Dirty Friday Intro Pottery Class

End your week right with a beginner wheel throwing class!



2 hours

Class size 1 to 5 (public classes), 2 to 20
  $100 (Afterpay available)

Your week deserves a better ending.
Dirty Friday is a two-hour introduction to wheel throwing, held on Friday evenings at Amfora Studio inside the Abbotsford Convent Arts Precinct. It's one of Melbourne's most beautiful settings - heritage buildings, open grounds and a creative community that makes the whole place feel a little removed from the rest of the city. A good place to decompress.
You'll get your hands in the clay, learn the basics of centreing and throwing on the wheel and make something or attempt to, which is just as valid and considerably more entertaining. No experience needed. We'll guide you through it.
Bring a friend or come alone. Either way, you'll leave in a better mood than you arrived, with a story worth telling and clay somewhere you didn't expect.
What's included:
  • Wine and snacks
  • All clay, tools, and equipment
  • Two hours of hands-on teaching & practice
  • The satisfaction of having done something with your Friday evening
Want to keep what you make? Each piece can be glazed and fired for an additional $10 (paid on the night). We take care of the glazing, you just come back and collect.

Upcoming dates for Dirty Friday Intro Pottery Class

Times are Melbourne time. Dates and prices as of 5 Oct 2026, 8:48am; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.

3 upcoming dates between 4 Dec 2026 and 5 Feb 2027.

  • Fri 4 Dec 2026, 6pm-8pm
  • Fri 15 Jan 2027, 6pm-8pm
  • Fri 5 Feb 2027, 6pm-8pm
What you'll get
At least one completed pot that is uniquely yours!
Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly.
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

Abbotsford Convent, Saint Heliers Street, Abbotsford VIC

Dirty Friday Intro Pottery Class location
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  • 5/5 from Cat Lee, attended Jul 2026: Our teacher, Ms Monica was a joy to work with. She is patient and very encouraging. And gave very good tips for me to improve my throwing skills. And the studio is located in a peaceful place. I’d be back!
Your teacher

Amfora Studio
Amfora Studio

5.0 (1)
female Women-owned

I came to ceramics exactly the way you're reading this - I found a class, booked it on a whim, and made something terrible. Then immediately wanted to do it again.
That was over seven years ago. I'm self-taught, which means I learned everything through trial, error, and a lot of recycled clay. It also means I remember exactly what it feels like to not know what you're doing, which I think makes me a better teacher.
Amfora grew out of that experience. I wanted to create a studio that felt serious about the craft without taking itself too seriously. A place where beginners could make a mess without embarrassment, and more experienced potters could come and just get on with it.
Before turning to ceramics full time, I spent years facilitating team workshops and planning sessions in a professional context, working with groups of all sizes - from small teams of four to rooms of thirty. That experience taught me a lot about how people learn together and what makes a shared activity actually land. I bring that into every session I run at Amfora.
There's something that happens when a group of people sit down at a wheel or a workbench together. Hierarchy disappears. Conversations open up. Someone you'd never expect turns out to have real hands for this. I love that moment, every time.

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