Glazes and firing
Mix glazes from raw materials, test them and load and fire the kiln.
- 11 Janfirst shop day
- 4weeks
- 5lessons
- £360tuition
- 6of 8 places left
A short course for potters who throw already. You weigh out glazes from their raw materials, test them on tiles, load the kiln and read the results.
Taught by Otto Brandl. After Throwing on the wheel.
Syllabus
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Week 1
- What a glaze isReading, 25 min
- Weighing and sieving a test batchIn the shop, 90 min
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Week 2
- Quiz: glaze chemistryQuiz, 10 min
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Week 3
- Loading the kilnIn the shop, 90 min
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Week 4
- Reading the resultsReading, 20 min
Work to hand in
- A row of test tilesDue Fri 22 Jan, marked out of 10
- Your fired resultsDue Fri 5 Feb, marked out of 10