Natural glazes
4 week course
Starting Saturday 10th
10am - 12.30 each week
Highgate, London N16
At @claytimecic studio
This course will give an overview of basic glaze theory to help you understand the testing results.
We will make test tiles, get messy processing plant ashes and clay, and blend these materials in a range of tests. You will see how the materials react and what results we can get from natural ingredients before choosing a final glaze to use.
This is an experimental course all about testing and hands-on learning any results will come from your own material combinations.
We hope this will be the first step in your learning more about glazes and how to include natural materials.
No knowledge of glaze chemistry is required, as you'll learn some basic principles as part of the course
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Courses and workshop in 2025
I teach with the @the_artacademy_ at their Bankside studio, London SE1
We have wheel throwing and handbuilding courses available for the new year, including:
- 10 week beginners wheel throwing course on Monday evenings. 2.5 hours per week from 20th Jan - 24th March
- 10 week handbuilding course on Tuesday evenings. 2.5 hours a week from 21st Jan - 25th March
- Special 10 wheel throwing week course taking place 10am - 4pm each monday from 20th Jan. This is a deep dive for beginners, designed to give you a solid foundation of the basic skills, leading into a creative project.
All courses are live on the website
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Last week i took part in firing the anagama test kiln at @oxforduniversitykilns in Wytham woods
Was a glorious and busy few days it was, I was part of an amazing team with @columbiaroadclay@claytimecic@lisa_sjukur_ceramic@ceramics.maya@gemma_smale and Fiona, plus specialist advice from @robin.a.wilson and @ceramica_ekta
It was the 65th Firing of this kiln, and i took about a million photos. Heres a few of us preparing and loading the kiln on wednesday and thursday last week
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• A D E L E • What a month we had with @hackney_potter - so generous with her time, her lucky students and us as a team learnt so much from her. We miss you already Adele! ⚪️
•A D E L E• Experienced potter and teacher of wheel and hand building techniques, we welcome Adele to Salemi Ceramics as our resident teacher for August. Adele has a love for the fundamentals of ceramics, encouraging students to stretch their skills, and making work that is beautiful, functional, and part of the everyday. Whether she is digging clay to make clay forms and slips, creating ashes for glazing or experimenting with firing techniques, Adele’s work follows a desire to experiment and understand. We can’t wait to welcome her. Come and join us in August, Adele will be teaching Beginners and Intermediate wheel programs.
These pots emblazzened by @babakganjei are in the kiln being toasty, waiting for their big day out at the @diyartshoplondon Grown and Thrown event this weekend