Face Mug Workshop in Denver: What You Make in One Night

If you have been searching for a face mug workshop in Denver, this is the short version: one night, one sculpted mug, $60. You build a mug from scratch, give it a face, and glaze it yourself. You do not need any pottery experience, and you do not need to commit to six weeks on the wheel.

The Hand Built Face Mugs workshop runs from 6:00 to 8:30 PM at Claya, 3440 Walnut Street in RiNo. No date is on the calendar right now; new dates go up on one-night pottery workshops in Denver. Kept to a small group. Taught by Kate Barry, a Denver potter and Claya member who teaches this project regularly.

What you actually make

You leave having built a mug with a personality. Eyes, lips, ears, brows, glasses, hair, a crooked little smile, whatever the mug is calling for. The night is handbuilding, not wheel throwing. You start with a slab, shape the cup, sculpt the face, and glaze it yourself.

You glaze your own mug, and Claya handles the firing. It is ready for pickup about a week later, and we will email you when it is.

  • About two and a half hours, one night, no prior experience needed
  • Clay, tools, glazes, and all firing included
  • You glaze your own piece, Claya fires it, and it is ready for pickup about a week later
  • $60, including materials and firing

Who this night is for

Come if you want a finished object more than a semester. It is a good first pottery night in Denver if you like sculpting, cartoons, or making something that looks like it has opinions. It is also a good one-off if you already throw and just want a handbuilt project that is not a bowl.

It is not a date-night package, and it is not a couples class with a script. Friends are welcome, of course. The point of the night is the mug.

What it is not

A face mug night is not Intro to Wheel Throwing, and it is not a substitute for a six-week course. You will not spend the evening centering clay on a wheel. You will not cover trimming, handles, or a full glaze library the way a multi-week class does.

If you want the longer path, six-week classes are $300–$325. Intro to Wheel Throwing is the wheel path. Wednesday 6:15 to 8:45 PM with Emili (in session now, sold out) is $325; Friday 12 to 2:30 PM with Jesse (starts October 30) is $300. Intro to Handbuilding is the six-week handbuilding path: Planters with Ethan, Sunday 1:30 to 4 PM, starting November 1, $300. The face mug workshop is the one-night project: $60, and then you are done unless you want to come back.

How the night sits next to studio hours

This is a booked workshop with its own start time. Public studio hours are Monday, Thursday, and Friday 10am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 6pm, and Sunday or any day by appointment. The workshop itself is the Friday evening session on the product page.

If you want to see current dates and grab a seat, check one-night workshops. For the wider beginner mix, start with beginner pottery classes in Denver or the full list of pottery classes in Denver collection. Prices for classes and membership live on pricing.

The workshop runs at the pottery studio in RiNo, Denver, at 3440 Walnut Street.

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