AN ONLINE CERAMICS COURSE · CONE 6 & CONE 10 OXIDATION
Understanding & Developing
Ceramic Glazes
Whether you use ready-made glazes or make your own, learn how raw materials work, how to test and develop glazes, and how to get more predictable results.
A practical, artist-led course in glaze chemistry, testing and creative control,
taught from my studio.
Join the waitlist
A few good reasons to be on it:
- An early-bird price - an exclusive discount before enrolment opens to everyone.
- First through the door - early access before the public launch.
- Free bonus guides - first access to the downloadable tools as they're released.
From the studio
"I don't want glaze making to feel like mixing a recipe, firing it and seeing what turns out. Once you have consistency, you're free to be as creative as you like."
I'm Steve Brown. I started developing my own glazes because I wanted more control over the surfaces of my work and not simply to collect lots of glaze recipes, but to understand what the materials were actually doing.
This course follows that same approach: starting simple and gradually building your knowledge and understanding. We'll start with a clear glaze, learn how the raw materials work together, test it, fire it and learn to read the results. The aim is to understand your materials so you can make adjustments, develop your own glazes and achieve more consistent results.
What you'll learn
Five modules, one repeatable process
Module 01
Understand glaze & choose your firing
Learn what a glaze really is, silica, alumina and flux. Read a recipe with understanding, and choose between Cone 6 and Cone 10 oxidation for your clay and kiln.
Module 02
Set up a safe, simple workspace
Build a glaze workspace without buying the whole catalogue, a focused materials list, safe-working habits that protect your lungs, and storage so nothing becomes a mystery bucket.
Module 03
Make your first glaze
Mix a clear glaze from scratch, weighing, sieving and recording every batch and measuring specific gravity and viscosity for consistency.
Module 04
Test & develop a glaze
Move from following recipes to developing your own proper test tiles, line blends, taking a clear glaze from transparent to white and then developing a whole palette of tones from 3 simple oxides.
Module 05
Fire, read & troubleshoot
Learn to read a glaze surface and understand what it’s telling you. Use glaze chemistry to identify and fix common problems such as pinholing, crawling and crazing.
MEET YOUR TEACHER
Steve Brown
You might recognise me from the Great Pottery Throwdown series 8. I came to clay after 25 years as a film animator, and now I make pots full-time from my studio.
I taught myself glaze chemistry for one reason: to take control of my own surfaces. No mystery, no relying on chance, just careful testing, good notes and a process I can repeat and push in any direction. That's exactly what I'll hand over to you.
"Consistency gives control. Control gives creative freedom."
THE WAITING LIST IS OPEN
Ready to understand
your glazes?
Join the waitlist for your early-bird offer and be first
to know when enrolment opens.
