Tiffany Saw teaching Jingdezhen Relief Carving (Nov 2025)
Workshops
Specialty workshops predominately consists of visiting artists presenting unique techniques that embody their own practice in an effort 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 Firing - Oakland
Every last Sunday of the month, 10am - 4pm at our Temescal/Rockridge studio! **pending weather**
Enjoy an exciting afternoon of raku firing at Clayroom Oakland every month!
Monthly Obvara Firing - Oakland
Every first Sunday of the month, 12pm - 4pm at our Temescal/Rockridge Studio!
Explore the Eastern European technique of dipping hot pots into a fermented mixture of flour, yeast, water & sugar!
Wheel Throwing & Surface with Justin Paik Reese - Oakland (Temescal)
Weds & Thurs, Oct 21-22 | 11AM - 5PM
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, Oct 24-25 | 11AM - 5PM
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, andstructured geometric surface mapping techniques.
Little Companions Sculptures with Janina Myronova - San Mateo
Friday, October 23 | 10AM - 5PM
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.
Figurative Ceramics with Janina Myronova - SF (SoMa)
Sat & Sun, Oct 24-25 | 10AM - 5PM
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.
Transforming the Cube with Bill Abright - San Mateo
Sat & Sun, Nov 7 & 8 | 10:30AM - 2:30PM
Students will learn from local ceramics legend Bill Abright to make a variety of sculptural box forms from the common beginning of a 4" cube.
Fabric Tile Molds with Maegan June Collins - SoMa
Sat & Sun, Feb 20 & 21 | 10AM - 5PM
Students will embroider a patch of fabric and use it to create a plaster press mold, exploring how textile and clay can intersect.
Relief Carving and Volume with Kristy Moreno - West Oakland
Sat & Sun, Aug 14 & 15 | 10AM - 5PM
Learn how Kristy Moreno creates volume and depth through relief carving and additive techniques!
Altered Thrown Forms with Brian Chen - SoMa
Sat & Sun, Sept 18 & 19 | 10AM - 5PM
In this intermediate/advanced throwing workshop, students will learn how Brian throws off the hump, trims, alters, and sculpts pieces to achieve his signature forms.
Bird Sculpture with Sarah J. Conti - Oakland Temescal
Sat & Sun, Oct 2 & 3 | 10AM - 5PM
In this workshop, students will learn how to sculpt a realistic bird at rest.
Repetition in Ceramic Casting with Kate Rusek - SoMa
Sat & Sun, Oct 23 & 24 | 10AM - 5PM
Students will make simple, approachable plaster molds and cast parts to incorporate into a handbuild form.
