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Pottery in San Jose, CA
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Pottery studios in San Jose, California

San Jose's pottery scene runs through Downtown, Willow Glen, and the SoFA District, with additional studios in Campbell and Los Gatos. Prices are high reflecting the broader South Bay cost of living: drop-in classes from $60, six-week courses from $375-550. The community draws heavily on the tech-employee population, with strong date-night and team-event programming, plus a serious membership-and-kiln-share segment in the SoFA District. Several studios are run by working potters with strong reputations in the broader Bay Area ceramics community. Hand-building and wheel throwing are both widely taught; memberships with shelf space are waitlisted at the popular studios. Kids programs are available year-round but easier to find in the suburban Campbell and Los Gatos studios than downtown.

Showing 21 of 21 studios

  • Colibri Pottery Studio

    1620 Oakland Rd D102, San Jose, CA 95131

    4.9 (780 reviews)
  • Higher Fire Studios

    499 S Market St, San Jose, CA 95113

    4.8 (182 reviews)
  • Colibri Pottery Studio Campbell

    1033 S Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA 95128

    4.9 (792 reviews)
  • Petroglyph Ceramic Lounge

    1140 Lincoln Ave, San Jose, CA 95125

    4.7 (273 reviews)
    • Kids classes
    • Date night
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Paint Your Own Pottery
    • +1
  • Higher Fire JTown Clay

    520 N 7th St, San Jose, CA 95112

    5.0 (19 reviews)
  • Blossom Hill Crafts

    15900 Blossom Hill Rd, Los Gatos, CA 95032

    4.8 (38 reviews)
    • Hand building
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly
  • Color Me Mine

    1088 E Brokaw Rd #20, San Jose, CA 95131

    4.9 (75 reviews)
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Paint Your Own Pottery
  • Color Me Mine

    925 Blossom Hill Rd, San Jose, CA 95123

    4.2 (167 reviews)
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Paint Your Own Pottery
  • Studio Flora's - Art & Craft Workshops in Bay Area

    Next to Garage Gate, 21 Edwards Ave, San Jose, CA 95110

    5.0 (249 reviews)
  • Art and Craft Workshops

    255 N Market St #270, San Jose, CA 95110

    4.9 (429 reviews)
  • Aroma & Clay Candle Studio

    1033 S Bascom Ave suite a, San Jose, CA 95128

    4.9 (267 reviews)
  • Art Beat Studio

    68 E Campbell Ave, Campbell, CA 95008

    4.7 (43 reviews)
    • Kids classes
  • Creative Crew Studio

    12175 Saratoga Sunnyvale Rd STE C, Saratoga, CA 95070

    5.0 (10 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
  • Arakawa Pottery

    5588 Sweigert Rd, San Jose, CA 95132

    5.0 (135 reviews)
    • Membership
    • Kiln access
  • Capybara clay studio

    10268 Bandley Dr #103, Cupertino, CA 95014

    4.9 (47 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Kids classes
    • Drop-in
    • Membership
    • Beginner friendly
    • +1
  • South Bay Ceramics - Studio 1954

    1954 Old Middlefield Way STE I, Mountain View, CA 94043

    4.5 (39 reviews)
  • Common Clay Space Pottery Studio

    19685 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014

    4.6 (11 reviews)
    • Date night
    • Membership
    • Kiln access
  • Halo pottery By Hila Itzhak | Pottery studio

    632 Fremont Ave, Los Altos, CA 94024

    4.5 (48 reviews)
    • Wheel throwing
    • Hand building
    • Kids classes
    • Date night
  • HooSSo Art Studio

    3484 Stevens Creek Blvd, San Jose, CA 95117

    4.9 (9 reviews)
    • Kids classes
  • El Bazar Azteca

    14894 Camden Ave, San Jose, CA 95124

    5.0 (70 reviews)
  • Clay Planet

    1775 Russell Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95054

    4.8 (249 reviews)

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