- Commercial Glaze Workshop Janet Montville-

Non-Member price: $295

Member Price: $250.75

Commercial Glaze Workshop 

Teacher - Janet Montville

Janet.Montville@janesarcenter.org

Insta: @montvilleceramics

Friday, September 12th 5-9 pm

Saturday, September 13th 5-9 pm

Sunday, September 14th, 10-4 pm (including lunch break)

Level: Beginner/Intermediate Level (Knowledge of handbuilding or wheel throwing)

Maximum 16 spots

Learn to glaze correctly with commercially available glazes to get the results you want. There is no reason to stress when choosing the type of glaze for your project. Are you ready to get the results you long for? This workshop will clarify all that! 

WHAT TO BRING to the workshop

**Cone 5-6 Clay bisqued prior to the workshop (must be purchased at Jane’s)

**Make 10-15 small (½-1 lb) premade and bisqued (fired once) test tiles

(Test tiles can be tiny bowls, vases, cylinders, cups, test tiles, etc.

**Make 3-5 bigger pieces (maximum size- 10” in either direction)

For best results, your pieces should include a variety of shapes and surfaces:

-vertical and horizontal shapes

-deep texture and light texture (example: carvings, stamps and slip)

-underglaze drawings or color

**Important: Bisque firing your pieces. They need to be DRY, and in the kiln room, one (1) week prior to the first workshop day. Two (2) weeks prior, if they are wet and not ready to fire.

Materials Provided 

Glazes, Brushes, Tape, Wax

Amaco Cone 5/6 Glazes (Potter’s Choices, Celadons, Shinos, Satin Matte)

Laguna Cone 5/6 Glazes (Crackle, Dry Lake, Dynasty, Mystic)

Opulence Cone 5/6 Glazes (Satin Matte, Reduction Look, Gloss, EnviroColor Semi Matte)

Mayco Cone 5/6 Glazes (Classic, Matte, Crystal glazes)

Thank You, Amaco, Laguna (Axner, our local distributor), Opulence (Mid-South Ceramic Supply) & Mayco for their generous donation of glazes for this workshop!

Day 1: (Sept. 12th-evening)

-Students will learn about different types of glazes for a variety of surfaces.

-Is your glaze food safe? Dinnerware safe?

-Demonstration showing “how to glaze with commercial glazes” 

-Glaze Layering will be demonstrated & a list of well known combinations will be available

-Students will glaze their small pieces. Kiln will be loaded and fired

Day 2: (Sept. 13th-evening)

-More glazing of the smaller pieces

-Kiln results analysis and discussion from the first firing

-Frozen Pond Demonstration

Day 3: (Sept. 14th-all day)

-Kiln results analysis and discussion from the second firing

-A glaze technique will be demonstrated; Making Patterns with Tape

-Students will glaze their bigger pieces.

-Kiln will be loaded and fired. Pieces will be ready for pickup within a week after the end of the glaze workshop.