Lily Krakowski on fri 20 jun 03
Ok. Confessions of a Messy Glazer.
For one: I no longer can "do" glaze tongs, and holding pots for pouring or
dipping is difficult. Second, I am (always have been) immensely precise
about some things, and a total slob about others. So while I LOVE glazes and
glaze calculation and glaze testing, and put on my Little Scientist Outfit
whenever I can, I work with slips on leatherhard clay, and one or two
glazes when it gets down to glazing time. I simply find it easier and better
for me.
Having said that: ALL my glazes except the slip-glazes (not slips--glazes
with high clay contents) have 3% bentonite in them and calcium chloride by
"feel" . For most of my glazes this is enough. If they are headstrong I
add a little bit of Veegum solution. I do not use other gums because, as
far as I can tell from descriptions in catalogs, CMC is organic which makes
me worry about how smelly it may get. ( A bucket of glaze lasts me a LONG
time) I sometimes add glycerin.
My pots are slip decorated on the inside, and have a glaze brushed on on the
outside, generally leather-hard on the wheel, after trimming. (Gee, such
intimate details. I feel tabloid-esque!) I find brushing onto leather hard
easiest.
When I am ready to glaze the inside (after bisque; and yes, you heard me
right, I bisque the glaze I put on raw) I make sure the bisque is damp
enough. Not sopping, but damp enough so the brush does not stick. The
glaze is used just a bit thinner than for other applications.
It is a matter of--yikes, sorry, I know that hurts--PRACTICE. You have to
develop your own "feel" for it. And IMO!!! each glaze has its own preferred
application thickness, fluidity etc.
I hope this helps. And tell me: Do you in Fly Creek have as many
black-flies this year as we? Or can we send some down? They are SO bad a
friend cannot take her dogs out for a run...
All the best
Ann Geiger writes:
> Hi Lily
>
> I am glad you are pretty fine and feisty up there in Constableville. I am
> writing this to the list but addressed to you because I know you brush on
> glazes a lot.
>
>
> Annie Geiger
> Fly Creek, NY
>
Lili Krakowski
P.O. Box #1
Constableville, N.Y.
(315) 942-5916/ 397-2389
Be of good courage....
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