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Pottery in San Francisco, CA
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Pottery studios in San Francisco, California

San Francisco's pottery scene is dense and craft-serious, with studios spread across the Mission, SoMa, the Bayview-Hunters Point arts district, Potrero Hill, and the Richmond. Prices are the highest in the country: intro classes from $70, six-week courses from $425-650. Several studios are run by working potters with strong reputations in the broader West Coast ceramics community, which makes this one of the better cities for progressing beyond intro. Wheel throwing, hand-building, and kiln-share memberships are all widely available; member shelves carry long waitlists. Date-night and drop-in classes are easy to find in the Mission and SoMa. Kids and family programs are less common than in suburban East Bay studios but exist on the Peninsula side. For serious study, the Bayview and Potrero studios have the deepest curricula.

Showing 23 of 23 studios

  • The Pottery Studio San Francisco

    2394 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94110

    4.6 (19 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Membership
    • Kiln access

  • Clay By The Bay Pottery Studios

    747 Beach St, San Francisco, CA 94109

    4.6 (190 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly
    • +1

  • Wheelhouse Clay Studio

    2201 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94117

    4.7 (53 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • +1

  • SMAart Gallery & Studio

    1045 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94109

    4.9 (70 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Date night
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • +2

  • Ruby's Clay Studio & Gallery

    552A Noe St, San Francisco, CA 94114

    4.9 (30 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly
    • +1

  • Stone Gold Pottery Studio

    3027 Fillmore St unit a, San Francisco, CA 94123

    5.0 (17 reviews)
    • Membership

  • Clayroom

    1431 17th St, San Francisco, CA 94107

    4.8 (61 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly

  • Mel Rice - STUDIO CERAMICA

    6138 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94121

    4.6 (127 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Date night
    • Membership
    • +1

  • Richmond Clay House

    1017 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94118

    4.7 (79 reviews)

  • Clayroom SoMa

    375 9th St, San Francisco, CA 94103

    4.6 (49 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly

  • Sunset Clay House

    2550 Judah St, San Francisco, CA 94122

    4.8 (37 reviews)

  • HICKORY CLAY

    2710 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103

    4.7 (50 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Date night
    • Drop-in
    • +3

  • Stone Gold Pottery Studio

    1920 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109

    4.2 (5 reviews)
    • Membership

  • Terra Mia Ceramic Studio

    1314 Castro St, San Francisco, CA 94114

    4.3 (64 reviews)
    • Beginner friendly

  • Stone Gold Pottery Studio

    518 Waller St, San Francisco, CA 94117

    4.3 (18 reviews)
    • Membership

  • Castro Clay

    4400 20th St, San Francisco, CA 94114

    5.0 (12 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly

  • Match & Melt Pottery & Craft Bar

    1808 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA 94115

    5.0 (11 reviews)

  • RedBrick Ceramic Studio

    2111 Mission St 3rd floor, San Francisco, CA 94110

    5.0 (8 reviews)
    • Hand building
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Kiln access

  • Artillery Ceramics

    2751 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

    4.8 (82 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly
    • Kiln access

  • Brick and Mortar Studios

    5851 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94121

    4.8 (18 reviews)
    • Hand building
    • Membership
    • Kiln access

  • Sunset Communal Arts

    2401 Irving St, San Francisco, CA 94122

    5.0 (36 reviews)

  • Dusted and Blue

    1242 Mason St, San Francisco, CA 94108

    4.9 (19 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly

  • Earthfire Arts

    438 Judah St, San Francisco, CA 94122

    4.8 (20 reviews)
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Kiln access

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