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Glaze Course
This glaze course aims to give you a greater and deeper understanding of what a glaze is, how it is constructed, and how it can be used to provide better conditions with what has left the potter's wheel.
The course fee includes:
- Materials: 2kg stoneware clay (thereafter 70 SEK/kg)
- Bisque firing of 1-2 pieces
- Recipe for a simple fine glaze to make at home
- Coffee/tea and snacks after lunch
- Drejverkstaden's fabric bag
- Opportunity to leave your shoes during the weekend
Prerequisites
Pottery is not a requirement, but some experience working with clay is desirable. Knowledge of chemistry is not necessary.
Course structure and content:
During this two-day workshop, we will also have the luxury of having TWO talented teachers who will guide us through a weekend filled with glazing knowledge: the two artist colleagues and friends Emil Österholm and Joel Stuart-Beck.
We will start with thrown or shaped objects (which we will throw on-site under supervision on Saturday morning) and go through decoration methods and glaze options. Mixing our own glazes with commercial minerals and found materials such as ash, clay, and sand will be an integral part of the course.
On Sunday, we will start with a visit to the East Asian Museum to learn and be inspired by the in-depth knowledge Joel possesses about the Chinese collection. The afternoon will again be spent in the studio where we continue to work on our thrown pieces, but now with demonstrations and guidance in engobing and various decoration methods.
The two days will alternate between practical and theoretical work.
The course will primarily address glaze formation at stoneware temperatures (1240-1300 C) and will not be based on the Seger system for glaze calculation.
Everyone has their own potter's wheel. The group consists of a maximum of 15 participants.
Where
In Drejverkstaden's beautiful course facilities at Holländargatan 33, Stockholm.