A random "vase glazing" video turned into a bit of a re-glaze scenario. Not sure if it is worth the time to re-glaze a piece of pottery, but I ended up taking a few swings at this vase with varied results. I hope you enjoy.
Great to see you back! To add my 2 cents to the mix, if you pop a glazed piece into the oven and get it hot before trying to dip to reglaze, the new layer will be much thicker and will dry almost instantly. Same with brushing glaze on too. Sure you already know but just thought I’d say in case it’s helpful! Thanks for the great content, it’s incredibly useful to see all your experiments and that you include the things you didn’t like as much as well as the successes. I learn a lot from it.
it's autentic, unique, and awesome--- it's your creation it's family and i'm glad it has a special spot in your garden. Make sure you sign it and date it. i Love it.
I really appreciate your persistence and honesty. Most videos clay artist post are so successful it leaves me wondering “how do they do that every time”? So, seeing your process reassures me I am quite normal. Thank you.
I thought the first firing was beautiful already but the second firing is stunning! Love how you showed your experiment and the end result was just speechless.
I really like how it came out at the end! I was totally feeling your pain throughout the whole process, though. We've all been there. And that sigh at 5:18...really made me laugh. 😄
First time seeing you. Love the way you show bloopers. Love the ombré effect at the end. Ok inclusions but you didn’t do it to sell but yo experiment. I’m getting a kiln soon for jewellery but gonna add pottery jewellery to so I need to learn bisque and glazing etc
To built up glaze on fired pieces, spray multiple light coatings, drying each coating with a heat gun. Mount the piece being glazed on an electric wheel for even application using the spray gun.
On one reglaze I tried the second dip ran considerably in rivulets which I decided to fire as is assuming it would melt together. It left what looks like a silhouette of a stand of trees, one of my favorite pieces. A problem I find with commercial glazes is the way they react in a reduction firing. Seems the commercial market is geared more toward electric/oxidation firing formulas and I fire with propane. Some work fine, some turn out horrible and nothing like the test tiles on display at the ceramics supply store. Here's a project for you to try, if you haven't given it a go yet: mocha diffusion. On my list....
Somebody gave me the tip of adding pehatine to the glaze when refiring. Worked wonders. Usually I heat the pieces that need refiring to 120°C so that the glaze dries quickly. But that doesn't work well. The trick with hair spray doesn't work at all. Pehatine is the only thing that worked for me. The glaze becomes thicker. Maybe cmc would work too.
I love the last one. Even with the inclusions. Didn’t you do a previous video where you added a base to a vase? The blue makes me think if you’re going to put it out in the yard, it would be a beautiful water feature. Fountain. ?
Hi Justin, been a fan of all your experiments. Hey I was wondering if you ever try to make/cast your own kiln shelf with refractory cement? Is that possible? Hope you are well! Greetings from indonesia! :)
