Glaze development 2.0 / February 6th, 7th & 10th
Welcome to the Glaze development 2.0 Workshop!
Testing glazes together is a valuable learning experience that can be difficult to achieve when working independently. This workshop is designed for ceramicists who already have experience mixing glazes from scratch and are ready to take their glaze development further.
Throughout the workshop, I’ll guide you through developing your own glaze recipes from the ground up, giving you the opportunity to mix and test your formulations and learn from the results.
The workshop also includes three of my own base glaze recipes: a glossy, a semi-matte, and a matte glaze. You’ll be able to test these during the workshop or use them for further experimentation in your own studio afterwards.
Preparation Before the Workshop
Ahead of the workshop, you’ll receive a pre-recorded introductory video reviewing the key principles of glaze recipe development and what to consider when formulating your own recipes. Please watch this before attending, as we’ll use our time together to focus on recipe development, mixing, and testing.
You’ll also be asked to prepare one or two base glaze recipes in advance. We’ll review these together during the workshop, and I’ll help you make any necessary adjustments.
A Weekend Dedicated to Testing
The majority of the workshop will be spent weighing, mixing, and preparing glaze tests. The more tests we have to examine, the more we can learn from comparing the results, identifying patterns, and discussing potential adjustments.
The aim is to give you both the practical experience and the knowledge to continue developing your own glazes with greater confidence and understanding.
During this workshop, you’ll learn:
How to make your own glaze recipe
How to approach glaze formulation in a structured and systematic way.
How to use test results to guide further adjustments and refine your recipes.
How to learn from shared testing, experimentation, and group discussion.
What’s included:
All raw materials.
All necessary tools (except a respirator mask).
Templates for documenting your tests methodically as a brochure.
A pre-recorded introductory video covering the basics of glaze recipe development, including an overview of the process of creating your own glaze recipe.
Tea, coffee and snacks.
Day 1 – Saturday: Developing Your Glaze Recipe
We’ll begin with a short recap of how to develop your own glaze recipe. Ahead of the workshop, you’ll have prepared one or two base glaze recipes, which we’ll review together. I’ll help you make any necessary adjustments or guide you through developing a recipe during the workshop if needed.
Once the recipes are ready, we’ll move on to weighing, mixing, and preparing our first test batches.
Day 2 – Sunday: Mixing and Testing
We’ll continue mixing and preparing glaze tests. You can either continue developing your own recipe or choose to work with one of my three base glaze recipes: a glossy, a semi-matte, and a matte glaze.
All three recipes will be shared with everyone attending, so you’ll be able to use them for testing during the workshop or independently at a later date.
Day 3 – Wednesday: Reviewing and Analysing Results
We’ll meet again to review and analyse the results of our glaze tests. Together, we’ll look at the fired samples, discuss their characteristics, and explore how the results can inform further adjustments and development.
Course Details:
Location: C.F. Richs Vej 101D, basement / Frederiksberg
Time: Saturday 13:30-18:30 / Sunday 9:30-13 / Wednesday 16-17:30
Language: English and/or Norwegian
Please note, you will need to bring your own respirator mask for mixing glaze on the second day. The mask need to have a FFP3 or a FFP2 filter.
If you have questions regarding this, please contact me.
A minimum of four participants is required for the workshop to run. The total number of participants possible is 8.