Foelber Pottery Gallery & Studio

I have been taking class for 7 years. I love pottery class! John and Judy are wonderful people to work with. I have learned al lot from them. We have a great time during class. I recommend it for everybody. They also have kids classes. You should try it!!! It is fun!!!

I wanted to pick up a new hobby and always thought that pottery was really interesting. FYI, there aren’t a lot of places in Houston (especially in the loop) to learn pottery so when I stumbled upon this place, I was ecstatic considering it was close to where I lived.
For adult beginner classes, there are 5 sessions that are 2 hours long in which you can learn how to do do hand molded pottery and using the wheel. I don’t feel like it’s really structured but you do learn the basics and the classes are really easy going.
My only complaint was I wish that the instructors showed us more sculptures to get ideas of what sort of pottery pieces to make. I do suggest that they should take pictures of some of the best pieces from each class and just have a photo book for the students to just scroll through. I would benefit a lot since I am not that creative.
I enjoyed my experience but am not going to be continuing the classes moreso because of the price– which is a whooping $ 170 for the 5 sessions. Also, I just didn’t know what to do with all of my pieces, I don’t have a lot of storage.

I took a beginner Potter Class through Foelber studio. The class was five weeks long, and lead you through the complete claymaking process — hand, wheel, glazing, and firing. The owners gave a lot of hands on advice to help you feel comfortable with the wheel. They were also understanding about scheduling — I had a work conflict one week, and they let me reschedule class and come on Saturday for that session.
On the last day of class, they threw a potluck pottery, and let us tour the gallery. There were some really great pieces! I ended up with five pieces of my own creation, two of which I consider presentable (and one of those ended up in my office at work). I’d like to return to foelber for more practice throwing pottery on a wheel.