About the course
The ceramic artist strives to create glaze surfaces that, as a component of concept and content, enhance form through texture and color. The beauty of ceramic glazes comes from subtle nuances of chemistry. The intermingling of silicate bonds, crystallization, and kiln atmospheres dictate the qualities of the glaze. A fundamental understanding of the principles and properties involved in glaze science is essential if the ceramic artist can exert any control in the successful outcome of the work.
Advancing Glazes will take an intensive approach to the study and analysis of glazes. Students will research the nature of glaze effects, surfaces, and colors. The focus of the course is to provide students with technical and empirical knowledge about the composition, application and fired effects of ceramic glazes and ultimately, to aid them in making better-informed decisions as they strive to realize their vision.
Online Courses
Advancing Glazes is an ideal subject for an online course. Advancing Glazes consists of 15 on-demand video lectures presented over three months. The on-demand format is designed for the educational needs of the ceramicist. Students are able to watch lectures as often as they like, providing them with the ability to absorb and engage with the information like never before.
Students also can engage with the teachers in bi-weekly, live, online discussions. They can discuss the class with the teachers and other students. We will discuss the questions from the class that arise, as well as explore experiments and the studio in general. In addition, students are provided with discussion forum for each lecture, so they may start the conversation, there and then.
Students will have four months to engage in the course content. Extended access will be granted by supporting Ceramics Materials Workshop on Patreon.
Lecture content is complemented by short reading and experiments, that will make the online experience real, in your own studio.
* We require students take the full class of Understanding Glazes Online to establish the foundational information used extensively in Advancing Glazes class. The concepts in Understanding Glazes Online are paramount and are built upon in Advancing Glazes and are key in excelling in our Advancing Glazes class.
Advancing Glazes will take an intensive approach to the study and analysis of glazes. Students will research the nature of glaze effects, surfaces, and colors. The focus of the course is to provide students with technical and empirical knowledge about the composition, application and fired effects of ceramic glazes and ultimately, to aid them in making better-informed decisions as they strive to realize their vision.
Online Courses
Advancing Glazes is an ideal subject for an online course. Advancing Glazes consists of 15 on-demand video lectures presented over three months. The on-demand format is designed for the educational needs of the ceramicist. Students are able to watch lectures as often as they like, providing them with the ability to absorb and engage with the information like never before.
Students also can engage with the teachers in bi-weekly, live, online discussions. They can discuss the class with the teachers and other students. We will discuss the questions from the class that arise, as well as explore experiments and the studio in general. In addition, students are provided with discussion forum for each lecture, so they may start the conversation, there and then.
Students will have four months to engage in the course content. Extended access will be granted by supporting Ceramics Materials Workshop on Patreon.
Lecture content is complemented by short reading and experiments, that will make the online experience real, in your own studio.
* We require students take the full class of Understanding Glazes Online to establish the foundational information used extensively in Advancing Glazes class. The concepts in Understanding Glazes Online are paramount and are built upon in Advancing Glazes and are key in excelling in our Advancing Glazes class.
Topics
Note* This course requires the prerequisite of Understanding Glazes/Introduction to Glazes/Glaze Calculation from Ceramic Materials Workshop/Matt Katz. Even if you are an exceptionally experienced artist, the previous course is foundational for this course. To enroll in that course instead visit this link. We'll be happy to have you join us in Advancing Glazes, after you complete that course work.
- Introduction to Special Effect Glazes and Colors
- The Subtitles of Glaze Calculation
- Fluxes and Performance
- Glaze Durability
- Sculpture Glazes
- Thermal Expansion
- Phase Separation
- Zinc
- Iron
- Copper
- Nature of Color
- Function of Color
- Special Effects
Note* This course requires the prerequisite of Understanding Glazes/Introduction to Glazes/Glaze Calculation from Ceramic Materials Workshop/Matt Katz. Even if you are an exceptionally experienced artist, the previous course is foundational for this course. To enroll in that course instead visit this link. We'll be happy to have you join us in Advancing Glazes, after you complete that course work.
Watch a sample lecture
If you just want the lectures
- You can start RIGHT NOW!
- $300 for all of our Advancing Glazes lectures. Price Increases to $400 effective July 1, 2022
- 15 Lectures that will change your studio FOREVER.
- With three months of access.
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- The class session starts on the first of every January, April, July and October and runs for 3 months.
- $500 for the full experience. Price Increases to $600 effective July 1, 2022
- We will have: 15 - hour and a half to two hour on-demand lectures, LIVE bi-weekly online discussions, Q&A with Matt and Rose, Readings, Experiments, and you will receive copies of our lectures notes!
- Registration is open now and is LIMITED! Reserve your spot now!
- The Full Class of Understanding Glazes Online is required.
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