Handbuilding Ceramic Fortune Cookies with Debbie Carlos

Join us for a 2-hour clay workshop in Michigan Central's historic South Atrium.

You'll make and decorate up to two interactive fortune cookies in class — one to keep and one to give away. All clay, underglaze colors, and tools are provided.

Each cookie contains a hidden NFC sticker — just hover your smartphone over it to generate a fortune drawn from a database of 19th and 20th century public domain novels. The messages were curated by Devin Higgins, digital librarian and programmer at Michigan State University, whose algorithm scoured classic texts for sentences beginning with "You will" or "I will."

After the workshop, pieces are kiln-fired and finished in the artist's studio. Allow 2–3 weeks for completion. Finished pieces will be mailed to participants. Ticket price includes cost of shipping.

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