2 day course: An Introduction to Glaze Chemistry - Camden Art Centre
Type
Courses & Workshops
Format
In the Building
Date 29 Jan/12 Feb 2023
Price £120/£160
Booking information:

Sunday 29 Jan and Sunday 12 Feb: 11am-5pm

An Introduction to Glaze Chemistry is a 2day ceramics course led by ceramic artist Chloe Monks. During this course, students will gain a basic understanding of what glazes are and how they work.

This course will explore the fundamentals of glaze chemistry by looking at how glaze recipes are documented, and how they can be altered for students to develop their own glaze. This course is aimed at those who have a basic understanding of glaze and have some previous experience.

Students will learn how different raw materials contribute to a glaze and will cover the basic of troubleshooting within glaze development. Students will make their own glazes as well as line blends of increased additives to combining two different recipes together to create completely new glazes.

By the end of the course, students should come away with multiple glaze tests and recipes and the confidence to develop their own glaze recipes.

This course will cover:

  • The fundamentals of glaze chemistry theory
  • Learning about the properties of raw materials
  • How to calculate glaze recipes
  • Test glazes using line blends
  • Understanding how glaze application can influence results
The Artist Additional information

The Artist

Chloe Monks is a contemporary ceramic artist from Bristol. Chloe graduated from the MA Ceramics & Glass programme at the Royal College of Art, which enabled her to delve deeper into investigating material possibilities within ceramics, heavily led by the changing state of a substance. The complexity of form takes centre stage in her works; form and design are planned and thought through before making contact with the material.

Additional information

Adults’ courses are 18+ unless otherwise stated.

All materials costs are included. Size restrictions apply.

Evidence of concessionary status must be shown on the first day of the course.

For every season, each person can only book and attend one of the courses on a ‘pay what you can’ ticket

The building is fully wheelchair accessible. Please visit our access page on our website for more information on getting here, parking and facilities.

Booking on a course at Camden Art Centre signifies your agreement to our terms and conditions as stated in our Learning Agreement.

Bookings are non-refundable, unless the course is cancelled by the Centre.

The course will only go ahead if the minimum participant requirement for the course to run is met. If the course does not go ahead, bookings will be refunded.