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Alternative firing with Marcia Selsor

Online class for Raku, Obvara and Saggar firing
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Marcia Selsor shows one of her obvara fired pots.
​​This is a six-week formal online course with four additional weeks to review all the videos. You will learn how to build your own portable Raku kiln and use this gas kiln for all the alternative firing processes.
Marcia will teach you how to make and fire foil saggars and how to do ceramic saggar firing. She shares her recipes and processes for obvara and explains how to use tiles and bowls for raku firing.
Student's comments
"I think Marcia is a wealth of fabulous information and I cannot wait to take an in person class with her in the future. She helped me build confidence in my Raku firing skills and I now look forward to all the new firing techniques I've learned." Sue (Georgia)
"Marcia is very solid with her guidance. presenting info. It is helpful that she provides comments regarding possible surprises in the firing process. I would take more workshops from her if she offers others in the future" Sherry Gorby (Ohio)

Alternative firing Aug 8 - Sep 17

$189.00

6 weeks formal training + 4 additional weeks for viewing.

Register for e-course

Alternative firing Oct 10 - Nov 19

$189.00

6 weeks formal training + 4 additional weeks for viewing.

Register for e-course

Preview alternative firing

Contents of alternative firing

Week 1
  • An overview of what is included in alternative firing.
  • Biography and history of Marcia Selsor.
  • How to make and use pottery tools.
  • How to build a portable Raku kiln.
​Week 2
How to create a crackle surface with sodium silicate for obvara firing.
  • How to throw an altered and beaten bowl for obvara.
  • How to do Finger Trailing with porcelain on the potters wheel.
  • How to make a porcelain cactus.
  • Learn the recipes and processes for Obvara firing in the raku kiln.
Week 3
  • Effective techniques to make porcelain tiles.
  • Raku glazing and firing firings.
  • Firing Raku gas kilns. Learn about burners for Raku firing.
Week 4
How to throw a blown-up orb that works excellent for sagger firings.
Decorating pottery with Terra Sigillata.
How to mix and decorate with soluble salts. This is not a complete soluble salt class.
Week 5
Ceramic Saggar firing.
Foil Saggar firing.
Week 6
Learn from Marcia how to evaluate the gas fired results and make adjustments for future firings.

Registration policy

What do I need for this e-course?
  • You must have consistent access to a computer, iPad or IMac or related technology.
  • You must have basic computer knowledge. (Although we will assist you with the viewing of the videos, we cannot teach you how to use a computer).
Refunding
  • No refunding.
  • Submitting an online registration indicates your agreement with this policy.

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  • Home
  • Online workshops
    • Understanding Porcelain
    • Handbuilding classes >
      • Porcelain handbuilding
      • Colored clay
      • Handbuilding Pottery For Beginners
    • Wheel thrown classes >
      • Porcelain Tips for Wheel Pottery
      • Take throwing to the next level
    • Teapot classes >
      • Pinching Teapots for Beginners
      • Faceted Teapot set
      • Wheel thrown teapots
    • Dinnerware classes >
      • Wheel thrown porcelain dinnerware
      • Handbuilding porcelain dinnerware
    • Glazing & Firing >
      • Shino glazing
      • Glazing made easy
      • Alternative firing
      • Glazing with Ron Roy
    • Painting on clay >
      • China painting
      • Post-fired finishes
    • All Artists Making A Living (AAMAL) >
      • Success stories
    • Woodworking classes >
      • Introduction to segmenting
    • Preview E-courses
  • Instructors
    • Antoinette Badenhorst
    • David Voorhees
    • Marcia Selsor
    • Connie Christensen
    • Nan Rothwell
    • Lynn Barnwell
    • Marie EvB Gibbons
    • Paul Lewing
    • Curtis Benzle
    • Robert Rundquist
    • Ron Roy
  • Registered students
  • Contact us
    • About us
  • Tips / demos
  • Students work
  • Blog