Hi ! Love your videos. By blowing on the pieces, aren't you afraid there is silica dust going into the air ? I read that silica dust can be suspended for two week in the air.
Great video, Thank You! I wonder if you could give me some advice. I am currently struggling with a commercial powdered glaze I bought, which is cracking off my pots while drying, despite the fact that the specific gravity is spot on. The manufacturer tells me I am probably dipping for too long, because it requires only a 1 second dip!! I think this explains why my test tiles and garlic graters come out fine, but my larger pieces, which I cannot do in a 1 second dip, are flaking off like crazy. Do you have any solutions for this problem?
Big tip: You can scrape the glaze off with a knife back into the bucket and recycle it that way. Works amazing and safes a lot of time as well as make the lines sharper :)
This is great thank you! Question, if you aren't planning on putting the glazed pieces in the kiln right after glazing, how do you store them? Do they need to be covered to avoid dust build up?
I’m sorry if you’ve answered this already… what kind of clay do you use? I know it’s different in the uk vs us and region to region but just curious thank you!!
Love the video, thanks so much for explaining! If possible i would be grateful if the music is a little bit quieter when youre talking the next time, because i had problems to understand u sometimes :)
Hello! There are a few reasons. 1. I find that it takes longer to apply, dry and sponge waxed pieces than it does to just sponge them. 2. The fumes of the wax burning off in the kiln are also not great to breathe in when the kiln is firing. 3. The burnt off wax can apparently coat kiln elements in a very fine build up of residue, so I want to look after my kiln. I do use wax for decoration occasionally, but avoid it as much as possible.
Once it’s fired you mean? It can - that’s a question about the porosity of your ware. It’s important that you use your pieces in your own home and understand how the behave. Some low fired clays are still porous after firing and you can get moisture (and unfortunately, bacteria and mould) building up in the ceramic or between the ceramic and glaze. I fire very high to reach vitrification of my pieces - that means that the ceramic itself doesn’t drink up or hold onto any water after it’s fired - so the outside of my pieces are fine. I use my pieces in my home and often investigate to see if there’s any crazing, water absorption, mould etc. Hope that actually explained it(!)
@@MaeCeramics thank you for the explanation! I've got some additional questions: 1. At what temperature do you fire? 2. If pottery is gonna be used not for home use, but for a restaurant, for example, how the glazing process should differ then? 3. Do you rent the studio? Or it's your own space?
@@dmitrykoltsov no worries! 1. I fire to 1280°c. 2. Work for restaurants needs to go through the dishwasher and gets handled much more than domesticware, so it’s important you have achieved vitrification and you keep your rims nice and thick to try and keep chipping to a minimum. 3. I rent my space.
When you were glazing the cups at the start you did the interior and exterior in 2 different stages, what was the reason for not just dunking / submerging the entire cup all at once? Great content. Cheers.
Hi Jason! I just wanted to show a few different types of application. However, this is how I do cups vs bowls, and the reason for a inside/outside glaze is because there is much less glaze to sponge off the base of the piece when I do it this way. I dunk bowls fully because the footring is way less surface area to remove glaze from. In short, it's faster and less wasteful of glaze.
I took a pottery class in college, this was a better glazing instruction. Thank you!
It’s amazing! Thank you! How to do this glaze withe a little points?🙏🏻
Nice instructions and lovely pieces!!
Hi ! Love your videos. By blowing on the pieces, aren't you afraid there is silica dust going into the air ? I read that silica dust can be suspended for two week in the air.
Great video, Thank You! I wonder if you could give me some advice. I am currently struggling with a commercial powdered glaze I bought, which is cracking off my pots while drying, despite the fact that the specific gravity is spot on. The manufacturer tells me I am probably dipping for too long, because it requires only a 1 second dip!! I think this explains why my test tiles and garlic graters come out fine, but my larger pieces, which I cannot do in a 1 second dip, are flaking off like crazy. Do you have any solutions for this problem?
This is so helpful, thank you! How would you adjust this process if you had a runny glaze?
Great video!! Can I ask if there's much of a difference in using tongues to dip the piece into glaze as opposed to doing it by hand?
Big tip: You can scrape the glaze off with a knife back into the bucket and recycle it that way. Works amazing and safes a lot of time as well as make the lines sharper :)
hi Mae, what kind of clay do you use? love how it stays in that natural state.
This is great thank you! Question, if you aren't planning on putting the glazed pieces in the kiln right after glazing, how do you store them? Do they need to be covered to avoid dust build up?
I have the same doubt!
Hello! No, I just leave them on the shelves. If they are super dusty I might give them a wash a few days before glazing
I’m sorry if you’ve answered this already… what kind of clay do you use? I know it’s different in the uk vs us and region to region but just curious thank you!!
Thank you. 😊
Love the video, thanks so much for explaining! If possible i would be grateful if the music is a little bit quieter when youre talking the next time, because i had problems to understand u sometimes :)
Thank you for the video. Is there a reason you don’t use wax ?
Hello! There are a few reasons.
1. I find that it takes longer to apply, dry and sponge waxed pieces than it does to just sponge them.
2. The fumes of the wax burning off in the kiln are also not great to breathe in when the kiln is firing.
3. The burnt off wax can apparently coat kiln elements in a very fine build up of residue, so I want to look after my kiln.
I do use wax for decoration occasionally, but avoid it as much as possible.
Lovely video, thank you!
If you don't glaze outside part of a bowl, then it absorbs more water, right? What can this result in?
Once it’s fired you mean?
It can - that’s a question about the porosity of your ware. It’s important that you use your pieces in your own home and understand how the behave. Some low fired clays are still porous after firing and you can get moisture (and unfortunately, bacteria and mould) building up in the ceramic or between the ceramic and glaze. I fire very high to reach vitrification of my pieces - that means that the ceramic itself doesn’t drink up or hold onto any water after it’s fired - so the outside of my pieces are fine. I use my pieces in my home and often investigate to see if there’s any crazing, water absorption, mould etc. Hope that actually explained it(!)
@@MaeCeramics thank you for the explanation!
I've got some additional questions:
1. At what temperature do you fire?
2. If pottery is gonna be used not for home use, but for a restaurant, for example, how the glazing process should differ then?
3. Do you rent the studio? Or it's your own space?
@@dmitrykoltsov no worries!
1. I fire to 1280°c.
2. Work for restaurants needs to go through the dishwasher and gets handled much more than domesticware, so it’s important you have achieved vitrification and you keep your rims nice and thick to try and keep chipping to a minimum.
3. I rent my space.
@@MaeCeramics thank you so much!
Wish you further success!
Cool vid
(Every cup of tea I drink was been reheated in the microwave AT LEAST once 😄)
I am the same with drinks! I never finish them even when I love the drink.
Why are we like this
Gotta get a mug warmer - life changing!
When you were glazing the cups at the start you did the interior and exterior in 2 different stages, what was the reason for not just dunking / submerging the entire cup all at once? Great content. Cheers.
Hi Jason! I just wanted to show a few different types of application. However, this is how I do cups vs bowls, and the reason for a inside/outside glaze is because there is much less glaze to sponge off the base of the piece when I do it this way. I dunk bowls fully because the footring is way less surface area to remove glaze from. In short, it's faster and less wasteful of glaze.
@@MaeCeramics nice! Makes sense and thanks for the reply!
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You don’t wax the bottom?
Nope! I find it takes a similar amount of time and I hate the smell of wax in the kiln.
I struggle to put my glaze :(
Keep practicing!
Love the stripy blue plate! What type of colour did you use for painting? ☺️
Thanks! I used a cobalt blue underglaze onto the bisqueware
I never drink a whole mug either, maybe its just too much for us??!!
Stop saying like every second word!
I am THE SAME way when it comes to drinks! I can’t get my self to drink the last sip…it’s a mental thing 🥲