Flash Workshop or Ceramics Workshop: Which One Should I Choose? If you’ve come to our website and want to learn how to make ceramics, it’s almost certain you’ll come across two workshops. You’ll find the Flash Ceramics Workshop and the Ceramics Workshop, but you’re not sure which one to choose. Let’s try to simplify the answer… Read more
Ceramic Firing: What Happens to Clay in the Kiln There’s one thing everyone who starts out in ceramics learns, sooner or later: firing is unforgiving. You can salvage clay that has dried out too much. You can correct a piece that warped during the bisque firing. You can redo almost anything—except… Read more
How to Choose the Right Pottery Workshop for Me You’ve decided to take a pottery workshop. You discovered FICA or someone recommended our workshops to you. You go ahead and open the ceramics workshops page. But you find several workshops, and you ask yourself, “How do I choose the right ceramics workshop for me?” It seems complicated, but you can find the answer by… Read more
Stages of Clay: The Process of Transforming Clay into Ceramics Clay is constantly changing. Before becoming ceramics, it goes through several stages—some subtle, others irreversible—that result from the interplay of water, time, and temperature. From the plastic state to leather, from bone to chalk, until it becomes glazed ceramics, each stage … Read more