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Summer 2022

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CMW Summer 2022 News! CMW is going to the UK! Matt will be travelling to the UK to teach in person at the end of Sept! Workshop: The Middle Glazes - A study of mid-temperature glazes Dates: Sept 26-30th; 9-5pm Location: Sundragon Community Pottery, Birmingham, UK Registration information here! Hope to see you there! If you haven't started your learning with us yet, now is a great time to start!  We are offering our Workshop Bundle for only $250! Upon enrollment, you will have immediate, lifetime access to all 3 courses to help you learn about what glazes are and how they work! This promotion is for a limited time only, so enroll today!  More info here! Enrollment for Next Session of Full Courses is Open!  Avoid the waitlist and enroll today to save your spot! Click button below to reserve your spot today! Understanding Glazes is 25% full Advancing Glazes 15% full January 2023 Intro to Clay Bodies 17% full Enroll Here! Enrollment is open for our newest course-  Crystal Ball! Class starts October 1st! Just a few spots left! (Full Course of Understanding Glazes must have been taken in order to enroll.) Click here to email for link to enroll!   For Flux Sake wrapped up it's 1st season last month!  The gang had an awesome time discussing all types of ceramic related topics but had the most fun answering listener questions! We are now busy prepping for Season 2 and want to hear from you!   If you have a question or topic that you would like the team to discuss during one of our future episodes, please submit your question (or a voice memo) to:  forfluxsakepodcast@gmail.com. #Summerglaze The CMW team has a goal to finish over 3,000 glaze tests this summer!   Follow along on  Instagram and Facebook to see how we are doing! CMW offers group rates to: ceramic supply employees academic groups studio groups Send us an email if you are interested to learn more! Enjoy the rest of your summer and see you in the Fall! If you have any news that you'd like to share with the CMW community, email it to info@ceramicmaterialsworkshop.com and we will try to include it in a future edition of CMW News! Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*

Spring 2022

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Welcome Spring 2022! It's been a busy few months! This is what the CMW team has been up to! Crystal Ball Our New Crystalline Glaze Class! **Coming October 2022** Enrollment will be limited - Registration will begin soon Priority enrollment will be given to CMW Students who have taken the full course of Understanding Glazes! So if you haven't taken Understanding Glazes yet, the upcoming July 2022 session is your last chance! Send us an email if you'd like to receive updates! We've been working on our reds...when manipulating glazes, it can be tempting to try to change the materials that have the most effect (The fluxes). And it is true, changing those can have radically different effects. We look at things differently. We like to see the subtle and systematic changes that occur with a glaze. Massaging the chemistry to get EXACTLY the result we want. You can really see that in these tests, where by just manipulating Silica (Flint, on the X axis) and Kaolin (Clay, on the Y axis) in this test of the Steve's Copper Red, we are able to control things like running, intensity of color and create new effects, like turning this glaze into a Chun. All from simple variations in clay and flint. July 2022 Full Courses!  Avoid the waitlist and enroll today to save your spot! Click button below to reserve your spot today! Understanding Glazes is 57% full Introduction to Clay Bodies is 95% full Advancing Glazes 17% full Enroll Here for July 2022! CMW Course Of the Month:  Glaze of Our Lives! If you haven't tried one of our classes yet, we want you to start your learning with us today!  Upon enrollment, Glaze of Our Lives offers immediate, lifetime access to 12 hours of content that helps people with no, or little experience learn about what glazes are and how they work! To make it easy, we are offering our beginner workshop - Glaze of Our Lives - for only $100!  This promotion is for a limited time only, so enroll today!  More information here! For Flux Sake Podcast:  Episode 19 For Flux Sake Live! For Flux Sake went LIVE a few weeks ago! Kathy, Rose and Matt had a great time answering listener questions from the Zoom audience about clay for outdoor sculpture, the characteristics of common Frits, and why it’s so hard to make a smooth glaze on dark midrange clay bodies. Listen to episode 19 now on your favorite podcast app or download here!   If you have a question that you would like the team to answer during one of our future episodes, please submit a voice memo to:  forfluxsakepodcast@gmail.com. May 2022 Plinth Gallery Workshop! Matt stopped by the Plinth Gallery in Denver, CO this past weekend to teach The Middle Glazes!  If you have or know of a group that would like to do an in person or online workshop with CMW, send us an email at info@ceramicmaterialsworkshop.com! Clay Body Profile Project Update! We are getting close to completion....looking forward to sharing our research!  Stay tuned! Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*

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Winter 2022 Newsletter It's been a busy few months!  Here is what the CMW team has been up to!   So excited to have our new kiln up and firing! Thanks to Jeff @ Blauuw Kilns for the quick and easy January install and tutorial! April 2022 Classes!  Save your spot and sign up today!   Click button below to reserve your spot today! Understanding Glazes is 75% full Advancing Glazes 23% full July 2022 Class Intro to Clay Bodies is 10% full Enroll Here! Industry News:  CMW student Jason Vantomme will be presenting his research paper entitled "Genetic Algorithms: Problem-Solver & Creative Muse” at NCECA on Thursday, March 17th at 11:45am.   Using Glazy data published on Github by Derek Au, Jason built a system that, given a set of materials (like those ceramists have in their inventory), attempts to reproduce the basic chemistry of a target glaze.  He has found the system very useful in solving problems like reducing glaze complexity (i.e., reducing the numbers of materials) and learning what components of a glaze composition might do what (i.e., what makes an aventurine sparkle?).  It has also been very useful as a creative tool by generating completely new variations based on a given glaze chemistry. Below are a couple of photos of Jason's fired test tiles produced during the development of this work.  These examples show the creative part of this process — generating completely new glazes. We hope that you get a chance to tune in to listen to Jason's presentation!  He won't be able to attend NCECA in person this year, but he will be online to answer any questions afterward!   January:  CMW Patreon Appreciation Month! We just wrapped up our first CMW Patreon Appreciation Month! The CMW team had great time sharing behind the scenes posts and playing patron CMW trivia!  Six CMW trivia winners received CMW T's, enamel pins and one even received a $250 CMW gift certificate!  Thanks for playing along everyone!  We will do it again next year!  If you want to learn more about benefits of becoming a Patreon member, click here! CMW Course Of the Month:  Lectures Only Bundle Are you interested in taking all 3 of CMW's Lectures Only courses? We have bundled together the Lectures Only versions of our classic courses - Understanding Glazes, Advancing Glazes and Introduction to Clay Bodies - at an exceptional price with 12 months of access!  Upgrades available.  Learn more here! For Flux Sake Podcast:  Episode 12 Help!  Why is my Colemanite Spitting??? There’s nothing like the disappointment of opening a kiln full of glazes that spit all over the shelves.  Kathy, Rose and Matt talk about how you can fix that issue and they also answer a listener question about liner glazes.  If you haven't gotten a chance to listen in yet, you can check it out here.  If you have a question that you would like the team to answer during one of our episodes, please submit a voice memo to:  forfluxsakepodcast@gmail.com. On the Road Again.... Matt will be travelling to Plinth Gallery in Denver, CO to teach our workshop "The Middle Glazes- Making Sense of Cone 6” on May 14-15th.  More info here! Behind the Scenes! Even the youngest in the CMW family gets to help out!  We are in the process of building our new YouTube set! Subscribe to our channel today here so that you receive notification when new content is available! CMW is now on Tiktok! Click here to follow us! Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*

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Fall 2021 Newsletter Take a few minutes out of your busy day and read all about what's CMW is up to this Fall!   CMW turns 5 this month! If you didn't get a chance to celebrate with us during our live Facebook event you can still check it out here.  We had a great tour of our new studio, Q&A with Matt and delicious cake! January 2022 Classes!  Save your spot and sign up today!   Click button below to reserve your spot today! Understanding Glazes is 50% full Advancing Glazes 23% full Intro to Clay Bodies is 70% full   Enroll Here! Industry News:  CMW student Shay Cohen's work is highlighted in a recent issue of Bonsai Focus (https://www.bonsaifocus.com).    Read the full article posted on our blog here.  CMW Workshop Of the Month:  The Middle Glazes Do you work at a temperature less than cone 10?  Have you always wished to unlock the secrets of mid-temperature glazes?  Do you want to learn how to convert all those beautiful high temperature glazes down to mid-temperature? ​The Middle Glazes is for you.  Learn more here! Thinkific is CMW's New Teaching Platform CMW has officially moved all of our classes and workshops over to our new learning platform - Thinkific!  As of November 1st, 2021, students will no longer be able to access classes via Ruzuku.  All students should now have a profile and access to classes on Thinkific. Please reach out if you have any questions or problems accessing your classes.  info@ceramicmaterialsworkshop.com  For Flux Sake Podcast! Matt, Rose and Kathy have been busy recording new episodes of For Flux Sake!  If you haven't gotten a chance to listen in yet, you can check it out here.  Also if you have a question that you would like us to answer during one of our episodes, please submit a voice memo to:  forfluxsakepodcast@gmail.com. Behind the Scenes! Liddy loves to be the center of attention.  It's tough to get anything done when she's around!  Share your studio or office pets with us on our Instagram page! CMW is now on Pinterest!  Click here to follow us! Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*

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Summer 2021 Newsletter Happy Summer!  Hope it has been a great one so far!  Here at Ceramic Materials Workshop we have been busy teaching classes, building and moving into our new space, we recorded a podcast and are making big plans for the future!   For Flux Sake! That is the name of our new podcast.  Our debut episode addresses - food safe glazes, kiln cooling and sourcing test glazes.  Now available here or on Apple, Spotify, or where ever you find podcasts. If you have a question that you would like us to answer during one of our episodes, please submit a voice memo to:  forfluxsakepodcast@gmail.com Sneak Peek! Here is the start of our our new studio space!  We are SO excited to get back to some normalcy while getting back to our research and testing!!  Our new space will have some amazing equipment, plus so much space to put all those failed test tiles!!   Industry News:  One of our students, Brenna Dee McBroom has an article coming out in Sept/Oct 2021 issue of Pottery Making Illustrated called:  Developing a Microcrystalline Glaze Palette October 2021 Classes are Filling Up Fast! Don't miss out!  Click button below to reserve your spot today! Reserve Your Spot Here! CMW's New Teaching Platform As of April 2021, CMW officially moved all of our classes and workshops over to our new learning platform - Thinkific!  We are no longer using Ruzuku.  So if your on Ruzuku, we are in the process of moving you over, but don't worry we will let you know via a instruction email when we move you over.  Reach out if you have any questions.  info@ceramicmaterialsworkshop.com  Ceramic Materials Workshop is Growing! Kyra (on right in photo) recently joined our team so that Matt and Rose can focus exclusively on helping you learn all that you can about glazes and clay!  Feel free to reach out to Kyra anytime!   She is ready to help! kyra@ceramicmaterialsworkshop.com Save the Date 11/1/21:  CMW is turning 5 this year and we are planning to celebrate!  Stay turned for more details coming to your inbox soon!