Mentor volunteers: Please register here.

Members: No registration is required—just bring your own clay and join us! Space is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Functional Pottery Foundations is a free 6-week Mentor Monday series designed to help members build confidence with handbuilding while creating beautiful, functional pottery. Each week features one functional project and a new set of transferable pottery skills.

Bring your own clay each week, and if you have your own basic pottery tools, please bring them. A limited number of studio tool kits are available to share.

No registration is required—just come ready to learn! Space is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Lesson 2 - Succulent Planter with Attached Saucer 

Create a beautiful, functional succulent planter with an attached saucer while learning the core techniques of curved slab construction. The techniques introduced in this lesson become the foundation for planters, utensil crocks, brush holders, pencil cups, and many other cylindrical slab-built pottery projects.

Looking Ahead

Next Week: Lesson 3 – Luminary Lantern

Take your slab-building skills to the next level by learning how to plan cutout designs, create negative space, and build sturdy forms that safely glow with candlelight.