Practical: A day to experiment with oxides and a broad variety of materials. We’ll be making a series of test pieces to see what happens to their surface and structure after firing and glazing

Practical: Start building your pieces with slabs

Evaluation: Assess the fired results from the glaze theory workshop

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Presentation: The origins of raku firing

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Practical: Make a series of kurinuki inspired tea bowls for raku firing in week 18

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Review of the term: group discussion and introduction to term four

Presentation: Introducing the brief for the slab project

Practical: Working with slabs

We look at a variety of methods to build with soft and leather hard slabs and practice how to combine slabs with thrown and extruded elements

Practical: Continue your slab project ready for bisque firing

Optional self-directed practical day at the studio

Planning: Design with collage, paper manipulation and print

We will create a series of abstract forms with paper that will be used to inform your pieces in clay

Practical: Prepare slabs to use in week 14

Presentation: What is a glaze? 

Where do the materials come from? What role does each material play?

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Practical: We will explore the key ingredients used in stoneware glazes to gain a theoretical understanding of their basic chemistry, and how they can influence the surface, texture, and colour of a glaze