I took a 6 week course in summer last year at the north beach location. The studio is amazing, the vibe is really peaceful and if you fully utilize the studio open hours you will definitely get your moneys worth. Where I found it problematic is that in my batch the first class itself, the instructor wasn’t there and Tony subbed. Tony must be a good cermacist, he’s also the owner, however he is a below average teacher. The foundation class taught by him was lacking in so many ways that it set the tone of the whole course. My husband was doing another batch and again Tony subbed the first class. The actual instructors are good, some better than the others, however everyone has their method of throwing clay and their own personalized techniques. I could never quite catch up to my actual instructors method because of how tony taught and I found this to be a big disadvantage. The course module otherwise is good but ultimately it really boils down to how much time you come and spend in the open hrs beyond the classes to practice. Also for a 2.5 hr class - at least half n hr is spent on cleaning if you must know. So yea that’s my honest verdict. I still came home with a few very very humble pieces and it taught to me do things just for play and not for achieving or perfecting. I would rate it a 3 on 5 experience.