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The Financial District room of the studio this site's editor owns, on the fourth floor at 93 Pearl St. Air-dry clay, woodburning, perfume blending, mosaic lamps and tufting, booked for any day rather than run on a timetable.
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These 12 classes run on request rather than on a fixed calendar — pick a date and time on the booking page.
BOOK ANY DAYAir Dry Clay Workshop
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Hand-build a small vessel or dish in air-dry clay, so there is no kiln wait and the piece leaves with you. Fourth floor at 93 Pearl St, three minutes from Wall St on the 2 or 3. $79 — the only clay session on this calendar that needs no firing, which is why it costs a third of a six-week wheel course.
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Aromatherapy Essential Oil Workshop
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A shorter scent session working with essential oils rather than perfumers' alcohol, ending with a blend you take away. 93 Pearl St, fourth floor; 2 or 3 to Wall St, or J and Z to Broad St. $59, book any day — the cheapest of the two scent workshops here.
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Custom Rug Tufting
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The Financial District run of the tufting session: a gun, a stretched frame and a finished small rug at the end. 93 Pearl St, fourth floor, minutes from Wall St. $129 — the same price as the Midtown room, and in the same range as Go Tufting in Long Island City and Sense 7 on W 36th St, both of which we also list.
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Lantern Making Class
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A standing mosaic lantern rather than a hanging lamp — same glass-setting technique, different frame. Fourth floor, 93 Pearl St, Financial District, near Wall St on the 2 and 3. $99, booked for any day rather than run to a timetable.
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Make Your Own Terrarium
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A glass terrarium built layer by layer — drainage, charcoal, soil, planting — in the Financial District room. 93 Pearl St, fourth floor, close to Bowling Green and Wall St. From $69, book any day; the same starting price as the Midtown signature terrarium.
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Mosaic Candle Holder Class
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The smallest of the mosaic sessions: a glass candle holder rather than a lamp, so it finishes faster and costs less. 93 Pearl St, fourth floor, Financial District. $79 — the cheapest way into glass mosaic on this calendar, with the lamp and lantern versions at $99.
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Neon & Moss Wall Art
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Preserved moss set around a neon word or shape, framed and ready to hang the same evening. Fourth floor at 93 Pearl St, Financial District. $129, book any day; it is the most expensive of the four plant-based workshops here, the plain moss panel being $99 in Midtown.
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Perfume Making Workshop
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Build a fragrance from base, heart and top notes and bottle it, with the blending order explained rather than guessed at. Fourth floor, 93 Pearl St, Financial District. $79; the studio also runs a shorter aromatherapy version at $59, and between them they are the only scent-blending workshops on this calendar.
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Sip & Plant Experience
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The Financial District version of the longer planting evening, with a drink alongside and several plants potted rather than one. Fourth floor, 93 Pearl St. $149 — the same price as the Midtown room, and the highest-priced craft session on this calendar outside multi-week studio courses.
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Soy Candle Making
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Pour a soy candle and choose the scent, in the Financial District room rather than Midtown. 93 Pearl St, fourth floor; J or Z to Broad St. From $59, book any day — tied with the Midtown pour as the cheapest craft session either studio runs.
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Turkish Mosaic Lamp Making
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The Financial District run of the mosaic lamp: coloured glass and beads set into a brass frame, lit and boxed before you leave. 93 Pearl St, fourth floor; 4 or 5 to Bowling Green. From $99. Together with the Lantern and Mosaic Candle Holder sessions here it is one of only three mosaic workshops on this calendar.
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Woodburning Art Workshop
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Burn a design into a wood panel with a heated pen, working from a transferred drawing or freehand. 93 Pearl St, fourth floor, Financial District; 2 or 3 to Wall St. $79, book any day. It is the shortest and cheapest wood workshop we list — Makeville and Craftsman Ave both start at machines and multiple sessions.
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