Registration for this workshop is limited to those who are enrolled in a Spring 2023 course at the Ceramics Program, Office to the Arts at Harvard.
This four-hour workshop will provide an overview of basic glazing and decorating techniques for all levels. Consider this part introduction, part refresher, part crash course in glazing, decorating and surface for both potters and sculptors. The session covers how to prepare your work for glazing and explores the primary ways to apply glaze. Considerations related to atmosphere, use and functionality will be discussed. Basic decorating methods using slips, underglazes and wax resist will be demonstrated. This includes the use of different tools and techniques including brush work, slip trailing, and stamping to create decorative surfaces, patterns and designs. The concepts and skills presented in the workshop are applicable to most firing ranges, clay types and kiln atmospheres.
Materials:
2-3 pieces of bisqueware (participants are responsible for bringing their own bisqueware for the workshop)
Variety of brushes
Sponge
Apron
Workshop Fee: $75.00 for those enrolled in Spring 2023 term; FREE for Harvard Undergraduates
Registration will open on Monday, February 6 at 10am.
BIO: Paul Wisotzky makes pottery for every day use. He strives to make each piece a pleasure to hold and behold whether it’s a treasured mug for the first cup of coffee, a bowl for ice cream or a vase for flowers to brighten any room. Paul works in porcelain and stoneware and fires in reduction or soda atmospheres at the Blueberry Lane Pottery Studio in Truro, Massachusetts. Paul teaches at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill in Truro, Massachusetts and the Creative Arts Center in Chatham, Massachusetts. He has been a Winter Resident at the Penland School of Craft and an Open Studio Resident at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.
