Sculpture Classes in San Francisco, CA

Join the Kawaii craze, make miniature food for your dollhouse, or create trinkets for you and your friends. The possibilities are endless. You'll learn everything you need to know to get started with polymer clay. Including tips and tricks as well as how to bake and finish your miniature creations.

With a plastic tupperware dish and a bit of plaster, you can create new magic in your clay production. In this one day class, we will discover the myriad of ways to use a single block of plaster. You will learn how to mix plaster, make sprig and press molds, and create clay stamps using one side of the plaster block.  With the other side of...

Make and use colored clay! In the first workshop meeting we will learn, through detailed demonstration, how to make colored clay and slip by adding powered mason stains.  In the second workshop meeting we will explore a variety of simple ways to use your colored clay and slip. Some prior ceramics experience recommended. The format of this workshop...

Make one or two detailed renderings in clay. Learn about form, proportion, scale, composition, surface texture, and finishing techniques. Come to the first class with images or ideas for sculptures which could include animals, faces, objects from nature, man-made objects, and more. Sculptures will be limited to 14" in any direction. Required supplies...

Learn various wheel and handbuilt projects that incorporate colored clay! We will discuss color mixing and will explore techniques like marbling, inlay, and surface treatments for colored clay.  Fee includes glaze and firing fee. Required supplies: $10 materials fee due to instructor day of.

Working from a live model, students will explore the structure of the body and how it is constructed in clay. Required supplies for this program: Clay, 1 – 2 bag(s) (available for purchase at Art Center) Pottery Tools, approximate $15 Further details about supplies will be discussed on first day of class. You can plan on paying around $10 total....

Nerikomi is a technique that uses colored clay to make intricate designs directly in the clay. During this hands-on workshop, you will learn to make colored clay and create patterns ranging from simple stripes, checkerboards, and marbled swirls, to intricate geometrics.  These patterned clay slabs can then be shaped to create functional or sculptural...

Explore your ideas in sculpture with a teacher to help guide you through process and finishing. In this class for intermediate/advanced students, you will work semi-independently on a body of work, with consultation from the teacher and possible critiques from your fellow students. Take your work to the next level! Ages 18 and up welcome. Fee...

Even more fun than that “dough” you used to play with! In this class, students will work with pliable, colorful polymer clay to create the cutest earrings ever. Roll, blend color, and sculpt a variety of shapes like modern, abstract, pinwheels, leaves and even your own design! Projects Leaf Earrings Abstract Shape Earrings Pinwheel earrings...

Pursue a more sculptural introduction to non-ferrous metalworking techniques. In this class students will learn the use of tools and techniques including model making, sawing, hammer forming, high-temp soldering, cold connections, surface texture, patina, and the incorporation of other non-metal materials.

Come coil and pinch the day away with clay and make several functional or decorative vessels. Coiling and pinching techniques as well as various forms will be demonstrated. Clay provided.

Love working in clay but find yourself aching afterward? Curious about how you can create a more sustainable and healthy practice for yourself? As a ceramic artist with a spinal fusion, I am passionate about working efficiently in the studio with the physical limitation I have. If you are looking for a way to continue what you love without pain, join...

Make new discoveries with spontaneous, sculptural constructions. We will work with leather hard slabs, thrown and altered forms, sprig molds and textured  materials to create imaginative sculpture. Gestural use of underglaze, engobes and glaze will play a part in enhancing your work.  All levels welcome.  Clay and glaze materials provided;...

In this two-day workshop we will use plastic forms that can be purchased from a dollar store and turn them into slump and hump molds formed out of plaster for making multiples of the shape. On the first day we will discuss ways to use the plaster molds to make serving ware such as plates, bowls and tumblers and will learn how to work in plaster....

Learn expert tips and techniques to one-part mold making for multiple objects. Come learn the complexities of one-part silicone mold and casting with resin. You could make tiny sculptures as magnets, paperweights, small picture frames, or your own creation! The design is up to you! Required supplies for this program: $50 materials fee due to instructor...