Glaze All Day with Emily Dore (1 Day)
$195.00
GLAZE ALL DAY: LESS GUESSING. BETTER GLAZING.
July 18 or Sep 19 from 10:00am – 4:00pm
Ceramic artist and instructor Emily Dore leads this focused, full-day glaze intensive designed to build confidence, consistency, and clarity in the glaze kitchen.
About the Workshop
Spend the day in the glaze kitchen with LOAM’s reluctant “glaze guru.”
While LOAM’s Glazy Days offer a productive, community-focused space to glaze work, Glaze All Day is something more intentional: a structured, immersive experience where you have guidance from first dip to final foot wipe.
The goal isn’t perfection. It’s literacy. Consistency. The ability to pivot when your original plan falls apart—and still land somewhere strong.
Glazing has rules. Thickness matters. Timing matters. Clay body matters. Form matters. Application method matters. This intensive revisits those fundamentals clearly and deliberately so you can understand them before you start bending them.
From there, we’ll explore glaze behaviour within LOAM’s system—what runs, what breaks, what layers beautifully, and what needs restraint. Understanding the material removes a lot of the guesswork and makes combining glazes far less intimidating.
Throughout the day, participants will glaze their own bisqueware with real-time support, troubleshooting, and space to ask questions at every stage.
What You’ll Learn
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A focused Glazing 101 refresher (thickness, layering, timing, record-keeping)
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How form influences glaze outcomes
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Practical understanding of LOAM glaze behaviours
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Demonstrations of application methods and layering strategies
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Finishing details: foot cleanup, labeling, and firing readiness
Special Techniques(Time & weather permitting)
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Spray glazing
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Bubble glazing
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High-impact surface approaches inspired by commercial specialty glazes, adapted to LOAM’s studio palette
The emphasis remains on understanding how and why techniques work—so you can apply them confidently beyond the workshop.
Workshop Schedule
10:00am – 12:30pm
Structured demonstrations and glazing refresher. Begin glaze mapping and note-taking.
12:30pm – 1:00pm
BYO lunch break
1:00pm – 3:30pm
Continued glazing with guidance, demonstrations, and troubleshooting
3:30pm – 4:00pm
Final checks: foot cleanup, labeling, firing readiness, and cleanup
INCLUDED:
- Participants must bring their own bisqueware
- All glazing will be completed using LOAM studio glazes
- Work will be fired according to LOAM’s standard firing schedule
About the Instructor
Emily is jokingly referred to as LOAM’s “reluctant glaze guru.” She is not a guru.
She came to glazing through resistance—finding it frustrating, inconsistent, and often the least enjoyable part of making. Instead of avoiding it, she got curious.
Emily is not a meticulous glaze note-taker. She experiments. She makes mistakes. She adapts.
What she has developed through LOAM’s Glazy Days is not a rigid system, but a clear philosophy: glazing is part of making. It deserves attention, understanding, and fluency. This workshop grows directly out of that approach.
Ideal Participants
This intensive is ideal for LOAM members and students who:
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Want extended instructional support while glazing
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Have cone 6 bisqueware they’ve been avoiding
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Feel uncertain in the glaze kitchen
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Want more consistency and adaptability in their results
If you’ve ever hovered at the glazing table waiting to ask a question, second-guessed a layering decision mid-dip, or placed a slightly questionable piece on the shelf and hoped for the best—this day is designed for you.
Participants should be comfortable working independently and familiar with LOAM’s glaze space and processes.