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ClassBento money-back guarantee
Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
* We may choose to limit our refund per customer at $1000. In some rare cases, we may also require you to show us your photo ID before we process the refund.
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A: Free to cancel or reschedule up until 14 days before the class
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A: 6 x 2.5 hours, $620 per guest
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Learn how to sculpt with clay at this Melbourne course!
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6 x 2.5 hours
Bentleigh
1 to 6 guests
$620
(Afterpay available)
What you'll do
Looking for relaxing Melbourne activities to try with friends? Lose yourself in Cones Studio's meditative hand building course and learn to make your very own ceramic masterpieces from scratch! Master the art of hand building clay through the following weekly breakdown:
- Weeks 1-4 - Making vessels with a range of techniques such as coils, pinch pots and slabs
- Week 5 - Refining and finishing off
- Week 6 - Glaze Day
- Introduction to hand building
- Decorating and glazing your items
What you'll get
- Guidance from an expert
- All materials and paints are provided
- All the ceramic pieces you've made to take home and display!
Knowledge required
This is a beginner-friendly class.
What to bring
Just yourself!
Session repeats
This class series runs over 6 consecutive sessions, at the same time every week.
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Recent reviews of Ceramic Hand Building Course
- 5/5 from Shenell Fransz, attended Jul 2026: Marie is an amazing teacher! Have been hand-building for 3 terms now and continue to learn so many new techniques, building on the skills I developed in previous classes.
- 5/5 from Renee Roszbach, attended Apr 2026: Excellent class. Marie taught me to create in a way I’d never known. Highly recommend!
- 5/5 from Shari Bentley, attended Jul 2025: Marie is a delight and so helpful when teaching. Providing suggestions and gentle guidance. Marie provides a planned project or you can choose your own project. This term has been so much fun, learning new skills and techniques in a friendly and welcoming environment.
- 5/5 from Faye Grigo, attended May 2024: My son & his wife bought me a birthday gift for Cones Studios. My teacher is great, patient & very helpful. The venue has a lovely atmosphere, and all staff are happy & friendly.
- 5/5 from Jenny de Bolfo, attended Oct 2023: The teacher, Rose, is amazing, she's always there to help, very hands-on- I've learnt so much from this class, and will be doing the next term.
- 5/5 from Jo Stiles, attended Oct 2023: Rose, the teacher, was absolutely lovely and made me feel very welcome. She was always on hand to guide me through each class and was very encouraging. I thoroughly enjoyed the course, the venue was great, there was a generous supply of quality materials. I loved how the classes were small, intimate and very relaxed. Would definitely come back.
- 5/5 from Jenny de Bolfo, attended Jul 2023: Had the best had the best time, Rose is such a great teacher, I came away having learnt so many things! Looking forward to my next term!
- 5/5 from Margaret King, attended Jul 2023: Great class, we learnt cool techniques, Nicole our teacher is super talented, patient and encouraging. Studio is perfect environment to encourage our creativity Loved it
- 5/5 from Suesy Circosta, attended Jul 2023: My third term of hand building. Such a delight. Open clean space, thorough teaching, very supportive and open studio time to go in an complete things quietly. Highly recommend it. They also will fire any extra work you do at home.
- 5/5 from Marg King, attended May 2023: Absolutely awesome and amazing I loved learning how to pot without the wheel… beautiful instructor (Nicky) and the most beautiful souls around our table that have soo much creativity amongst them perfect environment to create and be joyful! Loved it x
- 5/5 from Suesy Circosta, attended May 2023: Wonderful teachers atmosohere, examples, could not be happier. They supply tools equipment and generosity overall.
- 5/5 from Suesy Circosta, attended Feb 2023: Definitely doing the next course. Wonderful informative and patient teacher. Space equipment and atmosphere terrific.
Your teacher
Cones Studio is a pottery studio based in Bentleigh, Victoria, offering wheel throwing, hand building, and pottery painting workshops for kids and adults, in one-off and term programs. Our membership model allows members to have 24-hour access to the studio, its equipment and resources, and benefit from various discounts. We offer a public kiln firing service to support aspiring home potters and established artists in pursuing their craft. We also run birthday parties, hens' nights, and off-site corporate events.
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