How To Glaze Ceramics With Bubbles

Use clays not containing large gas generating particles i e.

How to glaze ceramics with bubbles.

She is a studio technician at the michigan art center and started. In this video i show you how to do the bubble glaze technique. 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. Blow bubbles with a straw blow into the cup and let the bubbles overflow onto the plate.

Pop most of the bubbles with your hand. 1 a bubble forms at the glaze body contact surface 2 3 the bubble grows pushing through the melted glaze 4 the bubble bursts leaving a crater and exposing the clay body. Apply as much or as little bubbles as you want. Apply the glaze in a thinner layer to minimize its ability to contain large bubbles.

It also is a good method to ensure an even glaze coat. Rutile blue tend to be quite sensitive to thick application and fast firing and cooling and bubbling problems with them seem out of place. Light pink 11 and pink 12 steps. Pyrites sulphates some fluid glazes i e.

Glaze surface tension and viscosity keep glaze from flowing into the void left by the bubble. The other bubble glaze vi. If the dried bubbles leave behind thick crumbs of glaze you ve applied too much. The author hedy yang is a ceramic artist from novi michigan.

Dipping pottery into a fluid glaze about the consistency of heavy cream is one of the fastest ways to glaze large quantities of pottery. And i talk about the materials you need. The other bubble glaze vi. The lines of glaze should be thin and smooth against the piece.

Make bubbles concoction mix equal parts soap paint and water in a cup.