This project is developed as an open craft practice, not as a closed product.
Its goal is to allow knowledge to circulate across ceramic communities, educational institutions and cultural contexts, while maintaining authorship, responsibility and material integrity.

The framework is designed to balance accessibility, ecology and research continuity, with mixed commercial models.

The practice is supported by a shared research log with an integrated LLM, enabling participants to document experiments, structure observations, cross-reference results, and support collective learning over time.

The integrated LLM operates through fixed, transparent prompts and assists not only with research and documentation, but also with communication, sales, marketing and creative decision-making, while keeping human authorship and responsibility fully central.

This ensures research continuity, transparency, and long-term accessibility of accumulated knowledge, without delegating agency away from practitioners.

Free access for education and non-commercial contexts
The core principles of the method, material logic, and basic application processes are openly shared.

This level is intended for:

• art schools and universities
• students and researchers
• community workshops and cultural institutions

Use at this level is free of charge and focused on:

• experimentation
• learning
• material research
• collective knowledge building

Educational environments are not seen as users, but as co-researchers, contributing to the evolution of the practice through documentation and feedback.

Limited access for local practitioner–researchers
A small number of local practitioners can be invited to participate as research agents within the framework.
At this level:

• access is granted to a base working formula
• work is conducted under ethical and non-disclosure agreements
• practitioners adapt the method to local materials, climates and cultural contexts

At this level, research agents may also receive guided access to localized production and commercial application, including B2B and B2C sales, within clearly defined ethical, material and authorship boundaries.
The focus here is not replication, but contextual adaptation and shared learning.
Research outcomes, material behavior and failures are documented and fed back into the shared knowledge pool, strengthening the practice as a whole.

Clear boundaries, shared values
The methodology is open, but responsibility and authorship remain central:

• authorship of the method is clearly stated
• advanced formulations and commercial use are not open by default
• any commercial application requires explicit agreement

The commercial side is transparent and structured, with mechanisms including:

• licensed access for research and production agents, including rights for localized production
• royalty and revenue-sharing models from B2B and B2C sales
• territory- or scale-specific licenses adapted to local markets
• joint commercial development agreements, where part of the revenue supports research, documentation, and methodology evolution
• educational and institutional licensing, covering workshops, training, and certified use

These mechanisms allow for a sustainable business model while ensuring:

• respect for authorship and origin of the method
• environmental and cultural grounding
• long-term evolution of the practice, allowing it to develop at its own pace
• Thus, the No Glaze project integrates open research and community engagement with real commercial implementation, creating impact across culture, education, and sustainable business simultaneously.

This framework proposes an alternative to both closed proprietary systems and uncontrolled openness, positioning craft practice as a shared, responsible and research-driven process rather than a product.

It supports:

• free education and experimentation in non-commercial contexts
• distributed, cross-regional research grounded in local materials and knowledge
• ethical circulation of craft knowledge, with clear authorship and responsibility
• long-term sustainability that allows the practice to evolve at its own pace

The practice is supported by a shared research log with an integrated LLM, operating through fixed and transparent prompts.
This system assists practitioners not only in research, documentation and knowledge continuity, but also in communication, marketing and creative decision-making, while maintaining human agency and accountability.

• The framework is designed to live within institutions, schools and communities, evolving through shared responsibility, documentation and collaboration.