Brenda Funk on sat 18 sep 04
I took a glaze application workshop a couple of years ago from Joyce
Michaud, who teaches ceramics at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland. =
She
teaches a glaze application technique that works beautifully for large
platters and bowls. She calls it "ear syringe and brush." You fill an =
ear
syringe (from the drug store) with glaze (it holds four ounces). You =
need a
wide hake brush. Start by placing the bowl upside down on the wheel, =
turning
fairly slowly. With the brush held at an angle to the piece, start a =
flow
of glaze on the underside of the brush. The trick is to work quickly =
and
smoothly enough that the glaze stays moist and doesn't drag. After =
getting
the underside of the bowl done, turn it over and do first the rim, then =
the
inside.
Now - that's the way she teaches, but I have made a couple of changes. =
I
fill an empty liquid dishwash detergent bottle with the glaze, because =
it is
really tedious to keep sucking up the glaze into an ear syringe. I also
glaze right on my Giffin Grip, and when I'm doing the outside, I put the
three bracers on the inside so I can glaze right down to the wheel head. =
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This is a great technique, and you have perfect control over where the =
glaze
goes - you can glaze right up to the foot with a perfectly smooth line. =
And
with practice, a smoother application than you could ever get by dipping =
a
large piece. AND, You can glaze a huge bowl or platter without needing =
to
have a large bucketful of glaze.
On the related topic- waxing - I discovered just yesterday that a dab of
paint thinner will remove a wax mistake, at least for the liquid latex =
that
I use.
Brenda
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From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Marc Hudson
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 1:20 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: waxing bottoms
Hi Ben,
Any chance you can spray glazes onto your platters? "Cricket" is a good
sprayer that uses pint canning jars for the reservoir. . . great for =
storing
left-over glaze. A piece of paper cut in a circle or plastic tub/bucket =
lid
works well to protest the bottom and/or foot from unwanted glaze.
Marc Hudson
Playing with Fire
Espa=F1ola, NM, USA
www.artfulnm.org/hudson.html
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From: Ben Friesen
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 21:12:34 -0700
Subject: Re: waxing bottoms
> But how in the world do you=20
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> Ben Friesen
> Stonepath Pottery
> Abbotsford, BC, Canada
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