Ojai Pottery Workshop: Experience Century-Old Ceramics

Immerse yourself in the rich history of ceramics at the Ojai Pottery Workshop. Watch skilled potters in action, try your hand at various techniques, and have your creations professionally finished and shipped nationwide.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Firestick Pottery Studio - We will first do a tour of the studio and gallery, looking at kinds of pottery, visiting the kilns and learning about the process. We do a quick “demo” of pottery throwing. Then visitors don aprons, sit down at their wheels, and (with lots of hands-on help) begin making pots! Everyone should be able to make 4 or 5…
What's Included
  • All clay and equipment provided
  • Pottery studio experience
What's Not Included
  • Small fee ($15 per piece) for each piece you select to be trimmed, bisqued, glazed & fired.
Additional Information

Ojai boasts a ceramics legacy that spans a century. Nestled amongst a fruit grove, our workshop is situated one mile from the city’s heart and set against a scenic natural backdrop.
As an operational workspace catering to numerous acclaimed artists from Ojai Valley, our studio welcomes visitors intrigued by the craft. Here, you can observe our potters…

Location
Firestick Pottery Studio
East Ojai Avenue
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Wendy_d
Aug 18, 2024
Family trip - Loved everything. The instructors were so helpful and knowledgeable. They were so patient and helpful to our kids and guided us to make our own fun creations.
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Trip53492464479
Jun 30, 2024
Highly recommend, great for the whole family. - We had a great time at Firestick! Really talented staff and awesome to see the advanced work that they have on display and for sale as inspiration before the class. They were very hands on and helpful. Took the class with my six-year old who had a great time and loved learning about the pottery wheel. We used the option for staff to finish the pots and glaze them, and then they were shipped to us. They turned out even better than I expected, and it was like Christmas for my six-year old opening up the package when it arrived. Highly recommend. Thanks!
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Howard_f
May 30, 2024
First time pottery throwers - First time experience throwing pottery. We were given five balls of clay and we tried to make a bowl each time but even with the help of our three instructors turns out as a first time potter making a bowl is more difficult than it looks.. Hilarity followed as clay spun out of control, but did end up with 2 cups.
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Lorric2014
May 19, 2024
best pottery class hands down - What an amazing place this is, my wife and I took a beginners pottery class and WOW we had the best time and we were so thankful for our teacher and how professional she was and easy to follow. when we finished left our work there and they fired them, glazed them and shipped them to us all at a very reasonable price. we'll be coming back again and again for sure....
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Patricia_e
May 5, 2024
Weekend Getaway - I shared a weekend away with my three daughters and this was one of the surprises I’d planned. The girls were excited when we showed up for the class. We had a great time, learned a lot, and can’t wait to pick up our finished pieces. We also gained a new appreciation for pottery and the artists who create it. Thanks for some great memories!
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Candyls1865dp
Mar 25, 2024
My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our experience at the studio! The tour was interesting and informative. - The entire experience was incredible! My husband and I enjoyed the tour first, then the demonstration that Esteban gave was both helpful and engaging! We highly recommend this place!
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Shani
Mar 25, 2024
Unique creative experience - There were only two of us in the class so it was much more hands on and detailed than it would be in a full class. The instructor was patient and professional.
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L6092ihgracef
Feb 6, 2024
Great first time pottery experience! - I had an amazing first time pottery experience and was so happy I got to make some pieces myself! The instructors helped us center the clay, shape the pieces, and remove it from the wheel with as much or as little help as we wanted. The pieces were ready to be glazed a few weeks after the first visit, and ready to be picked up a few days after that. There was a $15 fee for each finished piece. We went back in person to glaze ourselves but they can also glaze it for you if you are not local. It was so fun and I definitely want to do more pottery throwing now :)
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Departure38942751065
Oct 3, 2023
Great fun! - Outstanding teacher (Aaron) and really fun experience. Highly recommend even for very beginners. Studio tour was fun, especially learning about the whole process. Plenty of opportunity to make multiple pieces.
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Annn2000
Sep 3, 2024
Okay experience for an expensive price - We had never done pottery and thought to make it a day to visit Ojai and take a tour and pottery class. We took our boys and the class was fun. The $65 per person fee is a little pricey and you don't get to keep your items unless you pay extra, $15 per item. The experience would have been much better if the fee included 1 piece you can take home. We ended up paying $80 per person ($320 for 4 people) not including shipping costs yet. Another suggestion is to have the teachers show us how to make each piece and we would work along with them. Similar to paint with a teacher step by step and you take your art home. Having us create our own pieces when we don’t know pottery was not an effective use of time. The teachers should pick 5 pieces to teach the different techniques. We all make the same 5 pieces along with the teachers. Should there be more experienced participants they can veer off and make the pieces they want. Don’t have high expectations for the tour, it was less than average. It lasted about 10-15 minutes around the ground which is small. We were expecting a huge pottery school and tour, but that wasn’t it. Nonetheless it was a good walk around.
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From $65
up to 6 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).