Handbuilding: Here Comes the Holidays
Slab-build holiday serving ware, lanterns, and gifts in this 8-week pottery class with Lynn Wood. Add optional guided studio time.
program overview
This 8 week session with our pottery texture queen, Lynn Wood, will be slab based with focus on the holidays. The projects will center around creating forms for celebrating including serving dishes, decorative surfaces, holiday themed gifts and more. This class will help you get started early and be prepared for gift giving and holiday success. Everyone will learn to make a new lantern. Fun and laughs will also be included.
Interested in spending a bit more time in the studio with Lynn Wood? This session, opt-in for and additional 1.5 hours of guided working time each class session in the studio with Lynn Wood for an extra fee. Regularly scheduled class will occur from 10am-1pm, and then our additional Guided Working Session with Lynn Wood will run from 1:30pm-3:00pm
instructor Overview
Lynn Wood
Lynn Wood is THE Pottery Texture Queen. She is inspired by textures found in nature, architecture, and textiles and brings this joy into her work through pattern, texture, and color. Lynn has developed her own patterned texture mats that can be used on hand-built and thrown pottery in a variety of ways and they are available for sale at Sonoma Community Center. Lynn lives in Santa Rosa, shows and teaches nationally, and, of course teaches at Sonoma Ceramics.
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Materials fees are not discounted.
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Class FAQ
We ask that you notify us at least 10 days in advance of a class if you need to cancel your registration. You may cancel by phone or email and we will gladly offer you a refund or credit toward a future class. If you cancel with less than 10 days’ notice, we will not be able to provide refunds, due to our contractual obligations and material purchases for each class.
Sometimes, the Sonoma Community Center has to cancel a class due to low enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as a natural disaster or health emergency. If this happens and we do not offer a reschedule date, you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee (minus the payment processing and services fee), or credit towards a future class. If we are able to offer a reschedule date but you are unable to make the new date, we will gladly offer credit towards a future class.
All credits must be used within 1 year.
You can view our full class policies and guidelines here.
The Sonoma Community Center is committed to creating an accessible learning environment. If you require any special considerations(medical, physical, learning) please share them with Sean Baskin, Program Associate, by emailing him at [email protected] so that he can forward them to the relevant Program Director and Instructor.
Late additions to any program, class, or workshop that has already begun will be allowed on a per-case basis depending upon the Program Director & instructors approval. Late additions will have to pay the full registration cost of the class, along with any materials fees, and will not be prorated for the time missed. You may reach out to the program directors directly, or the Program Associate Sean Baskin at [email protected] to request a late addition.
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Wednesdays Weekly · 8 Weeks
October 7 – December 2, 2026
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
No class November 11, Veterans Day
Experience Level
Intermediate, All-Levels, Beginning and AdvancedAge(s)
18-over and 17Registration Cost:
$265
Materials Fee:
$30
Total Registration Cost:
$295
