5 participants • 5 weeks (10 hours) • Beginner • 295€ per person 🎨

A studio workshop built around guided glaze making and understanding how glazes behave. You’ll work with your own glaze samples and see how different materials shape surface, texture, and colour.

You choose what you want to explore, working from basic food-safe glazes to special-effect surfaces like oil spotted or lichen glazes. All samples are fired in the studio kiln and reviewed together after firing.

Program of the workshop:

• Day 1 (2 hours)
  Understanding how glazes are built and how they behave. We’ll look at how to choose materials, make a glaze, and modify it with more confidence
• Day 2 (2 hours)
  Building your glaze recipe, mixing and applying your own glaze samples, exploring small variations and glaze behaviour
  
• Day 3 (2 hours)
  How colour works in glazes
  
• Day 4 (3 hours)
  Building your glaze recipe, hands-on colour testing through samples and variations, working directly with colour in glazes
  
• Day 5 (1 hour)
  Group review of all fired samples, observing results and discussing next steps for working independently.

What is included:

• Guided glaze workshop sessions throughout the course
• Glaze materials and test tiles
• Firing of all glaze test samples
• FFP2 mask and gloves during practical sessions
• Additional materials for independent study

Why work with your own glazes: You don’t need to make your own glazes, but understanding how they work and how to control them helps you get better results, even with commercial glazes. It also opens space for more personal surfaces and textures, and a clearer visual language.

• Short nails and no rings/bracelets recommended
• Long hair should be tied back
• Come as you are 😌

Important note:

• All our classes are held in english
• This class focuses on mid-range glazes fired at cone 6 (1220°C) in an electric kiln
• This class is not held by Violaine Toth and is not about foraged material glazes
• Crystalline glazes are not part of this course
• Test tiles must be collected within two months after notification. Uncollected test tiles will be discarded. 

Safety note:
This workshop involves working with ceramic raw materials and glaze components.
Safety instructions will be provided at the studio and must be followed during the workshop.By enrolling, participants confirm that they understand and agree to follow these safety instructions. (§8.4 of Our Terms and Conditions)

Details to remember:

• Where? At Violaine Toth Ceramic, Treptowerstr. 12, 12059 Berlin
• With who? Alena (More details about our teachers here)

Only reservations cancelled 10 or more full calendar days prior to the start of the course will receive a full refund or be postponed. After that delay, we cannot postpone or refund your class.

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