Ceramics Glazing Basics

In this tutorial about glazing pottery we go through some of the things that i think about when i am glazing.

Ceramics glazing basics.

Just remember these are chemicals so do be careful with them and make sure that you learn what chemicals work with what so you re not subjecting yourself to certain toxins. Denver colorado ceramic artist annie chrietzberg is the polar opposite of me in the glaze room. Glazing can make or break a pot so it s great to spend a bit of time planning the exact look feel and color of what you want to achieve. Students will understand what glazing is and how to use glazes appropriately students will understand the process kiln firing students will understand the basic elements and principles of design in creating a 3 d object texture shape form contrast variety texture etc.

I like thick glazes around the top and lots of. Students will understand how to use ceramic tools properly. Before any glaze hits your pottery there are a few things you need to consider and the prep work that s involved. The common ingredients that are in glaze colors are copper oxide copper carbonate cobalt oxide and iron oxide.

Once a glaze is applied and the piece is fired causing a chemical reaction and often a transformation in color the outcome is magical. And glazing is fun too arguably the most exciting procedure in ceramic making. If you re interested in spraying glaze on pottery we have you covered. All glazes and clays have different properties.

Pottery glaze is made up of five basic components. Dipping your glazes or brushing them on. I know my glazing outcomes could be greatly improved if i followed just a couple of annie s pottery glazing tips. But creating fired pottery pieces is not all hocus pocus.

So bear this in mind before you start. Closed captioned ceramic teacher christa schmeder from corvallis high school corvallis oregon shows the basics of glazing ceramics. Hopefully you will benefit from annie s advice too. Ceramic glaze chemistry is a very complex subject so complex it has its own section on ceramic arts daily see glaze chemistry.

What are the basics of glazing. There are two main ways you can glaze. Here we talk about ceramic glazing techniques as opposed to in depth discussion on glaze chemistry. These components are silica alumina flux colorants and modifiers.

Jennifer poellot harnetty editor. Even though all glazes are made up of the same components there is a vast range of colors and types to choose from.