3TREESceramics ~Glaze Course 2026

Service Description

In 6 lessons bi-weekly on sundays in the months of Januay- February and March I will teach you how to design or adjust a base glaze to your own liking and specifications. lessons are english spoken, will take a full working day 10:30 - 15:00 (coffee & tea & lunch included). in short we will tackle the beginnings of glazing into a theoretical part and a practical part. ~theoretical:: what is a glaze what makes a stable glaze how to color a glaze matt versus glossy glaze how to maintain the glaze quality, sustainability, & stability (food//dishwasher safe..?¿) what are common glaze flaws and how to avoid these glaze application special effects ~practical:: making test plates on different clays design a glaze for electrical firing mixing a glaze testing for specific gravity glazing a testbatch on different clays testing variations on the testbatch use of your computer of iPad (glazesoftware & knowledgebase & archive) -dates:: //Jan 4 -18// Feb 1 - 15//Mar 1 - 15 -costs:: € 600 pp. including all materials. (ingredients//clay//kiln) & simple lunch. you will be needing a good dustmask & small precision scale. (in the 1st lesson we will look at the schedule and see if we need //can adjust.) a mask like:: https://www.beeldhouwwinkel.nl/nl/honeywell-fijnstofmasker-ffp3-99-met-schuimrand https://www.beeldhouwwinkel.nl/nl/3m-fijnstofmasker-van-3m#/groesse-filterset_p2 scale preferably exact to 0,01 gram, like:: https://www.breinler.com/precisie-weegschaal-500g-x-0-1g.html https://www.breinler.com/my-weigh-ibalance-i601-precisie-weegschaal-600gr-x-0-01gr.html)