Looking for crafty team building activities that end with something useful to take home? In this 90-minute private woodburning workshop at a beginner-focused East Bay studio, your group learns pyrography from scratch and burns a design onto an acacia charcuterie board that each guest keeps, a piece of custom decor, a thoughtful gift or a leveled-up cheese plate.
The private workshop is priced at $75 per guest for groups of 2 to 12 guests. It is beginner-friendly and no experience is necessary; all materials are provided, and the studio keeps the pace relaxed so first-timers feel confident with the tool before they start on their board.
What's Included
- An intro to wood-burning in a 90-minute private session for
Looking for crafty team building activities that end with something useful to take home? In this 90-minute private woodburning workshop at a beginner-focused East Bay studio, your group learns pyrography from scratch and burns a design onto an acacia charcuterie board that each guest keeps, a piece of custom decor, a thoughtful gift or a leveled-up cheese plate.
The private workshop is priced at $75 per guest for groups of 2 to 12 guests. It is beginner-friendly and no experience is necessary; all materials are provided, and the studio keeps the pace relaxed so first-timers feel confident with the tool before they start on their board.
What's Included
- An intro to wood-burning in a 90-minute private session for your group
- An assortment of beginner-friendly templates to choose a design from
- The option to bring your own design, which the instructor turns into a printed template at the start of class
- Use of a woodburning tool and a test piece of wood to practice on
- An acacia charcuterie board for each guest to customize and take home
- All materials provided
How the Workshop Works
Woodburning, or pyrography, is a fun way to customize woodcrafts, slow down and try something new. The session starts with practice: your instructor introduces the different marks the woodburning tool can make on a sample piece of wood, which prepares everyone for the real thing. Guests then pick a design, trace it onto their board and get to burning. Past students were relieved to learn they could trace their design rather than freehand it, and loved watching the image settle into the grain of the wood.
The instructor moves around the table offering tips and techniques throughout, and recent guests describe the teaching as patient, kind and engaging, with coordination before the event that was easy and responsive.
Why It Works for Groups
Everyone works side by side on the same project, yet every board comes out different, which makes for easy conversation and a fun show-and-tell at the end. It is one of the more relaxed creative team activities for coworkers or friends, and with a cap of 12 guests it is well suited to team building activities for small groups where every person gets attention from the instructor.
The workshop suits individuals and couples, a date idea, a team outing, a birthday or a bachelorette party. Because each guest leaves with a finished board, it also works as one of the more practical holiday team bonding activities on a year-end calendar, and the board makes a ready-made gift for mom, a partner or a host. For teams that want fun team activities without competition or pressure, it hits the right note.
About the Studio and Your Instructor
The host is a women-owned art classroom and pottery studio in the East Bay that specializes in beginners, with a focus on body awareness, mindfulness and having fun. It started in 2022 as a clay classroom in the owner's garage, grew into a sunny loft in North Oakland, and in July 2026 expanded into an art space in West Berkeley with a pottery studio, a craft area and a wood shop, a short walk from the Aquatic Park.
The owner-operator is a lifelong art educator and audio storyteller who has been captivated by clay in motion since age 13 and has worked with thousands of students since opening the studio. Their teaching style balances support with encouragement to experiment, and it draws on trauma-aware facilitation, neuroscience and open communication. The classroom is introvert-approved and playfully social, curious about different learning styles, and set to a playlist that is both calming and energizing.
Good to Know
- Beginner-friendly; no experience is necessary and all materials are provided
- Woodburning classes are for guests aged 15 and up
- Choose from the studio's pre-printed designs or bring your own design to be printed in class
- Wear comfortable clothes and let the studio know about any injuries or limitations
- Parking: a free public lot sits right off the exit ramp, the Aquatic Park half a block away has ample parking, and street parking on the block is rare, so please do not use the private lot shared with neighboring tenants
Plan Your Woodburning Workshop
Share your preferred date and group size of 2 to 12 guests to check availability. At $75 per guest with the board, templates, tools and instruction included, it is an easy way to give a small group a relaxing, creative hour and a half and a custom piece they will use for years.
