How to Glaze a Polymer Clay Bowl

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Melina and welcome to Expert Village. Today we're going to make a polymer clay bowl. So, for this next step, we're going to glaze our bowl using Sculpey glaze. What you want to do is start with some very thin light coats and you can use a regular brush, use the thick brush. Start around the outside and coat the entire bowl and use very very thin coats. You are only adding a glaze for the look of glaze. This actually is not a step that's required. This is optional, if you like the way something looks glazed. Me personally, I think bowls look good when they are glazed, so we're going to glaze it. Put the bowl down. You don't need to do the bottom of the bowl. In fact, don't do the bottom of the bowl because if you do it's going to stick to where ever you let it dry. You're going to do the center and the outer rim. If the glaze looks like it's too thick in some areas or it's leaving some brush strokes you can thin it out with a little bit of water. Just put some water right in your glaze, mix it up, and that should thin it out. Then, you're going to let it dry for about an hour."