GLAZE BASICS SIMPLIFIED: Developing Colour & Surface
Workshop Outline:
Students will perform hands-on mixing and firing of simple line blends to learn how to achieve the glaze surfaces and colours they desire for sculpture or dinnerware. They will also learn about each ingredient and its function in the glaze as well as discovering how varying the ratios of three major glaze components affects stability, color, firing temperature, glaze fit and glaze surface. Colour development as well as glossy, matte and textured surfaces will be explored. Glaze calculation software will be used to compare a variety of glazes. Cone 10 glaze recipes will be altered down to cone 6 and students will fire cone 6 line blends each night in an electric kiln so results can be discussed the next day. Students will leave the workshop organized and empowered to experiment at their own firing temperature.