Of course you’d love to be that person. The one who, next time someone needs a bowl or a vase, pulls out some artistic masterpiece she whipped up in her spare time.

Unfortunately, your last foray into pottery-making left you with a case of cheesy flashbacks to Ghost and a permanent stain on your floor.

Sign up for a class at Diablo Glass & Metal and you’ll have to reconsider everything. The pros there make all manner of gorgeous affects — and they can teach you to do the same. 

And it’s way better than pottery. Stained glass after a one-day workshop? Imagine. Next time, try your hand at mosaic bowls and platters. In longer classes you can learn to make your own drinking glasses and suncatchers — or to cast your own jewelry.

Whatever you opt for, you’ll finally learn how to create something.

Something, that is, besides a mess.

Diablo Glass & Metal, 123 Terrace Street, at Columbus Avenue (617-442-7444 or diabloglassandmetal.com).