Gold Luster Ceramics Workshop
With Ishara Sweeney
2-session workshop (must attend both sessions)

Saturday, June 20th, 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. & Sunday, June 21st, 10-11am

Level: All levels (clay experience required)
$100/person ($70 registration + $30 materials fee)

In this workshop, you’ll learn several techniques for applying real gold luster to your ceramic work. Metal lusters are applied as an overglaze, meaning they are painted onto fully glaze-fired pieces and then fired again in a low-temperature firing. During firing, the liquid medium burns away, leaving a thin layer of pure gold fused to the glaze surface. Because lusters require good ventilation, this workshop will take place in our outdoor classroom.

Participants must bring: 3–5 fully glaze-fired, finished pieces ready for luster application. Think mugs, cups, small bowls, bud vases (no plates or tiles due to firing space considerations). We’ll complete a dedicated luster firing at the end of the workshop and gather the following morning again to unload the kiln and review the results together.