This past weekend ( October 28-30) we facilitated a three day, in-person, hands-on Cone 6 glaze testing workshop was led by renowned potter and expert glaze master John Britt. The 20 potters that took part in this workshop learned how to test a base recipe and get various colours and progression testing. They discussed clays, slips, cones, kilns and firing cycles. The class learned how and why each type of glaze works and how you can achieve the best results, how to adjust your glazes and find new ones.
On Friday the class mixed glazes and applied them onto the test tiles. The test tiles, over 600, were transferred to Suzanne Scott- Village Pottery’s home kiln and were fired. On Saturday John talked chemistry all day and on Sunday the fired tiles were brought back, analyzed and discussed. Everyone gained so much knowledge about how to mix glazes, how to adjust and change them and they all left with at least 30 test tiles, a sheet of recipes and new friends.
We absolutely enjoyed spending time with John, who is very down to earth, funny and so knowledgeable. John’s philosophy is all about sharing information and he answered any question thrown at him.