Leveraging the resources of online and in person learning, you will make work from the comfort of your home studio or Open Studio Sessions at the Center, as you learn about and make work for a Soda Firing. Students will learn glazing and decoration techniques for Soda Firing, along with kiln loading and firing practices. Soda Firing, a contemporary version of Salt or Atmospheric firing, yields interesting and unique effects on glazed and unglazed surfaces by introducing Soda Ash into the kiln during the later portion of the firing.

Online meetings via Zoom will feature lectures on the clay bodies, slips and glazes that can work with this unique atmospheric firing format. Students will be encouraged to work from home, or to enroll in Open Studio Sessions, over the course of this hybrid workshop. The calendar will support time for the making and bisque firing of work, culminating with an in person class on Thursday March 27th, (v.2.0), leading upto a workday in the studio for final  glazing and the loading the work into the Soda Kiln for firing the next day.

Attendance of the glazing and firing days are required

*Open Studio Sessions require additional registration


Students should have completed at least two ceramics classes, prior to enrollment, and will need to attend the in-person sessions. Clay and materials costs are in addition to the student fee.

Cancellation Policies:
Please read through these policies carefully on our website's policy page.  Written notice of cancellations via email (to wccregistration@worcester.edu) is required within specified cancellation windows detailed on our website.

COVID Policies:

Inclement Weather Policy:

For information on the Craft Center's inclement weather cancellation policies, please visit our website's policy page. Students are encouraged to also check our homepage and our Facebook page for status updates and closure announcements.

Questions? Call us at 508.753.8183 X301


Worcester State University ("WSU") & Worcester Center for Crafts ("WCC") Consent & Release of Liability for Online Learning:

By submitting your registration for this course ("Activity"), you acknowledge that all registered parties are 18 years or older and legally competent to make this agreement. You agree to comply with all rules and regulations set forth with regard to the Activity, and you agree that all issues of civil liability shall be determined in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws. By completing you registration, you acknowledge that all registered parties have read and understand the below terms and that by enrolling you are giving up substantial legal rights that you might otherwise have, and that you have registered knowingly and voluntarily.

1. In the event that I should require medical care or treatment, I agree to be financially responsible for any costs incurred as a result of such treatment. I am aware and understand that I should carry my own health insurance.

2. To agree that the activity is entirely voluntary and to be fully aware that participation involves risk of injury and/or property damage including the possibility of short-term or long-term disability and even death; to agree that these risks can come from many varied causes and that many of these risks are not foreseeable; to acknowledge, accept, and assume all such risks.

3. I, individually and on behalf of my heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives, hereby agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Board of Higher Education, WCC, WSU and their employees, agents, and representatives from all liability for any damages, losses, or injuries (including death) I sustain to my person or property or both, including but not limited to any claims, demands, actions, causes of action, judgments, expenses and costs (including attorneys' fees) which arise out of, result from, occur during, or are connected in any manner with my intentional or negligent conduct during my participation in the Activity, including traveling to and from an event related to this Activity.

4. To the extent authorized by law, I, individually and on behalf of my heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives, hereby agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Board of Higher Education, WCC, WSU and their employees, agents, and representatives from all liability, loss, damage or expense, including attorneys' fees, that they or any of them incur or sustain as a result of any claims, demands, actions, causes of action, damages, judgments, costs or expenses (including attorneys' fees) which arise out of, occur during, or are in any way connected with my intentional or negligent conduct during my participation in the Activity, including traveling to and from an event related to this Activity.

5. I agree that this consent and release is to be construed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that if any portion hereof is held invalid, the balance hereof shall, notwithstanding, continue in full legal force and effect.

Questions? Email us at wccregistration@worcester.edu.