November 19, 2008
Have you ever mixed or purchased a glaze, put it on a piece that you had been saving for that super-successful-surface-treatment that was going to take your work to that next level, break through that barrier you had been struggling against, make you rich and famous? Well, I have. I was living the good life in my head as I was glazing the piece. I was thinking of all the shows I was going to get into, all the awards I was going to win. Guess what—it didn't work. It's not that the glaze didn't work, it's that my expectations were so high that I could only be disappointed by the result. What I learned was that glazes ...Already Registered? Please sign in.
October 15, 2008
On Monday, we presented a couple of ways that you can expand your glaze palette without purchasing new materials or experimenting with new glaze recipes. If you missed that tip, you can see it in the online archives (along with every other feature we've published---just click on "Features Archive"). As promised, today, Lou Roess shares another handy tip for getting a lot more information out of the glazes you already have. You may discover something new and interesting right in your own studio!