Glaze Intensive Workshop with Paul Wisotzky
Date and Time
Registration for this workshop is limited to those who are enrolled in a Spring 2025 course at the Ceramics Program, Office to the Arts at Harvard.
This four-hour workshop is intended for individuals with basic glazing knowledge and experience who want to advance their glazing and decorating skills to the next level. The session will demystify common problems - glaze faults - that can occur when glazing and decorating to prevent them in the future. Considerations related to clay body, atmosphere, use, and functionality will be addressed. Decorating methods using slips, underglazes, and wax resist will be demonstrated. This includes using different tools and techniques, including brushwork, slip trailing, spraying, and stamping, to create decorative surfaces, patterns, and designs. Participants will have time to glaze, decorate, and work with the instructor to problem-solve and develop approaches specific to their work. The concepts and skills presented in the workshop apply 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: $100.00 for those enrolled in the Spring 2025 term; FREE for Harvard Undergraduates. Registration will open on Wednesday, February 12 at 2:00pm. A link to register for this workshop will be sent by email to those enrolled in a Spring 2025 Ceramics Program course.
Artist Biography: Paul Wisotzky is a studio potter and educator from Truro, Massachusetts. He makes functional pottery from porcelain and stoneware and fires his work in soda and reduction atmospheres at his studio Blueberry Lane Pottery. Paul teaches at the Harvard University Ceramics Program and Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. As an Open Studio Resident at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Paul developed a process of digitally designing and fabricating sponge stamps using graphic design software and a laser cutter. This process was featured in Ceramics Monthly Magazine and in an instructional video available now through the Ceramic Arts Network and CLAYflicks. Paul uses stamps to decorate his pottery as well as teach others how to use them in his workshops and classes. He is a founder and co-producer of SodaPosium- a national educational gathering and celebration of soda firing.
