Classes — The Arts Center In Orange

GLAZESAll glazes provided by The Arts Center in Orange are food safe when applied correctly and fired properly.

If you have any questions about the quality or safety of any studio-provided glaze, please ask an instructor, monitor, or staff member.

Only those persons authorized by the Executive Director may mix chemicals to make glazes. All glazes made with any chemical that belongs to the studio must be available to all studio users. No raw chemicals or mixed glazes may be removed from the studio.

Anyone bringing glazes into the studio for their personal use, or use by others, must provide glaze information to the Studio Manager, and acquire the Studio Manager’s approval for the use of the glaze(s) in the studio.

Any person wishing to use glaze purchased from elsewhere must provide The Arts Center with accurate information about that glaze from the manufacturer and receive approval to use that glaze from the Studio Manager or Exective Director. Failure to use approved glazes may result in additional fees.

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KILNS AND FIRING Every reasonable effort will be made to fire work, both bisque and glaze.

The Arts Center requires a two-week turnaround time for pick-up of final pieces after the last class session.

For every firing, each kiln will be as full of ware as possible. If a ware is left out of a firing due to space considerations, an effort will be made to ensure the ware is included in the next firing.

Anyone wishing to fire work in our kilns MUST leave an indelible identifying mark on their ware that will survive bisque and glaze firings, or their work will NOT be fired.

The firing sequence begins with the bisque firing (Cone 06). The bone-dry ware is to be placed on the shelves marked “ready for bisque”. The piece should be placed as deep on the bisque-ware shelf as possible, to leave room for other people’s work.

After the piece has been bisque fired, it will be placed on a bisque ware shelf. The student should glaze the piece as soon as possible or remove it from the premises until returning for glazing later.

After the piece has been glazed, it should be placed on the glazed ware shelves according to height and, again, as far back as possible, leaving room for other pieces. Glazed pieces will be loaded for the glaze firing (Cone 6) as soon as there are enough pieces for a firing.

After the final firing, all completed pieces should be removed from the studio as soon as possible.

Each studio user is responsible for their work. Unclaimed pieces cannot be held or stored indefinitely. Remaining pieces may be discarded, destroyed, or donated to The Arts Center in Orange.

The Arts Center in Orange, Inc. cannot be responsible for lost or unclaimed work nor for undesired or inconsistent results, kiln accidents, or work that is damaged.

Generally, only work produced at The Arts Center in Orange will be fired in the studio’s kilns. Only the Executive Director may allow the firing of work brought in from outside the studio. Approval for such a firing must include an assurance that the work is cone 6 clay.

Anyone requesting the firing of work made outside of the studio will be responsible for any damage to the kiln, kiln furniture, shelves, and equipment, and to other pieces, caused by the firing of that work.