Beginners Pottery Wheel Workshop

Learn how to make ceramic art in this mindful experience



2 hours

Class size 1 to 6 (public classes), 4 to 9
  $110 (Afterpay available)

Learn a new creative hobby that will get you trying new Sunshine Coast activities and join Art Workshops' mindful beginner's pottery wheel workshop! Create ceramic art with your bare hands and fall in love with the meditative wheel throwing process.
In this workshop, you will be guided through the basic steps to creating three hand-thrown pieces by an expert ceramicist. Lose yourself in the process of wheel throwing and make your own unique mugs, bowls and more! Find your inner balance as you sink your hands into some soft clay in a fun and relaxed environment.
Whether you're looking for birthday gift ideas for a loved one of team bonding events that will get you spending quality time with colleagues outside of the workplace, this wheel throwing workshop on the Sunshine Coast would be a great pick for you. You'll leave feeling calm and relaxed with three new pieces to take home too!
Please note:
  • Your work will be fired and ready for collection two weeks after your class.
  • Glazing is not included in this course. If you would like to book a glazing session (two hours), you can return to the studio and attend a glazing session for an added fee.

Upcoming dates for Beginners Pottery Wheel Workshop

Times are Brisbane time. Dates and prices as of 12 Oct 2026, 11:15am; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.

30 upcoming dates between 14 Oct 2026 and 6 Dec 2026.

  • Wed 14 Oct 2026, 12pm-2pm
  • Sat 17 Oct 2026, 11am-1pm
  • Sat 17 Oct 2026, 1pm-3pm
  • Sun 18 Oct 2026, 9am-11am
  • Wed 21 Oct 2026, 12pm-2pm
  • Sat 24 Oct 2026, 9am-11am
  • Sat 24 Oct 2026, 1pm-3pm
  • Sun 25 Oct 2026, 9am-11am
  • Sun 25 Oct 2026, 1pm-3pm
  • Wed 28 Oct 2026, 12pm-2pm
  • Sat 31 Oct 2026, 1pm-3pm
  • Sun 1 Nov 2026, 9am-11am
  • Wed 4 Nov 2026, 9am-11am
  • Sat 7 Nov 2026, 9am-11am
  • Sun 8 Nov 2026, 1pm-3pm
  • Wed 11 Nov 2026, 9am-11am
  • Wed 11 Nov 2026, 12pm-2pm
  • Sat 14 Nov 2026, 1pm-3pm
  • Sun 15 Nov 2026, 9am-11am
  • Wed 18 Nov 2026, 12pm-2pm
  • Sat 21 Nov 2026, 9am-11am
  • Sun 22 Nov 2026, 9am-11am
  • Sun 22 Nov 2026, 1pm-3pm
  • Wed 25 Nov 2026, 9am-11am
  • Sat 28 Nov 2026, 9am-11am
  • Sat 28 Nov 2026, 1pm-3pm
  • Sun 29 Nov 2026, 1pm-3pm
  • Sat 5 Dec 2026, 9am-11am
  • Sat 5 Dec 2026, 1pm-3pm
  • Sun 6 Dec 2026, 1pm-3pm
What you'll get
  • Guidance from an expert
  • All materials will be provided
  • Three ceramic pieces of your own to take home!
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Knowledge required
This is a beginner-friendly workshop, great for any ceramic lover.
What to bring
Just bring yourself!
Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, team building activity, Christmas party, birthday or hens party.

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum, Xmas gift or gift for couples.

Location

Art Workshops - 184 Main Street, Montville QLD

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Recent reviews of Beginners Pottery Wheel Workshop

  • 5/5 from Hannah Valentine-Smith, attended Sep 2026: We had so much fun! Nice small class. We will definitely be going again :)
  • 5/5 from Jodie Kendall, attended Aug 2026: Great class. Had so much fun
  • 5/5 from Petra Houston, attended Aug 2026: Jeanine the teacher was absolutely wonderful & a pleasure to have…my friend & I had a wonderful time & going back
  • 5/5 from Kylie Dougan, attended Jul 2026: What a beautiful relaxing way to relax your mind and sliw down for a while! Janine was so patient and very insightful throughout the class. I thoroughly enjoyed my morning
  • 5/5 from Tara Agostino, attended Jun 2026: I took my mum and my daughter for her 6th birthday. We had the best time, so much fun! Would highly recommend!!
  • 5/5 from Louise Goorty, attended May 2026: Fantastic class, had a great time. Can’t wait to go back and glaze out work … totally recommend
  • 5/5 from Sue Mortimer, attended May 2026: Had so much fun on the beginners two hour course. The instruction was easy to follow. Makes a great gift. Thanks for a fun (and productive) afternoon ️
  • 5/5 from Paula Wallis, attended May 2026: A lovely relaxed environment with a very helpful instructor. My dad (79yrs) and I had a lot of fun during the pottery wheel workshop. I would recommend this activity for anyone.
  • 5/5 from Sandra, attended May 2026: Great teacher and very helpful thoroughly enjoyed it
  • 5/5 from Jan Elsley, attended Apr 2026: Enjoyable, relaxing, fun.
  • 5/5 from Danielle Brink, attended Mar 2026: So therapeutic working on a wheel for the first time. Janine is so patient and a wonderful teacher. I’ll definitely be coming back for more crafty fun.
  • 5/5 from Chantal Sommerfeld, attended Mar 2026: Had a great time, Janine is a lovely teacher, very patient with beginners like me. Made some lovely pieces ready to fire. Highly recommend class
  • 5/5 from Jess Bryce, attended Feb 2026: Emma was so helpful and amazing! She really helped me with my creations and made it a safe space for learning a new skill. We both had so much fun and learnt so much, the time went by too quickly! Thanks guys so much for having us
  • 5/5 from Elizabeth Baker, attended Feb 2026: A really fun experience.
  • 5/5 from Kristofer, attended Feb 2026: The instruction given was clear and precise. Perfect for a first time learning how to throw
  • 5/5 from Janine Siebenhausen, attended Feb 2026: Amazing teacher. So patient
  • 5/5 from Lachlan White, attended Feb 2026: Stel and I had the best time, Jeanine was super helpful it was awesome to make something we love the design off, create something and will get to use.
  • 5/5 from Taren Cooper, attended Dec 2025: Fantastic experience, great guidance given by our lovely teacher for very novice potters. Will definitely be back for the next class on glazing.
  • 5/5 from Danielle Cooper, attended Dec 2025: Such a beautiful person and amazing teacher. I'd highly recommend to anyone, you'll love it.
  • 5/5 from Nicki Murray, attended Nov 2025: What a lovely way to spend an afternoon. Beautiful location, great teacher, very relaxing! Highly recommend
  • 5/5 from Karen Westerveld, attended Sep 2025: What a fantastic class! Barbara made sure to explain and demonstrate what to do before we started. She then endeavoured to keep a close eye on us all and help us when required. In all, I made three pots and cannot wait to go back and glaze them.
  • 5/5 from Dannielle Arnold, attended Aug 2025: Amazing class!! Given great instruction but also allows to go at our own pace to nut our technique out.
  • 5/5 from Shannen Gordon, attended Aug 2025: So much fun!
  • 5/5 from Kayleen Thompson, attended Jul 2025: Janine’s pottery wheel class was great fun. Janine was super supportive and encouraging to us beginners. We all produced impressive results for our first attempts at pottery on a wheel… Janine ensuring our success! Thanks Janine!
  • 5/5 from Beryl Morris, attended Jul 2025: Fabulous afternoon with new friends, creating using clay on a pottery wheel. An excellent beginners class, with lots of skill-building and encouragement from a great teacher. Friendly, relaxed and creative atmosphere - looking forward to seeing the fired-clay and doing the glazing next time.
  • 5/5 from Tait Sengstock, attended Jul 2025: Most wonderful class. Janine was such a fun teacher that gives the perfect amount of instruction. I'd highly recommend this to anyone who want to get in touch with their creative side.
  • 5/5 from Renee Mewett, attended Jul 2025: Great workshop- awesome teachers, great studio, and so much fun!
  • 5/5 from Nicola Donaldson, attended Jul 2025: An excellent class with a great instructor
  • 5/5 from Glenda Bongenaar, attended Jul 2025: It was so much fun, and a great teacher.
  • 5/5 from Trudiene Haddad, attended Jun 2025: Beginner Pottery class was great. Emma & Janine were brilliant helpful and really good teachers, we are already planning when to go back next
  • 5/5 from Jennifer McElligott, attended Jun 2025: What an awesome experience. Janine was very generous with her knowledge and very patient with her teacher style. The space was such a wonderful space to be a part of as well. We will definitely return for more lessons. Thank you Janine.
  • 5/5 from Paramjit Kaur, attended May 2025: Our teacher was wonderful ️. She taught with ease and made us comfortable with something new which we never experienced before. She stepped in as needed while allowing us space to be creative and unique. We made 2 bowls and one mug.
  • 5/5 from Ella Weiss, attended May 2025: Hi Janine thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us during the pottery session yesterday. I truly enjoyed it—it was such a therapeutic experience for me. You were so helpful and full of knowledge, and I really appreciated your guidance. I’ll definitely be booking again. Thank you, thank you, thank you️
  • 5/5 from Shirley Josephine Harris, attended May 2025: Very pleasantly surprised we managed to Create three reasonable pots in such a short Time …. Thanks for your help and patience Janine and Emma … Cannot wait to come again
  • 5/5 from Stacey Abadiano, attended Apr 2025: It was amazing absolutely amazing we loved every minute and can’t wait to book with them again very soon. Love love love
  • 5/5 from Jennifer Goostrey, attended Feb 2025: My mum gave me this class as a birthday gift, something I've always wanted to try. So much better then i expected. The teacher explained how tondo everythjgn so well. We loved it so much. We will definitely be back for more. ️
  • 5/5 from Julie McCarthy, attended Feb 2025: A very enjoyable afternoon discovering our creative side! Janine was a very patient and lovely teacher who helped her class of seven aged from 7 to 70 create a masterpiece or two. Would definitely recommend as a fun experience with someone special.
  • 5/5 from Elizabeth Perry, attended Feb 2025: Excellent teacher
  • 5/5 from Lenore Adie, attended Feb 2025: A great way to learn pottery wheel techniques in a supported and friendly environment.
  • 5/5 from Carolyn Thompson, attended Jan 2025: What a wonderful experience - my son and I attended and can’t wait to go back and glaze our “pots”! The teacher was very patient and gentle and had a lovely way of showing you how to do things.
  • 5/5 from Louise Corner, attended Jan 2025: Great Sunday afternoon spent on the wheel. Great teacher who was very helpful.
  • 5/5 from Cecilia Greyling, attended Jan 2025: Great class and instructions! Everyone in the class ended with couple of pieces. Thank you for an enjoyable day.
  • 5/5 from Felicity Schilling, attended Jan 2025: We had such a wonderful time at this wheel throwing class with my whole family. Thank you! We absolutely loved it and we will be back next week to glaze our pieces. Thank you for accommodating our daily and making it such a special day for all of us
  • 5/5 from Marissa Rose, attended Jan 2025: This was so fantastic! We had a great time, very well instructed and very fun. Will definitely be back! Highly recommend.
  • 5/5 from Ellevieve Cheniel, attended Nov 2024: Positive learning environment for beginners. Good setting. The teacher was passionate, welcoming and enthusiastic.
  • 5/5 from Callie Conomos, attended Nov 2024: Janine was an excellent, patient and joyful teacher. We had a really fun time at our beginners wheel pottery class. Would definitely book again!!!
  • 5/5 from Julia Campbell, attended Oct 2024: Fantastic class, Janine was really informative and helpful. Beautiful location and class. Thanks so much!
  • 5/5 from Allyse Podgorny, attended Sep 2024: Absolutely amazing class well taught and not rushed. Two hours is the perfect amount of time to learn and create three pieces. Will recommend and be back for more!!!
  • 5/5 from Debbie Peterson, attended Sep 2024: Absolutely loved my beginner class. Have signed up for more. Teacher was patient supportive and always ready to step in when I needed help. Venue was perfect everything was supplied. I am learning to relax and enjoy being in the moment. Definitely good value for money and close to home.
  • 4/5 from Ursula Wyss, attended May 2024: Very good indeed, I learnt a lot and was satisfied at the end. The teacher was very patient, liked it.
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Art Workshops
Art Workshops

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Janine Delgos is a Visual Artist who works in 3D and 2D media and has a career in art education spanning 35 years. She has valued networking and supporting community connections for both adults and students and assisting others in making pathways through visual art. She has been a designer and facilitator of workshops and visual arts projects in various media, size and scale.
Janine completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Melbourne State College ( now Melbourne University) in 1984 and has taught extensively in Victoria and Queensland within the Education Department for the last 30 years as a Visual Arts teacher. Now her passion is being channelled into her own studio that offers workshops in ceramics, painting, drawing, watercolours, pastels and printmaking.

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