Ceramics Glaze Bubbles

In this video i demonstrate how to do the bubble glaze technique for ceramics.

Ceramics glaze bubbles.

See more ideas about pottery techniques ceramic techniques glazes for pottery. When the glaze is applied i see little air bubbles which i rub down. Pyrites sulphates some fluid glazes i e. These craters are the remnants of bubbles that have burst during final approach to temperature or early stages of cooling.

Apr 21 2017 explore lsimmons s board bubble glaze on pinterest. The lines of glaze should be thin and smooth against the piece. I have experimented with different glazing techniques and consistencies of glaze. If the dried bubbles leave behind thick crumbs of glaze you ve applied too much.

Fire it in the glaze kiln and enjoy your new bubble patterned piece. Use clays not containing large gas generating particles i e. Blisters are evident on the fired glaze surface as a moonscape of craters some with sharp edges and others rounded. Efforts are made to create a dense laydown to reduce air pockets in dried glaze layer.

Apply the glaze in a thinner layer to minimize its ability to contain large bubbles. I used a plate i made out of a medium fire clay that i bisque fired. Rutile blue tend to be quite sensitive to thick application and fast firing and cooling and bubbling problems with them seem out of place. The author hedy yang is a ceramic artist from novi michigan.

The firing is cone 6 7 with a slow cooling down cycle.