@AasaMariaHedberg (Again though, I want to emphasise that, at least as far as I know, these opportunities are *not common* in the US! And often, the opportunities that do exist *stop* at the intro level, with no official/accredited route to learning more advanced skills. So a town might have a potter who'll teach basic pottery classes for hobbyists and do the firing, but to learn beyond that, you either become BFFs with the one potter, or hit the books and build/buy your own kiln.)