Glaze Mixing 101 : The First Five
The first five was developed by Old Forge Cermics as an easy and inexpensive entry to glaze mixing that uses the same five basic ingredients. In this 3 part workshop we'll discuss some glaze mixing basics and mix 3 base glazes (gloss, floating and matte) so participants can do their own experiments with colorants. The idea is to allow participants to become comfortable with the mixing process and experiment a little. Each participant will mix their own set of base glazes that they will be able to experiment with.
June 13th at 10am-1pm
The first day of the workshop will include some discussion of basic glaze chemistry, a review of Waterbrook's policy on handling of dry glaze materials/mixing, mixing the bases and a discussion of how to experiment with colorants to make test tiles and plan your tests for the following week.
June 20th 10am-3pm
Each person will mix their base glazes and their tests so we can leave them on the shelves to be fired during the week. Please bring a packed lunch.
June 27th 10am-1lam
We will get together for an hour or so to review our test tiles and share results.
What to bring:
A minimum of 30 test tiles made from your preferred clay bodies (feel free to bring more).
A mask/respirator to use while mixing glazes (required for session #2).
Notebook & pen/pencil
Optional: a scale that goes to at least I decimal point, immersion blender, sharpie. We will have some at the studio but things will go faster if we are not all sharing one or two. Note, I wouldn't advise using the scale/blender on food after using to mix glazes.
Cost is $60 to be paid at or before the first workshop.
