Low Budget Glaze Spraying: Using an Atomizer for Great Ceramic Glazing Effects
Spraying glazes is a wonderful way to make otherwise solid glaze colors have variation and depth, but not everyone has access to a spray booth. That’s where an atomizer comes in! In today’s bonus Monday video, Patricia Bridges demonstrates how easy it is to spray glazes with an atomizer. This technique is fantastic for those who fire in oxidation, but crave some of the variation and unpredictability of an atmospheric or reduction firing. Happy Monday!- Jennifer Harnetty, editor.
Pottery Decorating Video: Decorating with Slips, Sgraffito, Glaze, and Dots!
I loooooove polka dots! They are such a simple decoration, but they have such wide appeal. Gail Kendall is also into dots, so she spends a good amount of time dotting her surfaces – she says it’s almost meditative to her. In today’s post, Gail demonstrates how she combines slip dots and glazes to enhance her beautiful sgraffito leaf motifs and achieve her signature look.
Majolica Madness – A Fun Take on Majolica
I first saw these pieces in person a while back at David Gamble’s home and studio in Plainfield, Indiana. I thought his idea of making clay portraits from his old kindergarten class photos was fantastic (not to mention very well carried out!). This project also got me thinking about different ways to stretch the potential of commercial glazes. Maybe it will spark a new direction in your work!
Pottery Video of the Week: Design Techniques and Tips for Outstanding Majolica Pottery
I think everyone who has a passion for making pottery has experienced the heartbreak of making a great pot and then ruining it in the glaze stage. I certainly have. In fact, I think glazing and decorating is the most challenging part of this medium. So today I am sharing this video clip from Linda Arbuckle’s Majolica DVD. Not only does Linda give excellent advice and show examples for how to develop successful decoration. But she also shares a number of great technical tips for painting with majolica colors. Though this clip was condensed quite a bit for web posting, I still think it is packed with great information.
Video of the Week: Glaze Trailing Beautiful Surface Designs
As most any potter will tell you, glazing is probably the most challenging part of making pottery. It takes a lot of practice and experimentation to get it right (and it is easy to ruin a successful pot by getting the glazing wrong).
Sarah Jaeger is one of those potters who gets it so right. In today’s video, an excerpt from her new DVD Throwing, Altering, and Glazing For Function and Beauty, Sarah takes us through the glazing process of one of her gorgeous pots (a process developed after plenty of practice and experimentation!).
Pottery Video of the Week: How to Create Glaze Patterns with Latex Resist
I just added latex resist to my ever expanding studio supplies shopping list. And when you watch today’s video, you’ll see why. In the video, an excerpt from her new DVD Integrating Surface and Form with Porcelain (which ships Monday!), Lorna Meaden takes us through the process of glazing one of her jester tumblers. To enhance the slip inlay jester pattern, Lorna uses latex resist to alternate flashing slip and celadon glaze. Super cool.
How to Calibrate Your Glazes to Prepare for Pottery Glazing
Calibrating glazes each time you glaze is a step that is probably skipped by a great many of us when we glaze, but it is a step that can help make glazing results more reliable. In today’s post, an excerpt from her new DVD Glazing and Decorating Pottery, which ships next week, Nan Rothwell explains her process for keeping her glazes consistent from one glazing session to the next.
Pottery Video of the Week: Creating Interesting Patterns with Glazes and Colorants
In this clip, from her new DVD Glazing and Decorating Pottery, Nan Rothwell demonstrates some different ways to make patterns on pottery using various objects, including a simple homemade stamp made out of the standard pottery throwing sponge.
Glazing for Success: 12 Tips to Help You Master Pottery Glazing
I have to admit, glazing is not my favorite part of the ceramic process. It’s probably because of its potential to make or break a good pot (and believe me, I have broken quite a few with poor glaze application). I tend to be a bit of a sloppy glazer and I sometimes rush through it a little more quickly than I should. Denver, Colorado ceramic artist Annie Chrietzberg is the polar opposite of me in the glaze room: methodical and precise. I know my glazing outcomes could be greatly improved if I followed just a couple of Annie’s tips, so I thought I would share them with the community. Hopefully you will benefit from Annie’s advice too!
How to Combine Glaze Trailing, Wax Resist, and Washes to Make Joyful, Colorful Pots
Sarah Jaeger says her main goal is to make work that functions well, and adds some joy and a sense of festivity to someone’s meal. I think she’s nailed it. In today’s post, an excerpt from the cover article of the latest Pottery Making Illustrated, Sarah explains her glazing process and shares a couple of recipes.
