All Discussions Tagged 'Tip' - Electric Mid&Hi Fired Ceramics2024-03-29T14:04:52Zhttps://cone6pots.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Tip&feed=yes&xn_auth=noGlaze Tips & Trickstag:cone6pots.ning.com,2012-06-14:2103784:Topic:649292012-06-14T10:50:47.172ZPatricia Bridgeshttps://cone6pots.ning.com/profile/PatriciaBridges
<p style="text-align: left;">Everyone has experienced this - Not all of our glazed pots are pleasing .....We unload our glazed pots from a warm kiln with the excitement of a 5 year old- waiting to get down to that shelf which holds the one piece we really want to see......and Yeck - there it is. Not what we planned, perhaps even ugly. Sometimes it's just a flaw that makes it unusable/ un-sellable, a tiny spot that we missed glazing or a drip that dripped too far.…</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Everyone has experienced this - Not all of our glazed pots are pleasing .....We unload our glazed pots from a warm kiln with the excitement of a 5 year old- waiting to get down to that shelf which holds the one piece we really want to see......and Yeck - there it is. Not what we planned, perhaps even ugly. Sometimes it's just a flaw that makes it unusable/ un-sellable, a tiny spot that we missed glazing or a drip that dripped too far.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I sell my work so salvaging a piece means more than just liking it- it means potential revenue lost. But regardless of the final resting place of your work - we all like to salvage our mistakes.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Reglazing is a tricky business. In the studio where I teach I try to get my students to understand that it's a risk to reglaze and that the piece may very well be even worse off. Existing glaze remelts and moves, warpage and blistering can occur, and other over fired looking effects can overcome.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I tell my students it's a waste of kiln space and glaze to refire/reglaze a piece that only your mother would like - so be sure it's a worthwhile piece to begin with. Sometimes I have found great new combinations by mistake in the process of reglazing though. That said.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The Application of new glaze - Heat the pot up - microwave- heat gun - whatever will get it hot. Then reglaze it. This makes the new wet glaze dry quickly on the surface and adhere better. If it's just a small spot you need to heal then feather the glaze in over the area. If it's a dip - then be sure to have a nice big fat clearance at the bottom so it doesn't run to the base. Sometimes I put those pieces on a biscuit, depending on how close the first glaze came to the base. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Heat Helps- Reglazing can be a Risky Business.</strong></p>
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