How To Make A Ceramic Glaze Crackle

I have been messing around with crazing as a deliberate decorative effect lately.

How to make a ceramic glaze crackle.

This method of making glaze utilizes environmental supplies. But the crackle surfaces i have been creating pale in comparison to the snowflake crackle glazes john britt writes about in the ceramics monthly archives. We will discuss in each recipe the materials needed along with what you need to do in order to mix these together. Some people don t want to look for recipes but instead want to make their own.

Once they ve been through their first firing then you can test out your. 33 tried true glaze recipes. This is another perfect type of natural glaze and wood ash is again readily available and perfect for many pottery pieces. The easiest way to make up your test glazes is to make a series of different ceramic tiles in the different types of clay you ll be working with.

The process of glaze making is easily mastered if you have the right tools follow an ordered procedure and take the work seriously. Some pottery pieces craze crackle more or less than other pottery pieces depending on the clay body or glaze ratio lot pottery usage and exposure to extreme temperature etc. As said earlier crazing is deemed to be a glazing defect but it can be corrected. 0 00 out of 5.

That way there s no need to rely on a clay supply store so it s great to save money or time if it s a distance to the nearest supplier. This one also requires only a fraction of the nuka glaze materials and it is a pretty simple variant and process to it. White crackle glaze recipe cone 06 oxidation jennifer harnetty june 1 2009 read comments 3 0 votes average. The glaze can be twice as thick as the body just like during the song dynasty.

Though it is technically a glaze defect crazed surfaces can actually be quite beautiful and i have really been enjoying the depth that crackling can create. Snowflake crackle is the most extreme kind of crazing where the glaze is applied so thick and the fit with the body is just right so that the crackles appear to lay on top of one other. Watch this video pottery tutorial and learn how to make a simple ceramic glaze for firing out of clay remnants and wood ash. For most ceramists the first experience of the technical side of ceramics takes place during glaze making.

It s appropriate for use on raw glazing projects as well.