High-temperature ceramic glaze research workshop
Your forms are unique. Your glazes should be too.
You may already know how to shape clay.
You understand form, structure and balance.
But when it comes to glazing, you often end up using the same finishes everyone else uses.
And suddenly something happens:
your work is unique… but the surface is not.
The solution is not buying more glazes.
The solution is understanding how glazes work and learning how to modify them.
In this workshop you will learn how to research high-temperature ceramic glazes starting from commercial bases, allowing you to create unique, reproducible surfaces suitable for functional ceramics.
Through tests, formulas and documentation you will build your own glaze research system that you can continue developing in your studio.
What you will gain from this workshop
After the workshop you will be able to:
🔶 Modify commercial glazes to create your own finishes
🔶 Understand which component creates each effect
🔶 Develop your own glaze palette
🔶 Create repeatable glaze formulas for production
🔶 Experiment with surfaces, colors and textures in a structured way
🔶 Apply glazes suitable for functional ceramics
In other words, you will stop depending on standard glazes and begin developing your own surface language
Who this workshop is for
This workshop is ideal for:
✅ Ceramic artists who want to develop a personal glaze language
✅ People using commercial glazes who want to modify and understand them
✅ Ceramicists interested in surface research
✅ Those looking for repeatable glaze formulas for production
✅ Makers working with functional ceramics
No previous glaze-formulation experience is required.
What you will learn
During the workshop you will learn about:
✅ Studio hygiene and safety when working with ceramic materials
✅ Basic theory of glazes and clay bodies
✅ Oxides, colorants and their effects
✅ Working with formulas and scales
✅ Preparing glazes and producing test samples
✅ Documenting results and creating your glaze research notebook
✅ Analyzing test results
✅ Glaze application techniques: brushing, dipping, pouring and spraying
✅ Common glaze defects and solutions
✅ Firing theory, firing curves and kiln loading
Each participant will create their own glaze samples during the workshop
What is included
Before the workshop you will receive:
🔶 an ebook with glaze recipes
After the workshop you will receive:
🔶 an ebook with photos of the results
🔶 recipes from all participants’ glaze tests
Each participant will leave with:
🔶 their glaze samples
🔶 full documentation to continue researching in their own studio.
This workshop is held in Spanish only.
Price: 275€/all included.
Dates: Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th from 10am to 4pm.
Check here the following dates on our annual calendar>
THIS COURSE INCLUDES:
- materials, tools and firings.
- Complete documentation on the subject.
This course will take place with a minimum of 6 and maximum of 8 students. If you have signed up and paid and the course doesn’t take place, we’ll refund you the total amount paid. ElTornBarcelona cannot be responsible for procurement or losses incurred on travel arrangements. **Please take this into consideration when booking your flights and accommodation.
