Glazing Workshop

Do you have bisque-fired ceramic works that you would like to glaze and fire? Bring your bisque-fired pieces along to the course, and learn about earthenware, stoneware and porcelain glazes. Bronwyn Kemp demonstrates glazing methods, glaze types, as well as how to pack and control the firing of a kiln, and how to make test sample and firing styles appropriate to your work. Learn about low temperature (earthenware), mid-fire, and high temperature glazes, with either oxidation or reduction glaze techniques. You will learn what colours are possible to achieve at which temperature range to get the best outcomes for your ceramic works. You will complete the course with a good knowledge of glaze technologies and be able to run your own glaze test program, and experiment with new glaze ideas and surface treatments, and have your ceramic objects be glazed and fired.

* NAS Short Courses are open to students of ages 16 years and over. The NAS Art Club is open to students from ages 15 years and over. 

* What to bring? Please refer to the list of required materials in the Art Materials field below. 

Bronwyn Kemp has been working in the fields of ceramics, mixed medium installation and sculpture for over 40 years and has exhibited widely in Australia, the USA., Europe and Asia. Her work is included in the many public and private collections including regional and state galleries, the NGA and the NGV. She has been the recipient of several awards and grants from the Australia Council of the Arts, including an Artist’s Residency in Italy. In the 1980s she was Head of the Ceramics Workshop at the Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre, Adelaide. She has taught ceramics and 3D studies at numerous tertiary Institutions, including teaching at the National Art School for many years. 

Students must supply their own art materials, please refer to the list below.

• Finished bisque-fired work (if you have attended a recent NAS Short Course this will have been bisque-fired for you; otherwise bring in any work you wish to fire during the course)
• Towel and protective clothes (old shirt or apron) 
• Notebook and pencils/pens 
• Plastic containers for making up glazes
• Brushes, sponges and green scourers
• All other materials are provided 
• We recommend students bring a P2 KN95 disposable mask 
• Enclosed footwear is essential in all studios on campus.