technical tuesday: Natural Glazes: Collecting and Making

via Amazon:
“Making your own glazes is a fascinating and rewarding process, even more
so when making them from collected ingredients. With little equipment
and following a few basic principles, it is possible to harvest glaze
ingredients from your local environment, such as clay, subsoil, plants
and seashells, to achieve beautiful results in the kiln. Whether you
wish to make an entire glaze using collected materials, or just want to
use them as additions to existing base recipes, Miranda Forrest explains
how to source and prepare natural ingredients, from degraded rocks to
seaweed, as well as giving step-by-step instructions for mixing a glaze,
testing samples, and finally applying glazes and firing your work.
Contributions from contemporary ceramicists who use natural glaze
ingredients give a detailed insight into their working methods and
intriguing results. Encouraging experimentation and a creative approach,
Natural Glazes is a vital resource for anyone wishing to work in a more
natural, sustainable way to develop their unique glaze effects.”

“Miranda Forrest is a working ceramicist and graduate of the BA Honours
degree at the Glasgow School of Art. Based on the beautiful and remote
Outer Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland, she develops her glazes
from locally collected ingredients and the surrounding environment
inspires her work.”

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CERAMICS & PAINTINGS by Ewen Henderson

11 October – 8 November, 2012


EWEN HENDERSON

KEVIN CONNOR, STEVEN HARVEY,
ALLAN MITELMAN, AIDA TOMESCU, KARL WIEBKE

In association with Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
Ewen Henderson
Ewen Henderson
James Erskine, Matthew Hall and David Coe
invite you to the exhibition preview:

Thursday 11 October,
from 6-8pm

at Erskine, Hall & Coe, 15 Royal Arcade, Albermarle Street, London, W1S 4SP

You know where i’ll be next weds….

The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery invites you to attend the award ceremony for the
Banner for Win Shantz Award 2012
Join us in celebrating the achievements of
Canadian ceramic and glass artists
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 7:30 pm*
at the CIGI Campus Auditorium, 67 Erb Street West, Waterloo
*You are welcome to view Tactile Desires: The Work of Jack Sures, between 6:00 pm and 7:15 pm at The Clay & Glass (across the street) before the award ceremony. 
 
Program:

7:30 Reception
8:00 Greetings
Bill Poole, Executive Director
Introduction of Guest Speaker
Christian Bernard Singer, Curator
Guest Speaker
Jack Sures
 
 
9:00 Presentation of Winifred
Shantz Award for Ceramic
Neil McLaren and Diana Shantz
Presentation of the
RBC Award for Glass
Dave Mota 
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