:30pm

This class is for anyone who has taken a beginner pottery class and is ready for the next step—even if you’re a little nervous. Maybe you’ve made a few pieces and want to get better, or maybe you’ve taken a break and are looking to return to clay. This is a supportive, judgment-free space where you’ll build confidence, explore new techniques, and continue developing your style at your own pace.

We believe you are ready—so don’t let fear hold you back. Pottery is all about practice, play, and patience. Come as you are, and let’s keep growing together. Open studio Access included with class.

Bridging the Gap

Scratching the Surface : Intermediate Surface Design

Ready to take your pots to the next level? This 6-week class is designed for students who want to go beyond form and dive into the world of surface decoration and design.

We’ll explore a wide range of techniques that add depth, texture, and personality to your work. This class is all about experimentation, layering, and developing your own visual style.

Surface Design

Building Big: Large-Scale Handbuilding

Celebrate spring in the studio by creating pottery made especially for the garden and the birds that visit it. In this playful six-week class, we’ll explore how wheel throwing and hand - building techniques can work together, allowing you to create more complex and imaginative forms. Each week builds on the idea that the wheel can create the base form, while hand - building brings personality, detail, and sculptural charm.

Come get your hands muddy, experiment with new techniques, and make pottery that celebrates the magic of spring.

Building BIG

Exploration into Glazing!

Exploration into Glazing!

If you've already dipped your toes into the world of pottery and have taken a class or two, this is the perfect opportunity to dive deeper into the art of surface decoration.

This is a three-week experience, which will allow you to explore the various ways we can use glazes, oxides, slips, and underglaze.

With this class you’ll receive a bag of clay and you can use the last 3 weeks in our session to make and glaze your work during our open studio hrs.

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Intro & Intermediate Pottery Class

All levels of clay experience are welcome!

Whether you're brand new to the pottery wheel or taken a class or 2, this class offers a supportive and hands-on environment for developing your throwing skills. Students will work at their own level with personalized instruction—beginners will focus on mastering the fundamentals, while more experienced students will be guided toward more complex forms and improved craftsmanship.

Students will meet for 2.5 hrs, 6:30pm - 9pm, once a week for six weeks. Open studio Access included with class.

Beginner Pottery Class

Sun June 7th - July 12th 6:30pm - 9pm

All levels of clay experience are welcome!

Have you ever wanted to try making pottery? Has it been a while since you’ve thrown on the wheel and you want to refresh your throwing skills? This class is for you!

Students will meet for 2.5 hrs, 6:30pm - 9pm, once a week for six weeks. This class series will take you through the various stages of wheel throwing such as, wedging, centering and the actual shaping of a piece, trimming and glazing. You will be able to progress at your own speed and instruction will be catered to your particular skill level.

Open studio Access included with class.

Beyond the Basics: Level 1.5

Tue June 2nd - July 7th 10am - 12:30pm

All levels of clay experience are welcome!

This class is perfect for students who have taken an introductory pottery course or have some basic wheel experience and are ready to deepen their skills. You’ve mastered centering (most of the time!) and can throw a small cylinder, but you're looking to improve consistency, explore new forms, and gain confidence in your technique. Open studio Access included with class.

Intro & Intermediate Pottery Class - Morning!

Wed June 3rd - July 8th 10am - 12:30pm

Thur June 4th - July 9th 10am - 12:30pm

All levels of clay experience are welcome!

Have you ever wanted to try making pottery? Has it been a while since you’ve thrown on the wheel and you want to refresh your throwing skills? This class is for you!

Students will meet for 2.5 hrs, 10am - 12:30pm, once a week for six weeks. This class series will take you through the various stages of wheel throwing such as, wedging, centering and the actual shaping of a piece, trimming and glazing. You will be able to progress at your own speed and instruction will be catered to your particular skill level. Open studio Access included with class.

Tuesday Morning

Wednesday Morning

Thursday Morning

Intermediate Pottery Class

Wednesday Intermediate Wheel

Have you become tired and bored of making 4 inch cups? Is the idea of another bowl in your cupboard driving your friends and family to want to hold an intervention? Do you wish to reach new heights (and weights) in your practice and to choose more than one glaze for your pots?? Then join me as we move forward in your journey creating new forms and pushing our pieces to the next phase!

Prerequisite: ability to center and pull 4 inch cylinder.

Open studio Access included with class.

Hand building with Templates & Forms

Tue June 2nd - July 7th 10am - 12:30pm

Shaping & Altering Clay
Tue June 2nd - July 7th 6:30pm - 9pm

Exploration in Clay

Morning! Wed June 3rd - July 8th 10am - 12:30pm

Morning! Fri June 5th - July 10th 10am - 12:30pm

Hand-building for beginners!

“Hand building is da bomb and I’m so glad it exists.”
- a man from and ancient civilization 700 B.C.
Do you want to relax while working in clay? Are you worried about falling in love with this medium and needing to purchase a wheel, tools, gadgets, and other gizmos? Do you have the desire to create without the restrictions of a circle? Well loon no farther because if you have a hand you’ve got the ultimate tool that is timeless, priceless, and always available!

In this 6 week course we will look at basic hand building techniques that have remain unchanged for billions of years!

So many possibilities!!

Open studio Access included with class.

Hand building w/ Templates & Forms

Exploration in Clay - Wed Morning!

Exploration in Clay - Fri Morning!

Exploration in Clay - Wed Night

Shaping & Altering Clay

Exploration in Clay - Thur night

Pots for the Garden