Description
This course offers students a comprehensive understanding of ceramic glaze materials and processes. Through lectures, exams and laboratory projects, students learn essential glaze characteristics, the chemical elements, raw materials, and their individual glaze properties. Advanced testing procedures for adjusting glaze characteristics, the toxicity of glaze materials, and the effects of kiln firing is addressed. Laboratory and firing methods will be covered with an emphasis on safety procedures. Information is presented to compliment the sophomore studio course work in the spring semester, enabling the students to achieve their artistic visions more completely and accurately.