How To Glaze Ceramics

Dipping pottery into a fluid glaze about the consistency of heavy cream is one of the fastest ways to glaze large quantities of pottery.

How to glaze ceramics.

Jennifer poellot harnetty editor. Denver colorado ceramic artist annie chrietzberg is the polar opposite of me in the glaze room. In this tutorial about glazing pottery we go through some of the things that i think about when i am glazing. This method requires exceptional attention to detail and practice to perfect.

Pottery glazes are complex mixtures that fuse to pottery when placed in a kiln at high temperatures. I know my glazing outcomes could be greatly improved if i followed just a couple of annie s pottery glazing tips. Glaze trailing 13 is a way of drawing on the ceramic surface in a linear fashion. Like slip trailing it can be done with a variety of tools.

Almost any squeezable plastic bottle with a fine aperture tip will do well. It also is a good method to ensure an even glaze coat. Closed captioned ceramic teacher christa schmeder from corvallis high school corvallis oregon shows the basics of glazing ceramics. When dip glazing it is almost always a very good idea to make certain you have prepared your pots well including giving their bottoms a good coating of wax resist.

Brush glazing is a glazing technique that uses a brush to place a finishing level of glaze on ceramics. It allows potters to create unique designs with multiple layers exceptional versatility and a lot of room for creativity. Once your ceramics have gone through their glaze firing they ll be vitrified and the process will be irreversible. Glazes are responsible both for decorating the pottery and for creating an attractive glossy surface that protects the pottery from wear and water.

Hopefully you will benefit from annie s advice too. The easiest way to make up your test glazes is to make a series of different ceramic tiles in the different types of clay you ll be working with.