Image 1 of 1
Image 1 of 1
Image 1 of 1
Image 1 of 1
Ready to start mixing your own glazes?
This hands-on, three-part workshop is designed for potters who are comfortable working with ceramics and want to build confidence mixing, testing, and maintaining their own glazes.
We'll explore the practical fundamentals of glaze mixing, from understanding raw materials and following recipes to measuring specific gravity, preparing test batches, and troubleshooting common glaze issues.
You'll learn how to approach glaze testing systematically, document your results, and better understand the relationship between glaze application, clay bodies, and kiln firing.
Across three sessions, we'll mix and test small batches of glaze, prepare test tiles, and review the fired results together.
This course focuses on practical studio skills rather than advanced glaze chemistry or developing original recipes from scratch.
✷ Glaze ingredients and their basic functions
✷ Reading recipes, weighing materials, mixing, and sieving
✷ Measuring specific gravity and understanding glaze consistency
✷ Test tiles, colourant testing, and documenting results
✷ Kiln firing considerations, heatwork, and glaze application
✷ Common glaze defects and basic troubleshooting
✷ Safe handling, storage, and studio practices
✷ Saturdays, February 20th, February 27th & March 6th
✷ 10 AM–12:30 PM each session
✷ $239 + GST per person
✷ Three hands-on sessions (7.5 hours total)
✷ Glaze materials for supervised testing and test firings included
✷ Maximum 6 participants
✷ Previous pottery experience required; no prior glaze mixing experience necessary
Participants will need a properly fitted particulate respirator suitable for ceramic glaze materials, safety glasses, a 60-mesh glaze sieve, a digital scale suitable for small test batches, a notebook, and closed-toe shoes.
A more detailed equipment list will be emailed before the first session.
Please ensure you can commit to attending the class at the time of purchasing. Makeup classes are not available. Please review the FAQ/Policy Page on our website f
Ready to start mixing your own glazes?
This hands-on, three-part workshop is designed for potters who are comfortable working with ceramics and want to build confidence mixing, testing, and maintaining their own glazes.
We'll explore the practical fundamentals of glaze mixing, from understanding raw materials and following recipes to measuring specific gravity, preparing test batches, and troubleshooting common glaze issues.
You'll learn how to approach glaze testing systematically, document your results, and better understand the relationship between glaze application, clay bodies, and kiln firing.
Across three sessions, we'll mix and test small batches of glaze, prepare test tiles, and review the fired results together.
This course focuses on practical studio skills rather than advanced glaze chemistry or developing original recipes from scratch.
✷ Glaze ingredients and their basic functions
✷ Reading recipes, weighing materials, mixing, and sieving
✷ Measuring specific gravity and understanding glaze consistency
✷ Test tiles, colourant testing, and documenting results
✷ Kiln firing considerations, heatwork, and glaze application
✷ Common glaze defects and basic troubleshooting
✷ Safe handling, storage, and studio practices
✷ Saturdays, February 20th, February 27th & March 6th
✷ 10 AM–12:30 PM each session
✷ $239 + GST per person
✷ Three hands-on sessions (7.5 hours total)
✷ Glaze materials for supervised testing and test firings included
✷ Maximum 6 participants
✷ Previous pottery experience required; no prior glaze mixing experience necessary
Participants will need a properly fitted particulate respirator suitable for ceramic glaze materials, safety glasses, a 60-mesh glaze sieve, a digital scale suitable for small test batches, a notebook, and closed-toe shoes.
A more detailed equipment list will be emailed before the first session.
Please ensure you can commit to attending the class at the time of purchasing. Makeup classes are not available. Please review the FAQ/Policy Page on our website f