Fired Up! Creative Lounge

Fired up is an Asheville staple! I remember painting pottery there when I was a kid and I’m so glad it is still downtown. There is nothing like it in our town. You can stop in any time and just paint! By yourself or with a group it is so much fun.
I went last week with my co workers at around 6 and we brought our own wine and ordered a pizza (which they encouraged). The women working had great suggestions and techniques and our pieces came back in less than a week!
I recommend stopping in if you want to just do something fun and different.

My child has been three times and each time there has been some type of miscommunication with the salespeople. When our caregiver took my child in today, it was the caregiver’s first visit so she asked the salesperson to explain the process and the cost. The salesperson said, «$ 6 for kids and you can choose any piece to paint on the lower level.» After they picked a piece and painted it, they went to pay. $ 26! It turns out the $ 6 is the «studio fee» and it is added to the individual cost of the painted piece, which varies by size. Why wasn’t that clearly explained when our caregiver asked? I’m «fired up» about their customer service enough to never come back.

We found this place as we walked around Asheville.
I have gone to a similar shops like this before so I pretty much knew how it works.
You find a piece of their pottery that you like to paint up. The folks there go through the process of teaching how the paint works and all the different ways you can apply it to the piece of pottery you chose. And then you just follow your muse to what you want to do. There are a lot of great samples around the shop to help you come up with ideas.
These folks had lots of templates, spinning wheels and such to help you make your design. And the folks were great on giving tips and pointers on what works better.
But in our case we already had a design and we attempted to duplicate something similar onto my buddy’s new water bowl.
Since all the paint has to dry they will happily ship it to us when it is finished.
This is a great date place, A night out on the town, or just something to do instead of shopping all the time.
Oh yea, They happily allow well mannered dogs in the store.

Stopped in here on a rainy afternoon looking for something fun to do. The amount of art supplies at this store is impressive and allowed for lots of creativity. Since we were from out of town, our products had to be shipped to us. We were assured this would happen within 15 days; however it did not and when we finally got our pieces, they had little cracks or spots in them that should not have been there. Not sure their «fired up» process is all that great.

Fun and creative pace for young and old alike. You can do glass art, paint pottery or glass mosaic. Everything is explained and once done, they will ship it to you, if you are not local.
My kids loved the options, cutting the glass, gluing them to the glass substrate and arranging the colors. I preferred the pottery painting but note with pottery there is a slight «studio fee» for the glazing and firing. Everything is mailed to wherever you live for $ 15.
Great fun, safe environment, the owner makes it more fun for everyone. If you go, tell him you heard it from Matt from Jacksonville.