A Ceramics Workshop in Manises

In the town of Manises, you’ll find a few workshops which offer the chance to try out the art of ceramics. The most popular is hosted at the Association of Valencian Ceramics, or AVEC. A week after our initial tour of Manises, we showed up at AVEC’s doors, ready to learn.

AVEC is just outside the town center, in a building so large it might as well be a factory. The workshops are apparently meant for big groups, but today the only students were Jürgen and myself. Lessons are offered in a var...