Liam V Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 Stumbled upon this article when looking up natural glaze sources https://materialdistrict.com/article/ceramic-glaze-human-urine/ so...... what cone can I fire my distilled urine to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzine Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 THAT'S DISGUSTING! Urine should not be used in glaze, but instead, just swished around in the mouth, as a teeth whitener like nature intended! Seriously though, my High School Art Teacher told us stories of he, or at least people he knew in College, who would urinate on their Raku pots, after pulling them out. Did this actually happen? Who knows? Myy Teacher had stories for days, and at the very least, they were entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 I found another article about that and she collected 280 liters or urine over 5 months from 5 people. It looks like she only made about half a dozen pots. I get that this seems 'shocking' and bizarre and that's why it's all over the internet, but all she's doing is collecting minerals. It's no different than the guy that made a glaze from cosmetics and medicines from Walgreens, and it's not going to close any mines. Good to see people being creative, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 And here I thought urine was for reclaim and clay ageing. I suppose the next question would be how does regional diet, or even that of specific individuals affect glaze quality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 Drinking lots of chocolate milk makes brown glazes. Drinking lots of kale smoothies makes green glazes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyK Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 I just saw a segment of a program called "Factory Made" which said that in making colorants for oil paints, cows urine was used for the yellow pigment...I would think that it might be possible to reduce the urine to get the yellow and possibly use it like a Mason stain...The problem with the paint was that it smelled like urine when it was used...probably why they went to other materials like praseodymium for the yellow these days...not so smelly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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