Kristina on fri 14 nov 03
I need some helpful tips on glazing. I am making hand feet print
impressions in ceramic clay that have been fired and now i am painting
Mayco Series 2000 glaze inside the hand and feet impressions, then i am
using ceramichrome clear brushing glaze to glaze around the hand and feet
prints.
Now when i am glazing i dont put the clear glaze(which when painted on its
BLUE)over the series 2000 pink color? I outlined the hand and feet prints
with the clear glaze which is blue right now, and there are areas that are
little sloppy with the clear glaze (again is blue now) over lapping the
Series 2000 glaze just a little, will that be OK? And how do you know if
you are putting to much glaze on??? When it dries it (clear glaze) looks
powdery blue and the Series 2000 mayco looks powdery pink....is that OK????
Thanks
HELLLLLPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Valice Raffi on sat 15 nov 03
Kristina,
The Mayco Series 2000 glazes do not "move" much in the firing, so the pink
will stay just where you put it. I don't know what ceramichrome clear
brushing glaze is, but if it was sold to you to "go with" the Series 2000
then I would guess that it is also a non-toxic, student type glaze that
won't move either.
If that's the case, overlapping the pink and clear should not make any
difference to the final look. The blue look of the clear is a colorant
that will fire out. It is there so you can tell where you've applied the
glaze. It's natural for glazes to turn powdery when dry.
It sounds like you've applied the clear over your bisqued clay, except
where you had the pink, and those areas will have a color similar to your
clay. For example, if you used white clay, it will be white and shiny. If
you used a different color clay, the color will change somewhat but still
be the basic clay color, only shiny. Any areas that don't have either the
pink or the clear glaze on them will stay dry looking - just like your
bisqued clay looks now.
Generally, you'll need two to three coats of glaze (whatever is recommended
on the lable), it should be about the thickness of a business card. Be
sure & use a stilt when you fire, just in case you got too much glaze on
and it drips. In the future, you could add a bit of food coloring to some
glaze (in a little cup) that you use for your second coat. It will burn
out and allow you to see that you've covered the first coat completely.
When you put the third coat on, use it without the food coloring.
Welcome to the mysteries of glazing!
Valice
in Sacramento
>I need some helpful tips on glazing. I am making hand feet print
>impressions in ceramic clay that have been fired and now i am painting
>Mayco Series 2000 glaze inside the hand and feet impressions, then i am
>using ceramichrome clear brushing glaze to glaze around the hand and feet
>prints.
> Now when i am glazing i dont put the clear glaze(which when painted on its
>BLUE)over the series 2000 pink color? I outlined the hand and feet prints
>with the clear glaze which is blue right now, and there are areas that are
>little sloppy with the clear glaze (again is blue now) over lapping the
>Series 2000 glaze just a little, will that be OK? And how do you know if
>you are putting to much glaze on??? When it dries it (clear glaze) looks
>powdery blue and the Series 2000 mayco looks powdery pink....is that OK????
>
>
>
>Thanks
>HELLLLLPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
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