Clay Courses at the Surrey Art Gallery

Winter 2007

Guest Artist: D’Arcy Margesson
Glaze Making Workshop

Unravel the mysteries of cone 6 glazes. You will explore how to fix glaze faults and how to achieve a
wide range of colours and textures. Fired test tiles will be analyzed in the second class.

2 Sessions $115 | Sun, Jan 28 & Feb 4, 10am - 4pm | #496586

Pottery - Level 1 Pottery - Level 2
Instructor: Murray Sanders Instructor: Jodi Beazley

8 Sessions $116.75 8 Sessions $116.75

Mon, Jan 22, 9:30am - 12noon #488911 Tue, Jan 23, 7 - 9:30pm #488920
Mon, Jan 22,7 - 9:30pm #488912 .

Wed, Jan 24,7 -9:30pm #488913 Built By Hand

Thu, Jan 25, 9:30am - 12noon #488915 Instructor: Cheryl Stapleton
Thu, Jan 25, 7- 9:30pm #488916 4 Sessions $84.25

Sun, Feb 11,1-4pm #496597

Pottery - Level 1 (10-13 yrs) All Fired Up (13-17 yrs)
Instructor: Murray Sanders y new J Instructor: Murray Sanders REGISTRATION
6 Sessions $71 6 Sessions $71 604-501-5100 | www.register.surrey.ca
Sat, Jan 27, 1-3pm #495548 Sat, Jan 27, 10:30am - 12:30pm #495549 surrey
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Techno Tip: Glaze Mixing

Potters often need to mix glazes and part of doing that usually involves mixing the
powdered glaze materials with water and sieving it a couple of times. Well, I did that
for a while and it wasn’t that much fun. It was hard to stir a large batch of up to 10
kilograms in a large pail. I found another use for broomstick handles. I also used to
think that a glaze needed to be sieved at least twice to get 1t thoroughly mixed and
smooth without any lumps or bits. I tried a mechanical sieve with a rotating set of
three brushes and I thought it was marvellous, for a little while anyways. ’'m happy to
say, ’ve done away with the broom. I’ve even done away with the sieve.

Instead, I make use of a paint mixer attached to a drill to mix my pails of glazes.
The one I use 1s about 24” long with a plastic, 3 finned, propeller-like end to it. You
can pick them up at any Rona or Home Depot. It makes quick work of any glaze mix.
Just add water and drill away. Coupled with a cordless drill, I'll never go back. There’s
no fear of any lumps or bits of un-dissolved glaze ingredients as the speed of the drill
mixes and dissolves all the ingredients very well. Any glaze that has settled a bit can be
instantly whipped into the right consistency. Just watch out for some splashing when
the glaze gets low.

For the smaller pails, an inexpensive Braun hand mixer works wonders. Again, no
need for sieves and little test batches of glaze can be prepped in a jiffy. Seasoned
potters probably know these tricks, but for those who are just learning or are still doing
it the old, hard way, you may want to save some of your time and energy for actually

glazing the pot. Don Jung

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