Understanding porcelain (Mar 7 - May 14)

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6 weeks formal class, 4 weeks reviewing.

Who is the target audience for Understanding Porcelain?

  • The  "Understanding Porcelain" e-course is geared towards potters that have experience in basic to advanced clay work. Potters interested to improve their general understanding of porcelain and that is interested in working in porcelain will benefit from this class. It is a wheel throwing, hand building and altering clay class, all in one. We review  basic to advanced techniques and go in depth into the character of porcelain, preparing potters for all our other porcelain classes and help to improve their general skills in clay. 
  • If you never worked with clay before, or completely forgot what you've learned many years ago, this class is unfortunately not for you. We expect that you have a basic understanding of the full pottery making cycle, from the wedging to the final glazed product fired in the kiln and we advice you to get on our distribution list to be informed when we will present a beginners class.
  • Our videos do not have written translations yet and the language used is English.

What do I need for this e-course?
  • You must have access to a pottery wheel, workplace and kiln.
  • You must have consistent access to a computer, iPad or iPhone 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). 
  • You need basic knowledge of glazes; that is at least glazed some pottery before.
  • When you consider this class you should understand the following terminology: 
  •  Plastic potters clay; leather hard clay; bone dry; green ware; bisque ware; glaze; firing clay; kiln; cone; ceramics;  wheel throwing; pinching; press molding; potters plaster. 

This e-course will help you:
  • if you worked on the wheel before, but experience difficulty with throwing and hand building porcelain
  • if you want to understand and work with porcelain clay
  • if you want to spray glaze
  • if you want to learn how to use mason stains in your glazes
  • if you want to learn how to control forms on the wheel
  • understand the firing techniques associated with porcelain
  • if you want to learn more about porcelain​

What can I expect from the e-course?
  • You will learn how to throw, control and alter some basic forms on the potter's wheel. 
  • You will learn and understand porcelain well enough to use this clay body effectively to push its limits. 
  • When you completed this class, you should be able to throw or hand build porcelain easier and improve your skills with some practice.  Please see the contents list.
  • See the material list below.
  • We will provide downloadable documents (PDF format) for refreshing memory.

REFUND POLICY
  • No refunding.
  • Submitting an online registration indicates your agreement with this policy.