{"product_id":"glaze-chemistry-lab-four-day-glaze-workshop","title":"Glaze Chemistry Lab - Four-Day Glaze Workshop","description":"\u003cp\u003eGood glazes don't happen by accident. This four-day workshop teaches you to work with glaze chemistry directly: reading formulas, running tests and developing surfaces that are repeatable, adaptable and genuinely your own. Taught in English by Riccardo of Blayse Ceramic Studio, Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChoose your level: \u003cstrong\u003eBeginner\u003c\/strong\u003e or \u003cstrong\u003eIntermediate\u003c\/strong\u003e. Each level is limited to eight participants and booked separately. The fee is per person and includes all materials, test tiles and kiln firings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDates\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThursday 28 to Sunday 31 January 2027\u003cbr\u003eBeginner: Thu-Sat 16:30-19:30, Sun 15:30-18:30\u003cbr\u003eIntermediate: Thu-Sun 10:30-14:30\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBeginner: Understand, Test, Create\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who works with clay and wants to move past commercial glazes or borrowed recipes, whether professional or hobby. No prior experience with glaze chemistry is needed, just curiosity. Each day combines a focused lecture with hands-on lab time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA solid grasp of raw materials: what they are, where they come from and what they do in a glaze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe ability to read, interpret and modify a glaze formula, including UMF and the Stull chart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExperience with structured tests: line blends, triaxial blends, colorant comparisons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColorants, opacifiers and glaze defects: how they behave, how to correct them and how to use special surface effects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConfidence using Glazy, Digitalfire and published glaze texts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIntermediate: Glaze Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTesting strategies for your own glazes: refresh, restart, refine. The follow-up for ceramists who already mix glazes and want to stop guessing and start testing with intent. Most of your time goes to designing, running and reading experiments. Bring your own project or choose from a pool of testing strategies. For participants of the Beginner course or with equivalent experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesign systematic tests for the question you're asking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate and adapt base glazes from raw materials or from a UMF\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse eutectics and De Montmollin diagrams to guide flux choices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eControl surface: glossy to matte, phase separation, special effects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeep results consistent over time and use Glazy as a working tool\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGood to know\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMid-range firing, Cone 6-8 (approx. 1220-1250 °C), electric kiln. Tests are fired at 1240 °C.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBring your own stoneware test tiles (suitable to about 1240 °C, approx. 2 x 7 cm) or use ours. Please share details about your clay body beforehand.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntermediate: please tell the teacher a couple of weeks in advance which project you want to work on, with recipe, firing temperature and goal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlaze chemistry is trial and error: only the fired test shows what actually happens, and each result narrows down the next test.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFFP3 dust masks are mandatory during lab work and provided on site.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll sessions take place on fixed dates and cannot be refunded or rescheduled.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eViola Beuscher Studio\u003cbr\u003eGutleutstrasse 16a\u003cbr\u003e60329 Frankfurt am Main\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viola Beuscher","offers":[{"title":"Beginner","offer_id":66072519508236,"sku":"VL-GLZC-0649","price":390.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Intermediate","offer_id":66072519541004,"sku":"VL-GLZC-0650","price":390.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/2314\/1024\/files\/glaze-chemistry-lab-ceramic-pigments-in-tubs_2aab0c29-dcb1-4556-bb23-1e27b7be948a.jpg?v=1794522386","url":"https:\/\/violabeuscher.com\/en\/products\/glaze-chemistry-lab-four-day-glaze-workshop","provider":"Viola Beuscher","version":"1.0","type":"link"}