Commercial Glaze Workshop with Janet Montville

Understand your glazes—and your results.

Learn to glaze properly with commercially available glazes and get the results you want. There is no reason to stress when choosing the type of glaze for your project. Are you ready to get the results you long for? This workshop will clarify all that! 

WHAT TO BRING to the workshop

**Cone 5-6 Clay bisqued prior to the workshop (must be purchased at Jane’s)

**Make 10-15 small (½-1 lb) premade and bisqued (fired once) test tiles

(Test tiles can be tiny bowls, vases, cylinders, cups, test tiles, etc.)

**Make 3-5 bigger pieces (maximum size- 8”x 5”) One of these pieces should be a vertical surface (shallow plate, platter, etc. to glaze like the demonstration by teacher)

**For best results, your pieces should include a variety of shapes and surfaces:

-vertical and horizontal shapes

-deep texture and light texture (example: carvings, stamps and slip)

-underglaze drawings or color

**Important: Bisque firing your pieces. They need to be DRY, and in the kiln room, one (1) week prior to the first workshop day. Two (2) weeks prior, if they are wet and not ready to fire.

Materials Provided: 

Glazes, Brushes, Tape, Wax

Amaco Cone 5/6 Glazes (Potter’s Choices, Celadons, Shinos, Satin Matte)

Laguna Cone 5/6 Glazes (Crackle, Dry Lake, Dynasty, Mystic)

Opulence Cone 5/6 Glazes (Satin Matte, Reduction Look, Gloss, EnviroColor Semi Matte)

Mayco Cone 5/6 Glazes (Classic, Matte, Crystal glazes)

Spectrum Floating glaze samples

Thank You, Amaco, Laguna (Axner, our local distributor), Opulence (Mid-South Ceramic Supply) & Mayco for their generous donation of glazes for this workshop!

Day 1: (February 15th)

-Students will learn about different types of glazes for a variety of surfaces.

-Is your glaze food safe? Dinnerware safe?

-Demonstration showing “how to glaze with commercial glazes” 

-Glaze Layering will be demonstrated & a list of well known combinations will be available

-Students will glaze their small pieces. Kiln will be loaded and fired

Day 2: (February 16th)

-Kiln results analysis and discussion from the first firing

-Frozen Pond Demonstration

-A glaze technique will be demonstrated; Making Patterns with Tape

-Students will glaze their bigger pieces.

-Kiln will be loaded and fired. Pieces will be ready for pickup two days after the end of the glaze workshop.

MEMBERS OF THE HUB, DON'T FORGET TO CLAIM YOUR MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNT! Members of The Hub on Canal get a 15% discount on Hub workshops! Enter your ten-digit phone number (without dashes or hyphens) as your discount code to claim your membership benefit!

CANCELLATION POLICY

At The Hub on Canal, we strive to offer the best experience for all participants. Please carefully review our cancellation policy below, as there are no exceptions:

1. Cancellation and Rescheduling: Due to limited seating, cancellations or rescheduling requests must be made at least 7 days prior to the class start date for a full refund, minus a $25 booking fee. This allows us the opportunity to fill your spot. Cancellations made within 7 days of the class will be refunded at 50% of the class cost, or you may choose a 50% credit toward a future class. If you cancel within 24 hours of the class, no refund will be issued, and 100% of the class cost will be charged.
2. No-Shows: Participants who do not attend their class without notifying us in advance will be charged the full amount for the class.
3. Cancellation Confirmation: All cancellations must be confirmed by the Director of Education and Outreach. If you have any questions or need further clarification regarding this policy, please contact us via phone or email at elaina.johnson@thehuboncanal.org.
4. Class Cancellations by The Hub on Canal: In the event a class is canceled due to insufficient enrollment, participants will be notified at least 24 hours in advance. A full refund will be provided for any canceled class.