Pottery online classes

Glazing made easy e-course

​Glazing made easy is a 6-week online class with a total of 10 weeks viewing of the videos.
​Potters will learn the basics of ceramic glazes, how it works, types of faults and errors and how to fix the errors. When glazes are manipulated with different controlled layering techniques, very interesting effects can result from that. 
Antoinette gives the complete beginner potter basic instructions of how to buy, mix and apply glazes onto pottery. The intermediate potter will explore and improve glazing techniques. Students will learn how to manipulate the consistency of the glazes and to apply glazes in a creative way. 
Potters who want to create glazes from a recipe will not be disappointed. If you are interested in creating your own original glazes, this course will provide you with the most basic tools to start the journey.
​Duration of class
6 weeks formal video classes, 4 weeks reviewing
10 weeks total viewing

Contents of class

Week 1
  • ​What is a glaze and how to understand glazing.
  • The history and pathways of pottery glazes.
  • ​What is needed in your studio for glazing pottery.
  • ​The purpose of glazing.
  • ​Planning the glaze process and preparing your bisque ware.
  • Using of cold and hot waxes and cleaning of bottoms and lid areas. 
​Week 2
This week is presented by commercial, functional potter (Lynn Barnwell) assisted by Antoinette
  • Buying commercial glazes.
  • Glaze effects.
  • Mixing and using commercial glazes.
  • ​Dipping and testing commercial glazes.
​Week 3
Different dipping techniques.
Pouring glazes.
Spray glazing.
Understand glaze additives
  • ​Suspending agents
  • ​Flocculants
  • ​De-flocculants
  • ​Brush-on mediums
Mixing and preparing glazes​
Week 4
  • Understanding raw materials for glazes.
  • Making test tiles.
  • How to mix a glaze from a recipe.
  • Measuring the density of glazes.
  • Procedures and tips for glazing test tiles.
​​Week 5
Glaze projects
  • ​Cuerda Seca glazing
  • Majolica​
  • Glaze layering
  • Different resist methods
  • Glaze printing
  • Glaze trailing
​Week 6
  • ​Understand heat work.
  • ​Firing glazes.
  • Glaze faults and remedies.
  • ​Glazes and firing techniques.
  • ​Analyzing glaze test results.

What students say about the classes.

 John L. Tennessee, USA -
Wow, what a class! For those looking to find the "missing dots" that seem to dog you, this course nails it. The material covers all the bases and more. Plenty of intro to materials, glazing methods and trouble shooting. I especially appreciated the "Improving the usability of glazes" as it relates to brushing on glazes. I recommend the course to anyone who wants to get a handle on how glazes work, why and don't want to be a physics student to understand.
The raw materials listed here are the ones that I've worked with in the past and still use in some or other way in my studio: 
Alumina Hydrate, Albany slip, Ball clay, Barium Oxide,  Bentonite,  Bentones , Calcium Borate, Calcined Alumina, Chrome Oxide, Cobalt Carbonate , Cobalt Oxide, Colemanite , Copper Carbonate , Copper Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Custer feldspar,  Dolomite, Darvan 7, Darvan 11, Dolomite, EP Kaolin, Fireclay , Ferric Oxide, G 200 Feldspar, Grog , Grolleg, kaolin, Goldart, Gerstley Borate, Halloysite, Hydrocal,  Iron Oxide, Iron Oxide Yellow, Kaolin ,Kentucky Ball Clay, Lithium Carbonate, Macaloid, Magnesite , Magnesia, Magnesium Oxide, Manganese Carbonate, Mahavir Potash Feldspar , Molochite, Monmorillonite, Mullite, Nepheline Syenite, New Zealand Halloysite, Nickel Carbonate
Nickel Oxide Green, Nylon Fibers, Old Hickory Clay, Paper fibers, Potash Feldspar, Pyrophyllite, Petalite, Petunse,
Potters Plaster, Plastic Vitrox, Portland Cement , PV Clay, Pyrax Pyrophyllite, Redart , Refractory Clay, Rutile , Silica, Silica Sand, Soda Feldspar, Spodumene , Sodium Silicate, Soda ash, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Standard Porcelain Kaolin, Strontium Carbonate, Super Standard Porcelain, Tennessee Ball Clay, Tile #6 Kaolin, Tin Oxide,
Titanium Dioxide , Talc, Whiting, Wollastonite, Vanadium Pentoxide, Veegum T , Vermiculite, Yellow Ochre, Yellow Iron Oxide, Zirconium Dioxide , Zircopax, Zircopax Plus , Zinc Oxide