Tiffany Saw teaching Jingdezhen Relief Carving (Nov 2025)
Workshops
Specialty workshops across Clayroom's studios that present unique techniques to broaden your ceramic knowledge and inspire different forms. Workshops include: culturally significant ceramic vessels, surface design techniques, glaze chemistry, advanced wheel-throwing, hand-building, alternative firings, figure sculpting and more...
Monthly Raku & BBQ - Oakland
Every last Sunday of the month, 11:30am - 5pm
Enjoy delicious BBQ and an exciting afternoon of raku firing at Clayroom Oakland every month!
Monthly Obvara Firing - Oakland
Every first Sunday of the month, 12pm - 4pm
Explore the Eastern European technique of dipping hot pots into a fermented mixture of flour, yeast, water & sugar!
Onggi Demonstration with Kwak Kyungtae - SF (SoMa)
Saturday 3/28 10am-5:30pm
Sunday 3/29 10am- 5:00pm
The onggi demonstration is a unique opportunity for students to witness the traditional techniques at an enormous scale. Observers who wish to create bigger pieces in clay will gain insight into highly efficient Korean handbuilding and paddling approaches which can inform their work.
Mastering Thrown Forms with Hsin-Chuen Lin - Oakland
Saturday & Sunday, April 25 & 26,
10AM-5PM
This immersive two-day workshop is designed for advanced wheel throwers to elevate surface decoration through Hsin’s meticulous techniques, including chattering, leather-hard sgraffito, sodium silicate crackle effects, and pre-volumized roller textures.
Heads Up: Expressive Wall Hangings with Kyungmin Park - San Mateo
Sat & Sun April 11 &12 10AM-4PM
In this two day hands-on sculpting workshop, students will create a wall-hanging sculptural head about 8-10 inches tall, learning how to build a strong foundation form and develop expressive facial features.
Temporal Slippage Clock Making with Randi Bachman - SF (SoMa)
Sat & Sun April 11-12
Randi Bachman is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice engages ceramic materiality to explore memory and monument through experimentation.
Throwing with Colored Porcelain with Chris Alveshere - SF (Potrero)
Fri & Sat April 24-25th 10-5
Learn the art of colored porcelain throwing and assembly with Chris Alveshere. In this exciting hands-on workshop you'll learn the techniques to build whimsical, functional art pieces!
Animal Toy Making with Chris Alveshere - SF (Potrero)
Sunday April 26th 11am-5pm
Join us for this hands-on colored clay miniatures workshop! We will work with hand made templates to create colored porcelain toys and small sculptures.
Narrative Glaze Inlay with Macayla Sandusky - Oakland
Fri & Sat June 5-6th 11-4
This workshop will guide participants through the process of glazing bisque-fired vessels, illustrating a narrative or design, then executing their decoration with only glaze.
Narrative Glaze Inlay with Macayla Sandusky - SF (Potrero)
Sun & Mon June 7-8th 11-4
This workshop will guide participants through the process of glazing bisque-fired vessels, illustrating a narrative or design, then executing their decoration with only glaze.
Sgraffito Workshop with Sarah Anderson - SF (SoMa)
Sunday June 14th 12-4pm
Students will deep dive into specifics of sgraffito surface design techniques, using the elements and principles in clay, underglaze vs slip, whether to glaze or leave the clay body unglazed, how to control the work time of your clay, and much more.
Ceramics Furniture Demonstration with Austin Coudriet - SF (SoMa)
Monday June 15th 10am -5:30pm
Join us for an intensive one day ceramic furniture demonstration where internationally recognized educator, Austin Coudriet will guide students through the ins and outs of fabricating ceramic furniture.
Sculptures on the Wheel with Theo Hirschfield - SF (SoMa)
Sat & Sun, July 11th-12th 10-6
In this two-day workshop students will explore techniques that Theo has developed for building large sculptural forms on the wheel. Theo will guide students through each stage of the process, including design planning, spiral wedging, centering larger amounts of clay, throwing and stacking, trimming, drying, altering, attaching, texturing, and refining.
Coil and Pinch Pouring Pots with Kate Marotz- SF (SoMa)
Fri & Sat, September 4-5th 11-5
Explore Kate's unique approach to coil and pinch construction during this 2-day workshop as we discuss the balance between form and function when creating pottery.
Coil and Pinch Pouring Pots with Kate Marotz- San Mateo
Sun & Mon, September 6-7th 11-5
Explore Kate's unique approach to coil and pinch construction during this 2-day workshop as we discuss the balance between form and function when creating pottery.
Locking Jars Workshop with Andrew Clark - SF (Potrero)
Sat & Sun September 26-27th 11-5
In this workshop, students will learn how Andrew makes 3 different locking jars. Each jar has a different locking mechanism ranging from simple to complex. He will demonstrate handbuilding and throwing techniques to make various simple parts that will then be used to construct the jar and the locking mechanism.
Wheel Throwing & Surface with Justin Paik Reese - Oakland
Weds & Thurs, October 21-22 11-5
This two-day intensive workshop guides intermediate ceramic artists through the process of creating
composite wheel-thrown forms using sound techniques and refining them using torching, trimming, and
structured geometric surface mapping techniques.
Wheel Throwing & Surface with Justin Paik Reese - SF (Potrero)
Sat & Sun, October 24-25th 11-5
This two-day intensive workshop guides intermediate ceramic artists through the process of creatingcomposite wheel-thrown forms using sound techniques and refining them using torching, trimming, andstructured geometric surface mapping techniques.
Little Companions Sculptures with Janina Myronova - San Mateo
Friday October 23rd 11-5
During the workshop Janina Myronova, exhibiting artist, will demonstrate how she creates her little playful folklife characters! She will guide participants to create their own companions and teach hand building techniques such as pinching, coil building and slab building. Gain tips and tricks to refine your creations and familiarize yourself with underglaze decoration.
Figurative Ceramics with Janina Myronova - SF (SoMa)
Sat & Sun, October 24-25th 11-5
During this workshop participants will focus on building sculptural figures and focus on learning hand building techniques: slab building, pinching and coil building and underglaze decoration.
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