Putting together your first Glaze Recipe 

Just wanted to say think you for sharing all your knowledgeable information with a great sense of humour. Really appreciate all your information on pottery.

Your videos are consistently the most most most helpful and I learn so much! Thank you!

Thank you soooo much!! I’ve been searching for answers on understanding and interpreting glaze recipes!

Thank you Donte! You're such a good educator! Nice work!

Thank you!!! this was a very easy to understand when you are thinking about mixing your own glazes, it is very helpful!!!

Dante, you’re such a sweetheart for explaining all of the stuff so throughly and funnily at the same time 😄❤️ (I’m a beginner, so I appreciate it that much more) Could you pretty please make a video about throwing teapots? 🍵

So I rarely comment on videos, but this video is the exception! This video helped me so much! Thank you for explaining the entire process, even down to the water! Really helpful and much appreciated

Brilliant stuff - so helpful. Thank you. Love your delivery style too 😜

Amazing, you answered so many questions! Thank you!

Thank you for explaining things so well!

I know nothing about glazes and ceramics, but your video was so well done I watched the entire thing.

Hey! Thanks for making this fun and less intimidating! I’ve subscribed!

You are good looking! Thank you for sharing all your knowledge! Lord knows I need it !

You are so funny. I really enjoyed and learnt a lot from this. Thank you soooo much.

Thanks for the detailed information!

Thanks, for sharing! Great information. 😊

Thank you for this amazing video :)

1. Give at least two reasons to make your own glaze. Time: 0:50 It’s much cheaper than buying your glaze and it allows for a better relationship with your art work which grants you better control, over the many aspects of the work. 2. List the tools needed to mix your glaze. Hint: there is 7. Time: 3:30 Gram Scale, Cup, Sieve, Mason Jar, Towel, Dust Mask and a Scooper 3. What can you get if you don’t wear a Dust Mask? Describe what it is. Time: 3:41 Silicosis which is where dust containing silica goes into your lungs and doesn’t come out. 3B. Can it be cured? Why or why not? Time: 4:00 No since the silica will not come out of the lungs. 4. Why is the glaze recipe he makes called 5x20 recipe? Time: 4:30 It’s called the 5x20 recipe since it requires the 5 most basic glaze ingredients and you use 20% of each material. 5. In the majority of glaze recipes, the base of the glaze adds up to 100%. Time 5:39 6. Why did he put the mixture in the jar? Time: 10:40 To make sure he measures out each ingredient correctly and make sure they are air tight and mix it inside of the jar. 7. How come you pour the glaze mixture through a sieve? Time: 11:20 To make sure tiny minerals don’t go onto your piece ruining it. 8. Why do you want to wash everything immediately after your through with mixing? Time: 13:29 Because you don’t want to contaminate your other pieces since the glaze will dry on the equipment. 9. After you mix your glaze, the next thing you want to do is what? Hint: it requires a tile. Time: 14:50 To test the glaze on three types of clay to see their reaction. 10. Who was on his kiln? Time: 15:40 Astroboy 11. “A clean studio is a “happy” studio.” Time: 17:27 Extra Credit: What is the #on the bag of Frit in the background? Describe in your own words what that is. That one you’ll have to look up. The number on the bag in the background is Frit 3134. This a well known frit used over many years mainly for general purpose melter across all temperatures.

Thanks. Good first step.

this is amazing

Candle is calming

Thank you so much for this video. It really helped to clarify things. Do you have any recommendations for which particulate masks to wear while mixing glazes?

Thank you so much for the info you provide it's awesome what you do love the outcome of your work...I want to ask... where's a good place to order raw materials?

thanks for this. I like how that 5/20 glaze breaks on the darker clay. Is this base good with stains and oxides for colors? Do you have a video for that?

thank you!! made glazing seem a lot less intimidating! :)

"I like everything a little thicker..." LOL! Ok girl... we get ya'.

Thank you

I got the big bag of each ingredient to make 5X20, and since they come in 50lb sacks, and they cost about $250 altogether, I figure my base glaze costs about a dollar a pound.

Thanks

Just love your video, funny, precise! Ok, its a go for me to start creating my own glaze🥰 Question;? Can I brush these glaze on my pieces? If i create it more think? Or do I need some kind of “gum “ product to add? Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us all! Your friend from Québec 🇨🇦

I'm sure adding one of those mixing balls inside will make the mixing a lot faster and easier before you sieve it. Just a thought.

Have you done a video on just the basic base recipes you mentioned?

Oh thank the kiln gods FINALLY

What do you like about 5 x 20?

Uhm hai, thanks for your sharing, i just found your video right now. And i want to ask you something. Why if i made a glaze it always have a different type of color like more light or more dark or even change into red/green while this glaze had to bee brown light color.. Does the position of the kiln matter?

What is the size of the mesh for the sieve?

Dante (Donte(?)) @Earth Nation Ceramics - Do you have a list of equipment and chemicals a beginner should get/have available prior to starting on their first glaze? Size sieve? Test Sieves or the larger ones? Tools? Certain common chemicals used in most glazes? Etc? - Sidebar: Jon the Potter pointed out a place to get cheap chemicals and stains (way cheaper than I can get locally in MN) plus, more you buy, cheaper it is, so good to know about common chemicals! Hope to hear something.... LOVE THE VIDEOS!!!

Say, what was the book with the "3-6" in the title? Also, any other books on glaze-making that you would recommend?

Yah old school TMNT cup

Hi , thank you so much I just cant understand the difference between oxides and stain and emaills (France word) please !

Um, did you misspell your name Donte? Thanks for sharing, you've taught me a lot!

Yes, you certainly don’t want your colouring oxides to get lost, especially not Cobalt, at the price they currently charge for that!

If you want to make your own glazes and experiment Mr. Dirtfarmer sells an excellent filtered hardwood ash.

can you plz tell m how to make clear glaze

Putting things from right hand side to lefthand side - I do this when cooking and/or making spice mixes. It's the only method that makes sense. I hope someone gets something from that tip, it's seriously good.

I swear you look more Maltese than I do. And I'm Maltese.

wouldn't it make more sense to sift the particulate before you add the water? or does it not matter??

Which puppy? I need to know so I can scale how scared I am

Hey! Just curious.. the website that you mention for glazes is it www.lazy.org? I’ve tried to look it up but I don’t think I’ve found the right one?

How do you know if a glaze is food safe? I am so worry about the glaze I am using right now O.o >

Which mask are you using there?

What cone temp does this recipe use?

I see that you don’t mix the dry chemicals before you put the water in. It seems to me that if I stir them around before I put water in they are easier to put through the sieve later on.

Are there any differences between “The Glaze Book” and “The Potter's Book of Glaze Recipes”?

Clean out your measuring cup, and/or switch to a glass measuring cup!

I wish I was a potter.

MSDS or SDS come on safety first pls. Also my mask has a water bong on it is that ok??????

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I am not a potter...someday maybe i love to work with clay but at this p oint in my life it's not feasable...if I'm honest I just come here to listen to Dante's snark and saltiness

i can hear that you dont wear a mask *Jebaited

Did you say Grogle when you meant Grolleg (prounced Grawlig)?

I'm not sure but I looked that up and I think that might have killed my stepmother.

Feldspar powder 35 % Quartz powder 24% China clay 6% Courmoxide 1.8% Callcite 7% Mno2 5% Iron oxide 4% Barium oxide 5% Please help me 1180 degree

It is shocking that in usa people are so clueless when it come to %. If it say 20%. No need to explain more. 20% mean 20parts for 100parts total. Part can be anything like gram , Litters, pounds, ml.... so for a recipe of 20% rutile, 40% epk, 30% silica and 10% EPk. The total will be 100% of course so it will be 20g 40g 30g 10g =100g total. If you want to make 500 g total. Just multiply by 5. If you want to make 300g just multiply by 3

So crushed rock is now called chemical? 😂😂😂😂 ok..... i guess thats potter's language.

When you take up pottery during a pandemic and realize you can’t find masks. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Why do you constantly repeat yourself?