Thanks for this. Been a blacksmith and knife maker for over a decade and am unable to continue so am going to start pottery. These videos make the learning curve so much shorter. Much appreciated.
Perfect! Best of luck on your new adventures and let us know if we can help. Please share the channel with your friends and fellow artists to help us grow our community.
49:00 There may be a substantial oversight, that description is for Sodium Bentonite, but there is also Calcium Bentonite which is has very different properties. some of those recipes that call for high amounts of bentonite are probably using Ca Bentonite. They have the same base chemical backbone structure but one has Sodium stuffed between the layers which allows very strong water absorption and the other is stuffed with Ca giving it a much more stable physical structure. Sodium bentonite is used for many industrial applications due to its gelling and expansive qualities.
I can't thank you enough for making this great series! It's super clear and helpful!I never thought I could really understand the chemistry behind glazes🙏🏻🙏🏻
Incredible teaching!! I have been reading and watching videos on making glazes for months now and this was the clearest and most usable instruction I have found.
It might be more advantageous to the observer if you put an overlay of the recipes on the video in order for rookies like myself, to grasp the recipe conversion a bit easier. These videos are priceless.
Thanks Carol, we are still relatively new at this and I like the suggestion. I don't believe we can edit the videos once they are posted, but I will check.
@@WashingtonStreetStudios I tried to go to your site to find the link to the notes he is speaking to but it only led to your landing page. Those notes would be an invaluable accompaniment to these videos. Wonderful content
Gold. These videos are answering so many of my questions. Even some I didn’t know I had. And confirming a few of my suspicions and intuition. Thanks for such thoughtful classes and sharing them!
Frances, Thank you for the compliment and for watching our videos! Please share the channel with your friends and fellow potters to help us grow our channel. And let us know if you have any topics you would like us to cover! Keep watching.
Awesome! The Understanding Pottery series takes you through all the topics in a typical BFA program. Phil does a really good job on these videos! Enjoy and share them with your friends and fellow potters to help us grow our community!
Linda, Thank you for the support and encouragement! We really enjoy making these videos and have had much opportunity during the pandemic since our classes have been cancelled! We started the videos to keep a record and then decided to add them to UA-cam and it's been great! If you have suggestions for future topics, let us know and we'll be happy to provide some education and training!
Making your own glazes is both awesome and humbling! Enjoy the adventure and don't hesitate to ask if you have questions. washingtonstreetstudiosinc@gmail.com
Awesome! They will keep on coming, at least until we are too old! Thank you for extending our international reach in our community and keep watching! I hope all is well with you in Argentina.
Wow, this was exactly what I needed in my learning process! It was not also interesting and informative but a real joy and fun to listen to the teacher, even for me as a german ceramist. Thanks so much for these videos! They are highly appreciated!
Yes, sorry about that. Phil passed away and I am trying to keep the business going. The channel, unfortunately, takes a back seat. I just checked the website and see the problem, I just don't know how to fix it. I will let you know when it is resolved.
i have been wood firing a local terra cotta at low temperature, the fire sometimes melts an aluminum can which i think is 660c. I would like a glaze so i can use it for coffee cups, but it looks like a huge project.
Agreed, finding a food safe glaze for this environment would be difficult. You should search commercial glazes or glazey.org for recipes. Phil passed away last July and he was the glaze expert!
At 30:42 in video he says there’s an additional handout of common glaze ingredients. This has been missed out of the downloadable handout, would it possible to have a copy added to the downloadable list please? Also in the next video part 2 (from 41:05 to 46:10), the discussed glazes he has in his own handout are not in the downloadable version making it hard to follow. Thanks so much for these amazing videos, you’ve helped me learn so much!
This lecture series is just fantastic! I'm so glad to have stumbled onto it. And Phil is an amazing instructor! I tried looking for the downloadable glaze recipes, but could not find them? Can anyone help me locate them? Thank you so much!
Dr. R Chem Course, sorry for the confusion! I edit my own website and sometimes I miss some things! Handouts can be found here: www.hfclay.com/handouts and I've added a link to the Potters' Round Table page on the website.
I've run across a raku glaze recipe for white crackle that that doesn't have weight or percent on it. Thing is, it adds up to 100, but there is Tin Oxide in it (I believe that's a colorant). I saw the part in the video where Mr. Berneburg discusses this problem, but without his handout I couldn't quite understand it. I'd really appreciate any help or suggestions. Thanks for everything y'all do! Recipe: Greatly borate - 65, Tenn. ball clay - 5, Neph. Sy. - 15, Tin oxide - 10, Flint - 5
Thanks for the support and encouragement! Since the pandemic we've moved to our member studio from our classroom and there are less distracting noises. Plus we've decided to prerecord our videos with no audience which means the doors don't open and close so much. Unfortunately about 50 of the videos were already recorded! Hopefully the content surpasses the distractions!
tracy holmes, sorry but I don't. Phil would probably have known, but he passed away last July. I would search for a Kaolin or China Clay on the internet. I did a quick search and found a supplier, unfortunately they were sold out.
Sorry, Phil passed away last July and I don't have all his notes. The originated in his teaching career and he kept them at his studio, not at Washington Street Studios.
@@WashingtonStreetStudios I am so sorry to hear that! !! I was being worried because there were no more videos uploaded. This is a huge loss. My condoléances to his family and all that were close to him as well as the pottery community 🌺
Hello! I’m trying to make a glaze using oyster shells for my 10th grade thesis as silica causes silicosis. I would like to know how to make one, would it be alright if you would give me instructions on how to make one?
An ambitious project, unfortunately Phil passed away last year and won't be able to help. I do not possess his knowledge of glaze chemistry. I suggest glazey.org as a great place to learn more about glazes.
I can find the handout file with handouts for the “ what glaze recipes can tell you” youtube, but I can’t find the handouts for this video. All the handouts in the handout library are from March 2021.
I plan to make them available when I find them. Phil passed away last July and I have his file cabinet of notes. He was a paper guy and hated computers! When I find them and I find time, I will scan them in and make them available.
Sorry about that Roger, we were having a potluck and an in-person lecture, there were about 30 visitors and the doors were busy. The Pandemic has solved much of that problem for us. And I did add some oil to the hinges!
This lecture and information for understanding glaze chemistry is absolute gold! Thank you so much!
I totally agree. This is Phil's best competency, he mixes all our glazes and fixes recipes brought in by our members. It is pure gold!
It sure is. I went to the website and tried to download and open the link on reduction firing but can't get it to download.
Thanks for this. Been a blacksmith and knife maker for over a decade and am unable to continue so am going to start pottery. These videos make the learning curve so much shorter. Much appreciated.
Perfect! Best of luck on your new adventures and let us know if we can help.
Please share the channel with your friends and fellow artists to help us grow our community.
49:00 There may be a substantial oversight, that description is for Sodium Bentonite, but there is also Calcium Bentonite which is has very different properties. some of those recipes that call for high amounts of bentonite are probably using Ca Bentonite. They have the same base chemical backbone structure but one has Sodium stuffed between the layers which allows very strong water absorption and the other is stuffed with Ca giving it a much more stable physical structure. Sodium bentonite is used for many industrial applications due to its gelling and expansive qualities.
Thanks
I can't thank you enough for making this great series! It's super clear and helpful!I never thought I could really understand the chemistry behind glazes🙏🏻🙏🏻
Parinaz Tayyebi, Thank you for the encouragement, we are all very lucky that Phil shared his wisdom with us!
Incredible teaching!! I have been reading and watching videos on making glazes for months now and this was the clearest and most usable instruction I have found.
Thank you HK Hodges, please share the channel with your friends and fellow potters to help us grow the community. Enjoy all the videos.
This was the best video I have watched about glaze chemistry. Thank you so much.
You are most welcome, enjoy all the videos!
It might be more advantageous to the observer if you put an overlay of the recipes on the video in order for rookies like myself, to grasp the recipe conversion a bit easier. These videos are priceless.
Thanks Carol, we are still relatively new at this and I like the suggestion. I don't believe we can edit the videos once they are posted, but I will check.
@@WashingtonStreetStudios
I tried to go to your site to find the link to the notes he is speaking to but it only led to your landing page. Those notes would be an invaluable accompaniment to these videos.
Wonderful content
I majored in chemistry and I want to learn about ancient pottery. I’m so glad I found your site. Refreshing.
Cool.
Gold. These videos are answering so many of my questions. Even some I didn’t know I had. And confirming a few of my suspicions and intuition. Thanks for such thoughtful classes and sharing them!
Frances, Thank you for the compliment and for watching our videos! Please share the channel with your friends and fellow potters to help us grow our channel. And let us know if you have any topics you would like us to cover! Keep watching.
This is amazing! I learned more about glaze chemistry than when I earned my Ceramics BFA!!!!!
Awesome! The Understanding Pottery series takes you through all the topics in a typical BFA program. Phil does a really good job on these videos! Enjoy and share them with your friends and fellow potters to help us grow our community!
By the way, I've never seen a tattoo artist in action before, just watched your time-lapse video, pretty cool!
I can't thank you enough; You are a great teacher, thank you.
Safy, you are most welcome! Please keep watching and share the channel with your friends and fellow potters to help us grow our community.
@@WashingtonStreetStudios sure, just shared ♥
Wow such knowledge shared for free !!!! Thank you so much
We are happy to be able to share Phil's wisdom and carry on his legacy!
Wow, Amazing- I needed this Glaze chemistry information! Thank you, thank you. I'm feeling less fear about starting to make my own glazes.
Aaron, we are glad you found the information useful, let us know if you have questions!
Just starting to get into pottery, and I find these lectures very instructive.
Thanks for the encouragement and please share the channel with your friends and fellow potters!
Watching glaze chapters second time and picking up more. Great video for understanding glazes.
Linda, Thank you for the support and encouragement! We really enjoy making these videos and have had much opportunity during the pandemic since our classes have been cancelled! We started the videos to keep a record and then decided to add them to UA-cam and it's been great! If you have suggestions for future topics, let us know and we'll be happy to provide some education and training!
Now that I have my own glaze ingredients, this was an awesome refresher. I recently saw a recipe for colminite.
Making your own glazes is both awesome and humbling! Enjoy the adventure and don't hesitate to ask if you have questions. washingtonstreetstudiosinc@gmail.com
THANKS SO MUCH. I love every episode! Regards from Argentina!
Awesome! They will keep on coming, at least until we are too old! Thank you for extending our international reach in our community and keep watching! I hope all is well with you in Argentina.
Amazing lecture! Thank you for publishing
You're most welcome! I hope you enjoy all the videos.
I'm just a newbie, I was looking for glazing in sanitaryware and I ended up being here. This gentleman is absolutely amazing. Wish him good health.
Sorry, Phil passed away last year, he will live on here!
@@WashingtonStreetStudios Oh so sad to know that, may he rest in peace. And yes his legacy will continue
Absolutely fantastic tutorial. I love it. Thank you very much for sharing.
We love making the videos, please share them with your friends and fellow potters to help us grow our community!
Wow, this was exactly what I needed in my learning process! It was not also interesting and informative but a real joy and fun to listen to the teacher, even for me as a german ceramist. Thanks so much for these videos! They are highly appreciated!
Imke Jassmann, Thank you for the encouragement, be sure to share the channel with your friends and fellow potters and enjoy the rest of the videos!
Thank you so much for sharing this!
Thanks for watching. Your turn to share, please share our channel with your friends and fellow potters to help us grow our community!
Excellent lecture, as usual!
Thank you for the encouragement!
Thank you for this video. The explanation is so good.
Hopefully you will find all the videos helpful! Keep watching.
Really enjoyed the video although I only use brush on glazes. Has given me an expanded view of glazes.
Cheers and be well...Freddie.
Thanks Freddie, we appreciate the feedback! keep watching.
This is a really great series and great content. Is it possible to get a copy of the handouts that were referenced in the video?
Phil passed away and we are going through his files, hopefully they will be available soon.
I've looked for the handout from this on your website but I can't find it. I'd love to find it. It's such an in-depth explanation.
Yes, sorry about that. Phil passed away and I am trying to keep the business going. The channel, unfortunately, takes a back seat. I just checked the website and see the problem, I just don't know how to fix it. I will let you know when it is resolved.
@@WashingtonStreetStudios gosh i'm so sorry for your loss. either way the video is very informative.
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Thank you! The Glaze Chemistry chapter is the most popular, thanks for watching.
i have been wood firing a local terra cotta at low temperature, the fire sometimes melts an aluminum can which i think is 660c. I would like a glaze so i can use it for coffee cups, but it looks like a huge project.
Agreed, finding a food safe glaze for this environment would be difficult. You should search commercial glazes or glazey.org for recipes. Phil passed away last July and he was the glaze expert!
At 30:42 in video he says there’s an additional handout of common glaze ingredients. This has been missed out of the downloadable handout, would it possible to have a copy added to the downloadable list please? Also in the next video part 2 (from 41:05 to 46:10), the discussed glazes he has in his own handout are not in the downloadable version making it hard to follow. Thanks so much for these amazing videos, you’ve helped me learn so much!
Again, sorry, I'll find and upload the correct handouts.
Thank you so much for this .
Nita, thank you for watching and please share with your friends and fellow potters.
This lecture series is just fantastic! I'm so glad to have stumbled onto it. And Phil is an amazing instructor! I tried looking for the downloadable glaze recipes, but could not find them? Can anyone help me locate them? Thank you so much!
Dr. R Chem Course, sorry for the confusion! I edit my own website and sometimes I miss some things! Handouts can be found here: www.hfclay.com/handouts and I've added a link to the Potters' Round Table page on the website.
@@WashingtonStreetStudios Hello, my husband is loving this series so far, there don't seem to be any files at the link you posted anymore :(
LOVE THANKS
Thanks for watching
I've run across a raku glaze recipe for white crackle that that doesn't have weight or percent on it. Thing is, it adds up to 100, but there is Tin Oxide in it (I believe that's a colorant). I saw the part in the video where Mr. Berneburg discusses this problem, but without his handout I couldn't quite understand it. I'd really appreciate any help or suggestions. Thanks for everything y'all do! Recipe: Greatly borate - 65, Tenn. ball clay - 5, Neph. Sy. - 15, Tin oxide - 10, Flint - 5
It as written as percentages, and Tin Oxide is used as an opacifier. There are no colorants in the recipe.
@@WashingtonStreetStudios I see, thanks to much!
i think in the example with the balls in the beginning, it should be "molecules" instead of "atoms". in any case, fantastic contents, thank you!
Yes, you are correct! Thanks for the encouragement! Keep on watching.
Great class! Lovin it. But please do something with that loud door xD
Thanks for the support and encouragement! Since the pandemic we've moved to our member studio from our classroom and there are less distracting noises. Plus we've decided to prerecord our videos with no audience which means the doors don't open and close so much. Unfortunately about 50 of the videos were already recorded! Hopefully the content surpasses the distractions!
@@WashingtonStreetStudios it does!
I'd also like access to the handouts--learning so much but it is hard without the visuals.
Bri Toronto, follow the link: www.hfclay.com/handouts
Hi and thank you for the brilliant videos..can I ask if you have any idea what the best Kaolin in England is as a substitute for EPK
tracy holmes, sorry but I don't. Phil would probably have known, but he passed away last July. I would search for a Kaolin or China Clay on the internet. I did a quick search and found a supplier, unfortunately they were sold out.
Wonderful thank you! Is there an way to acquire the script you are referring to?
Sorry, Phil passed away last July and I don't have all his notes. The originated in his teaching career and he kept them at his studio, not at Washington Street Studios.
@@WashingtonStreetStudios I am so sorry to hear that! !! I was being worried because there were no more videos uploaded. This is a huge loss. My condoléances to his family and all that were close to him as well as the pottery community 🌺
Hello! I’m trying to make a glaze using oyster shells for my 10th grade thesis as silica causes silicosis. I would like to know how to make one, would it be alright if you would give me instructions on how to make one?
An ambitious project, unfortunately Phil passed away last year and won't be able to help. I do not possess his knowledge of glaze chemistry. I suggest glazey.org as a great place to learn more about glazes.
I can find the handout file with handouts for the “ what glaze recipes can tell you” youtube, but I can’t find the handouts for this video. All the handouts in the handout library are from March 2021.
Not all lectures have handouts. Phil had instructor notes that he did not want published. Sorry, I don't have handouts for this lecture.
@@WashingtonStreetStudios thank you. The two parts have been most informative. As a chemistry teacher, I leaned a lot!
Great vid..am i able to obtain the notes by any chance TIA
I plan to make them available when I find them. Phil passed away last July and I have his file cabinet of notes. He was a paper guy and hated computers! When I find them and I find time, I will scan them in and make them available.
If a "rock" was one mineral what would it be?
Depends on which rock, i guess!
1:00:02
Albany Slip?
Some students are visual learners. Demo your instructions on the board to reach more students.
Thanks for the feedback.
crystals
Setting the main ingredient to 100 % and the others a portion of the main is a bakers method, not ceramic.
OK?
. throughout the video I can hear a door squeaking in the background - when somebody opens it! How about some lubricant oil for the bloody door ?
Sorry about that Roger, we were having a potluck and an in-person lecture, there were about 30 visitors and the doors were busy. The Pandemic has solved much of that problem for us. And I did add some oil to the hinges!