Basics of Glazing Workshop with Paul Wisotzky

Option 1: Saturday, June 26th (1 class)

This three-hour workshop (with 3 different dates to choose from) will provide an overview of basic glazing and decorating techniques. Consider it part introduction, part refresher, part crash course in glazing, decorating and surface. The session covers how to prepare your work for glazing and explores different 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.

We are offering three different dates for this workshop. Please note the same content will be repeated for each date.

With your registration, you will receive the Zoom link for the event and access to a Harvard Google Classroom for all three dates for this workshop which will provide a place for sharing of ideas, discussion, hand-outs and will feature recordings of each class. In case you miss a class or would like to review, these recordings will be available for 30 days after the end of the course.

This workshop is demonstration based but if you would like to work alongside Paul, please refer to the following materials list:

Commercial underglaze and/or decorating slips

Wax Resist

Brushes - various sizes/types for use with glazes, underlazes/slips AND wax resist

Slip trailer

Small squeeze bottle

Small sponges

Q-tips

Glaze Tongs

Turntable/Banding Wheel

Painters Tape

Pencil

Small containers or paper cups

Water for thinning underglazes, slips and wax resist AND for clean-up.

Artist Biography:

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.

Course Fees: Free for Harvard College Undergraduate Students; $75 for Harvard Graduate Students, Harvard employees and Adult Community.

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Registration begins Monday, May 10th at 11:00 AM ET.