Glaze of Our Lives: Understanding Glazes
University Edition
Glaze of Our Lives: Understanding Glazes is our free online, on-demand course to help people who are affected by the closures of universities due to health concerns. This online course discusses topics of glaze and glaze chemistry and is a great way to round out a semester cut short due to these closures.
We answer all of those questions you've always wondered about glazes and smash a lot of those ceramic myths you may have been told. The course is over 12 hours of content that you may watch, whenever, wherever, however often, and on whatever device, and will have access to it until after your semester is done. Watch a sample class at the bottom of this page.
We answer all of those questions you've always wondered about glazes and smash a lot of those ceramic myths you may have been told. The course is over 12 hours of content that you may watch, whenever, wherever, however often, and on whatever device, and will have access to it until after your semester is done. Watch a sample class at the bottom of this page.
The topics we explore:
- What is a glaze?
- How temperature works
- Temperature: Cone 10, Cone 6,Cone 04, Bisquing
- Glaze Types: Gloss, Matte, and Satin, Slow Cooling, Phase Separation
- Reading a Formula
- Glaze Ingredients: Feldspar, Carbonates, Clay, Flint, Borates
- Glaze Additives
- Colors: Colorants, Stains, Opacifiers
- Toxicity and Durability
- Firings: Oxidation, Reduction, Body Reduction,
- Glaze Types: Celadon (Blue, Green, Amber), Temmoku, Snowflake Crackle, Tea Dust, Oil Spot, Hare’s Fur, Tomato Red/Kaki, Iron Bleeding, Adventurine, Shino, Wood Ash, Fake Wood Ash, Jun, Nuka, Crawling (bead), Crystalline, Fake Metallic, Oribe, Copper Red, Chrome-Tin Pink, Floating Blue, Lava
- Layering Glazes
- Glaze Flaws: Crazing, Shivering, Crawling, Metal marking, Running, Pin-holing, Blistering
- What is the Unity Molecular Formula
How does this work:
It's easy. Simply register with us using your .edu email at info@ceramicmaterialsworkshop.com and provide us with a list of your students .edu email address. We then invite you and your students to the class. Just follow the instruction in the invitation email. This is absolutely free with no string attached. You and your students will have access to the whole course until June 1st. This is our online workshop, designed for students of all levels, from beginners on up. We start at the beginning and, go through materials, heat, cones, temperature, chemistry, colorants, glaze flaws, and that is just the beginning. It is over 12 hours of content, to give your students a new powerful perspective on materials and glazes.
It's easy. Simply register with us using your .edu email at info@ceramicmaterialsworkshop.com and provide us with a list of your students .edu email address. We then invite you and your students to the class. Just follow the instruction in the invitation email. This is absolutely free with no string attached. You and your students will have access to the whole course until June 1st. This is our online workshop, designed for students of all levels, from beginners on up. We start at the beginning and, go through materials, heat, cones, temperature, chemistry, colorants, glaze flaws, and that is just the beginning. It is over 12 hours of content, to give your students a new powerful perspective on materials and glazes.
Who is Ceramic Materials Workshop:
Ceramic Materials Workshop was started by Rose and Matt Katz as a place for people of all levels of ceramic experience to gather and exchange information.
The Katz' have over 40 years of ceramic material experience, both in the field in and in the class room.
Rose and Matt both went to school for ceramic art and used their penchant for materials to dive deeper and explore the subject and truly master all types of ceramic materials.
Rose Katz
Has worked in the tile industry as a clay and glaze engineer for 10 years.
Rose has B.F.A from Alfred in Ceramic Art and spent many years as an independent artist and production potter.
Rose took her materials expertise to a mid-sized tile company many years ago, where she used her knowledge of ceramic materials and revolutionized the company's materials and process. Winning awards and developing hundreds of glazes and clays in the process.
Rose's experiences as a studio potter and tile maker, make her experience and knowledge truly special.
Matt Katz
Has taught Ceramic Materials for Artists at Alfred University for over 15 years.
He is a working ceramic artist with a B.F.A from Alfred and M.F.A. from the University of Colorado-Boulder.
He has worked as a Ceramic Engineer and Researcher for almost 20 years.
Katz uses his knowledge of Art and Engineering to make ceramic science understandable for people of all experience levels.
Matt is an experienced online educator, who has crafted an online version of material studies, accessible and understandable for everyone.
Ceramic Materials Workshop was started by Rose and Matt Katz as a place for people of all levels of ceramic experience to gather and exchange information.
The Katz' have over 40 years of ceramic material experience, both in the field in and in the class room.
Rose and Matt both went to school for ceramic art and used their penchant for materials to dive deeper and explore the subject and truly master all types of ceramic materials.
Rose Katz
Has worked in the tile industry as a clay and glaze engineer for 10 years.
Rose has B.F.A from Alfred in Ceramic Art and spent many years as an independent artist and production potter.
Rose took her materials expertise to a mid-sized tile company many years ago, where she used her knowledge of ceramic materials and revolutionized the company's materials and process. Winning awards and developing hundreds of glazes and clays in the process.
Rose's experiences as a studio potter and tile maker, make her experience and knowledge truly special.
Matt Katz
Has taught Ceramic Materials for Artists at Alfred University for over 15 years.
He is a working ceramic artist with a B.F.A from Alfred and M.F.A. from the University of Colorado-Boulder.
He has worked as a Ceramic Engineer and Researcher for almost 20 years.
Katz uses his knowledge of Art and Engineering to make ceramic science understandable for people of all experience levels.
Matt is an experienced online educator, who has crafted an online version of material studies, accessible and understandable for everyone.