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In this 2-hour workshop Stephen Phillips will share the secrets to creating his beautiful, narrow-necked forms and decorating with tape resist and underglaze. From tips on throwing, collaring, and trimming to creating precise decoration in the bisque stage, this workshop will help you improve your success rate with tapered bottle forms!

Online Zoom webinar

In this workshop, Lakyn Bowman will show you the ins and outs of monoprinting on clay to create timeless, aged, and weathered surfaces! Monoprinting involves drawing imagery onto newsprint using underglazes and colored slip, then transferring the designs to your leather-hard surfaces. Lakyn will cover everything from the materials needed, to the order to apply your colors, to getting the timing just right. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced potter, this workshop is the perfect opportunity to learn new skills and expand your creative horizons!

Online Zoom webinar

Join us for a FREE webinar with Canadian artist Brendan Tang! We'll chat with Brendan about the ideas behind his compelling clay and mixed media sculpture! Plus, And we'll get a glimpse into his processes and talk about influences, such as anime, manga, and gaming culture.

Travel with ICAN to Japan and discover a land rich in breathtaking beauty, where art and culture have been handed down and preserved by an entire nation for centuries. For a ceramics lover, Japan is a “must see” country. Joining this exclusive ICAN journey is a great way to enjoy the spirit and culture of Japanese pottery with fellow ceramic enthusiasts. Let ICAN take care of the travel details and help you to explore this diverse region with a fully curated itinerary.

Online Zoom Webinar

Join Kirsty in her home studio for a 2-hour webinar in which she will demonstrate how to activate pottery surfaces with carving and vibrant inlaid underglaze. Over the course of this workshop, Kirsty will show us how she throws, carves, inlays and glazes a tumbler. Gain invaluable insights as she delves into her preferred tools and materials, and shares the lessons acquired from years of developing her method.

Join Liz Pechacek in her home studio for a 2-hour webinar in which she will share all of her tips and techniques for making large slab-and-coil-built vessels! Liz will show you how to combine techniques for optimum results, and show you how to make custom tools to make your job easier. If you'd like to supersize your pots, this webinar is for you!

Let’s make a little space for flowers with intention, enthusiasm, and a little wobble! Join Samantha Oliver in her home studio for a 2-hour webinar on Tuesday, September 19, 2023! During this two-hour demonstration workshop we will discuss form, design, and scale to create "wobble vases" both small and large. Students can expect detailed instruction on templates, soft slab building, attachment, and a smattering of stencil decorating techniques!

Join ICAN and a small group of ceramic artists as we journey through Tuscany, discovering gourmet meals, unforgettable Italian sunsets, and a land rich in ceramic treasures. Highlights include hands-on workshops at La Meridiana Ceramic Center, and tours of Florence, Siena, San Gimignano, Volterra, Greve, Ravenna, Faenza, and more.

Join us as we celebrate the magical fluidity of freshly thrown clay with Dwayne Sackey on November 14, 2023 from 1–3pm EST USA. In this 2-hour demonstration webinar, we'll visit Dwayne in his home studio to learn the secrets to creating teabowls with movement! Dwayne will explain the ins and outs of making dynamic forms by throwing, faceting, and altering right on the wheel!

Learn how to create gravity-defying works of art out of porcelain with Jennifer McCurdy on January 11, 2024, from 1–3pm EST USA. In this 2-hour demonstration webinar, Jennifer will reveal her secrets to successfully throwing, altering, and dramatically carving high-fire porcelain!

Join us on February 15, 2024, from 1–3pm to explore the art of layering slips to create captivating and multi-dimensional designs on your pottery! Amy Irish will guide us on this adventure to untangle the seemingly complex process of layered slip, underglazes, and glaze to create dynamic surfaces with visual depth and texture!

Dig-in to the details of deep carving and vibrant color with Molly Walter! Over the course of this two-hour all-demonstration workshop there will be exploration of successfully designing forms for deep carving, expanding your carving vocabulary to encourage experimentation, and the how-tos of using an airbrush to catch every detail and facet with color.

Travel Morocco and discover the world of pottery, ceramics, and zellige (traditional mosaic). This tour will traverse Morocco from the capital city of Rabat to the ancient Medina of Fes in the North, then to the imperial city of Marrakech before crossing the High Atlas Mountains to the Sahara in the South. Visiting museums, busy souks (markets), and traditional artisans working in clay, we will experience the wonderful world of Morocco. During this cultural tour with a focus on exploring Moroccan ceramics, you will gather ideas and inspiration for your work, visiting renowned regions known for their unique traditional styles such as Fes, Safi, Skoura Oasis, and Tamegroute.

Ubud, the home of Gaya Ceramic Arts Center, is, in many ways, Bali’s cultural heart. It’s in the cool mountains and home to one of Bali’s royal families—you can even visit the majestic palace in the center of town. Ubud is also well known as a flourishing crafts center. There are hundreds of shops making, displaying, and selling antiques, woodcarvings, crafts, textiles, paintings, and jewelry in Ubud, along with some incredible art museums and galleries. The surrounding Ubud district’s rain forest and terraced rice paddies, dotted with Hindu temples and shrines, are among Bali’s most famous landscapes. Ancient holy sites include the intricately carved Goa Gajah (Elephant Cave) and Gunung Kawi, with its rock-cut shrines. The ICAN trip to Bali will include guided tours of the island’s culture, art, and architecture along with in-depth, hands-on, ceramic workshops at the world-renowned Gaya Ceramic Arts Center.