Pottery Courses

Craft Education

Many new potters eventually find their way to Friends Craft Coop, because of our superior teaching rigour, affordable pricing, and friendly community.

How do we achieve all this? We are a nonprofit who truly cares about pottery and craft education.

  • Having taught more than 500 students, we refined a syllabus with the aim of building your skills and confidence to enjoy pottery independently. By the end of our course, 100% of our graduates are able to full utilise the studio facilities to make pottery on their own.

  • We are serious about our teaching; that is why we only take 4 students per class. Everyone makes pottery in their own way, and more personal attention enables us to adapt techniques that fit your hands best.

  • Practice is important! Maximise your pottery class learning by using our studio to practice during the week. No other studio in Malaysia offers unlimited access during your course period.

Beginner Potters

A group of six people in a pottery studio, sitting around worktables with pottery wheels, working on clay projects and smiling at the camera.

Sundays, 10:30am to 1:30pm;
Sundays, 2:00pm to 5:00pm
No. of classes: 4
Total teaching time: 12 hours

This beginner pottery course is designed to transform you into a fully independent beginner potter.

Over four 3 hour sessions every Sunday, you will learn foundations to handbuilding, wheel throwing, trimming, and glazing. You will complete this course with at least 2 fired items.

For close guidance, each intake will only accept a maximum of 4 people. Each intake starts on the first Sunday of the month.

This course includes for free:

  • 1 month of membership (RM175)

  • Unlimited Studio Blend Clay (RM??)

  • Unlimited Bisque Firings (RM??)

  • 1 Shelf of Glaze Firing (RM60)

[After accounting for the one month unlimited membership, this course is equal to ~RM31/hour of teaching time.]

RM600/person

(RM425 for active members)

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Intermediate Potters

Two women are working together at a pottery wheel, shaping a clay pot. One woman is guiding the other as they both focus on the pottery. A water bottle, a smartphone, and a red container filled with clay are on the table nearby. There are posters and drawings on the wall behind them.

Saturdays, 2:00pm to 5:00pm
No. of classes: 4
Total teaching time: 12 hours

To maximise learning, prospective students are expected to have consistent control to cone, center, and pull cylinders of even body at least 10cm tall.

  • Delve deeper into clay material theory, and understand when and how to use different clays.

  • Build on cylinders to explore more challenging forms on the wheel (e.g. bowls, jars, vases).

  • Throwing sets of pottery on the hump.

For close guidance, each intake will only accept a maximum of 4 people. Each intake starts on the first Saturday of the month.

This course includes for free:

  • 1 month of membership (RM175)

  • Unlimited Studio Blend Clay (RM??)

  • Unlimited Bisque Firings (RM??)

[After accounting for the unlimited membership, this course is equal to ~RM48/hour of teaching time].

RM800/person

(RM625 for active members)

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A pottery studio with several women working on ceramic projects at their stations. Shelves in the background hold various unglazed pottery pieces. A wall features a black and white mural with text that reads 'Make Pots Not Friends' and illustrations of pottery tools.

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Join our recreational community for unlimited entries to our pottery studio.

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