Tile Painting: Glaze Craze
The Gardiner Museum brings together people of all ages and backgrounds through the shared values of creativity, wonder, and community that clay and ceramic traditions inspire.
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Tile Painting: Glaze Craze
February 10, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Beat the grey winter weather by exploring the vibrant colours and patterns on the bowls, plates, and figures found in our first floor Italian Maiolica and Delftware galleries. Maiolica and Delftware are both kinds of tin-glazed earthenware. The makers discovered that if they glazed and fired their earth coloured pieces with tin, the surfaces would turn a brilliant white, allowing them to decorate these objects with bright, colourful patterns. See examples in the galleries before joining us in the Laura Dinner and Richard Rooney Community Clay Studio to make your own bold and colourful designs on white ceramic tiles.
Admission is free for visitors 18 and under every day!*
*Children under 12 years of age must be accompanied by an adult and each accompanying adult must purchase a general admission ticket. Children cannot be left unattended at any time.
