John Peelle on sat 18 jan 03
Anyone have ideas on the best / easiest way to glaze large pieces? Bowls
about 1.5-2 ft in diameter and about the same heighth ? And taller thinner
jar/vase pieces? Just wanted to get some views on the subject.
Thanks,
Lyn
Mike Gordon on sat 18 jan 03
Hi,
First get a container that is larger in diameter than your largest bowl.
Place 2 sticks, 1x1" or 2x2" if the pots are heavy, across the catcher
container's lip then place your bowl upside down on the sticks so the
lip is centered over the bottom container. Then with a large ladel pour
the glaze over the bowl starting at the foot and working around. Pour
fast enough and with enough glaze to minimixe a lot of over laps. You
will get some. Be sure to glaze the inside first. Good luck, Mike Gordon
Marcia Selsor on sat 18 jan 03
I have a big stainless stell round bottom bowl about 3' in diameter. It
works great for dipping big plates and bowls.
You could pour a glaze onto your bowl if you put it on support sticks
over a container. Feed stores in montana sell those rubber "glazing'
bowls in many sizes. They are feed or water bowls here.
Best wishes,
Marcia
Tuscany in 2003
http://home.attbi.com/~m.selsor/Tuscany2003.html
Dave Finkelnburg on sat 18 jan 03
Lyn,
For glazing pieces with a diameter similar to height, spraying
works...IF you have a way to deal with the airborne material, which is
dangerous for your lungs.
Pouring also works. I have a shallow, large-diameter plastic container
for this, got mine from a garden store...put a banding wheel in the tub,
elevated on a couple bricks, set the bowl upside down on a suitable support
on the banding wheel, then pour glaze on the outside of the bowl while
turning it.
You could brush, requires the least setup, but it's slow compared to
pouring or spraying, and you need to learn how to apply the glaze with a
brush to get the look you want.
Which you pick depends most on your situation, including the amount you
will glaze.
Hope this is helpful!
Dave Finkelnburg
.....a backward poet writes inverse....
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Peelle"
> Anyone have ideas on the best / easiest way to glaze large pieces? Bowls
> about 1.5-2 ft in diameter and about the same heighth ? And taller
thinner
> jar/vase pieces? Just wanted to get some views on the subject.
> Thanks,
> Lyn
Louise Jenks on sat 18 jan 03
To glaze big pieces, I use a round saucer sled. As it is winter, they should
be easy to find.
Louise
> Anyone have ideas on the best / easiest way to glaze large pieces? Bowls
> about 1.5-2 ft in diameter and about the same heighth ? And taller thinner
> jar/vase pieces? Just wanted to get some views on the subject.
>
Louise Jenks
Turtle Clayworks
Cincinnati OH USA
June Perry on sat 18 jan 03
For wide platters and bowls, I use a thick, flexible, rubber like feed
container that I purchased at a farm co-op/feed grain store. Off hand I would
say that it's at least 8-10" deep and about 2' wide at the top opening. The
sides slant a bit making the diameter at a base a bit smaller; but still
large enough for good sized platters and bowls.
Regards,
June Perry
http://www.angelfire.com/art2/shambhalapottery/index.html
Ruth Ballou on sat 18 jan 03
An ear syringe and wide brush works well for applying glaze to large
open forms. Ear syringes are those blue things used for cleaning out
waxy ears. Check out your neighborhood pharmacy. Any wide soft brush
should work; I typically use a bamboo sectioned brush. Glaze the
outside first by turning the piece upside down on a bat. Center on the
wheel. If you have a chuck handy to support the bowl from the inside to
allow the rim to float above the bat, so much the better. Now fill the
ear syringe and wet the brush with glaze. Hold the brush in the right
hand and the syringe in the left hand. With the wheel turning slowly,
touch the brush to the pot at approximately 3:00 in the foot area.
Immediately, place the syringe just behind the tips of the bristles.
Gently squeeze the syringe to supply glaze to the brush as you move the
brush downward on the profile of the pot. Resupply the syringe as
necessary. Work down, up, then down again for 3 coats of glaze. Turn
the pot over and repeat for the inside, beginning at the rim. With very
little practice a reasonably smooth coat of glaze can be quickly
applied. Even such tricky glazes as celadon and copper red can be
successfully applied with this method. Spread the word....
Ruth Ballou
Silver Spring, MD
On Saturday, January 18, 2003, at 10:16 AM, John Peelle wrote:
> Anyone have ideas on the best / easiest way to glaze large pieces?
> Bowls
> about 1.5-2 ft in diameter and about the same heighth ? And taller
> thinner
> jar/vase pieces? Just wanted to get some views on the subject.
> Thanks,
> Lyn
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Lily Krakowski on sun 19 jan 03
More and more I use glazes on my pots right after they are trimmed. They
are still on the wheel, leatherhard, and easy to glaze with brush or bulb
syringe. Unlike true raw-glazers I DO bisque. This allows for second
layer of glaze if I wish, but also allows me to discard pots before
investment in glaze firing.
Further idea: One of the problems with big pots is small people. Frans
Wildenhain "taught us all"to have worktables no taller than knee height. I
often set glaze materials, platters to be glazed on a low table, on a
turntable of some sort, so I can bend my entire upper body to the task, and
not have arms and such interfere with my motion. (Large breasted women ,
and anyone who needs to wear three sweaters and a down vest in the studio
also find this working on a low table a help.)
Lili Krakowski
P.O. Box #1
Constableville, N.Y.
(315) 942-5916/ 397-2389
Be of good courage....
Lois Ruben Aronow on sun 19 jan 03
=46or large bowls I use big (and I mean BIG) stainless steel bowls that
I get at the restaurant supply store. Next to the hardware store,
it's my greatest resource for studio tools.
=46or tall vases, I use a 5 gallon bucket. Sometimes I use a smaller
one, as you need less glaze to make up for liquid displacement. As
long as the sides are higher than the ware it will do.
>Anyone have ideas on the best / easiest way to glaze large pieces? =
Bowls
>about 1.5-2 ft in diameter and about the same heighth ? And taller =
thinner
>jar/vase pieces? Just wanted to get some views on the subject.
>Thanks,
>Lyn
>
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Nick Molatore on sun 19 jan 03
The technique described below by Ruth is great. I have used a very =
similar method=20
on may large bowls. The one comment I might make is to use a plastic =
squeeze bottle (like
a catsup bottle) filled with glaze. I have found great plastic bottles =
at a beauty supply. They
are used for hair coloring stuff. They come in a variety of sizes and =
are available with very
nice narrow long thin nozzles. I use these for slip trailing.
-Nick Molatore
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
An ear syringe and wide brush works well for applying glaze to large
open forms. Ear syringes are those blue things used for cleaning out
waxy ears. Check out your neighborhood pharmacy. Any wide soft brush
should work; I typically use a bamboo sectioned brush. Glaze the
outside first by turning the piece upside down on a bat. Center on the
wheel. If you have a chuck handy to support the bowl from the inside to
allow the rim to float above the bat, so much the better. Now fill the
ear syringe and wet the brush with glaze. Hold the brush in the right
hand and the syringe in the left hand. With the wheel turning slowly,
touch the brush to the pot at approximately 3:00 in the foot area.
Immediately, place the syringe just behind the tips of the bristles.
Gently squeeze the syringe to supply glaze to the brush as you move the
brush downward on the profile of the pot. Resupply the syringe as
necessary. Work down, up, then down again for 3 coats of glaze. Turn
the pot over and repeat for the inside, beginning at the rim. With very
little practice a reasonably smooth coat of glaze can be quickly
applied. Even such tricky glazes as celadon and copper red can be
successfully applied with this method. Spread the word....
Ruth Ballou
Silver Spring, MD
On Saturday, January 18, 2003, at 10:16 AM, John Peelle wrote:
> Anyone have ideas on the best / easiest way to glaze large pieces?
> Bowls
> about 1.5-2 ft in diameter and about the same heighth ? And taller
> thinner
> jar/vase pieces? Just wanted to get some views on the subject.
> Thanks,
> Lyn
>
Lee Love on sun 19 jan 03
For the biggest stuff (like the big blue salt glazed osara) we use
something that looks like a big plastic ofuro (japanese bathtub.) Glazing is
done as Mike described, with a second person holding and turing the osara,
inside glazed first.
In America, a kids plastic swimming pool might be the nearest equivalant
to the ofuro.
--
Lee Love In Mashiko Ikiru@hachiko.com
"The best pots for me are the pots that I like." --Shoji Hamada (1894-1978)
http://www.awanomachi-tcg.ed.jp/mashiko.html
Susan Fox-Hirschmann on mon 20 jan 03
I glaze large pieces with a large low rectangular heavy plastic bucket that I
got at home depot, that is used to mix cement. Works great!
Good luck!
Susan
Annandale, VA
Debbie White on thu 23 jan 03
Good day from a chilly day in Southern Ontario....it's -32c with wind chill
and the barn water is frozen....uggh.
Oh well, just a thought on using a large container for dipping.....over
X-mas I purchased from Home Depot a Rubbermaid container that is intended to
store X-mas paper rolls. It stands very tall and is somewhat narrow.
I think it's what I been looking for dipping large platters and plates....so
I'm taking out the wrapping paper and putting in my studio....will have to
buy anther one next X-mas.
Just an idea that I would share with you.
Now off to the barn to carry water to the critters.
Cheers,
Debbie
Bonnie Staffel on fri 24 jan 03
Dear Clayarters,
I have used inexpensive plastic laundry tubs to hold my basic glazes. They
are deep, square and accept platters easily as well as tall vases. They
have a drain if you want to empty them. Another thing the size keeps the
dipping at waist high which is easy on the back.
Regards, Bonnie Staffel of Charlevoix.
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