earthquake Posted July 3, 2011 Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 I'm fairly new to the world of potters!!! But I have been practicing and watching videos and going to conferences. I mix and use Mastering Cone 6 Glazes, but want to blend the glazes so they run into each other with a feathered look on the edges where they blend. I have a spray booth...thanks to my handy husband...but I just do not know what to do to make the glazes blend...dip or spray or use a squirt bottle? Please help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Campbell Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 This will be a fun exploration for you. Make some glaze test tiles ... These sometimes look like slanted capital L's with a bit of a design on the long side so you can see how your glaze breaks or pools over carvings or raised designs. The slanted long side will tell you how and how much the glaze runs. Number them on the bottom for reference. Then just start trying all the various ways of applying and layering glazes. Wherever your two glazes meet on a piece you will get a third color or soft edges or feathering. So have them meet, overlap ... Under and over .. Thick and thin ... Rub some off or even add a third. DO keep notes of what you did to each tile or you will never remember. Fire them properly just as you would a finished pot or your results won't be accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthquake Posted July 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 Thanks Chris, I know I should do that. I have tested on small tiles with the solid color, but not with a combination/layering of glazes. There are so many possibilities with the combination of the glazes that I get lost in the process. Wah, Wah, Wah..thanks. Becky AKA Earthquake Potter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 You could also play around with the application on forms. Maybe a slightly thinner dip ot thicker dip on a lip. Try some dry glaze (powder) laying and layering inside a flatter form. To get the glazes to look great be rue to soak and fire down in Electrics and soak at peak temperature for both gas or electric. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthquake Posted July 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 You could also play around with the application on forms. Maybe a slightly thinner dip ot thicker dip on a lip. Try some dry glaze (powder) laying and layering inside a flatter form. To get the glazes to look great be rue to soak and fire down in Electrics and soak at peak temperature for both gas or electric. Marcia I've read about soaking and firing down...i use electric, but i've been using whatever cycle the cone 6 is set for...i have not experimented with controlling the cool down...doing good to get that right. ha ha..i'm just a "hobby" potter...just retired from teaching 28 years of little ones in a public school...thanks for the input...i have a lot to learn...but that is a good thing at this age...thanks becky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Waller Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 If you can get ahold of it, Greg Daly's book "Glazes and Glazing Techniques" has great information about developing and combining glazes. There's a good article by him with some of this information here: http://australiancer...menu-id-73.html Good luck and have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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