Preparing to Glaze Pottery

Video Transcript

"After you've decided which glaze to use. Like I have. I'm going to use teal blue and wheat field. Obviously this is a pretty blue color. It's very beautiful. And this wheat field is close to this tone. It's like a sand color. So you want to shake them up really, really well. That's important. That way all the pieces and particles at the bottom mix with the top. You also want to have some type of stirrer. I use this right here actually. Just to mix it together so that your application is even. Sometimes it's pretty thick. If it's too thick add water. Just slow amounts of water. If you add too much obviously the color's not going to be as nice and rich as you want it. So you just want to make sure to get all of the glaze mixed really well. Again, this is really important. I've learned the hard way with this. So once you've mixed it well, I'm going to put the teal blue on the outside and the wheat field on the interior. Decide what paint brush. This is the size of my piece so I'm going to need a small paintbrush but I like thicker brushes, that way they put in more clay. So that's what we're going to do with the interior of my candy jar."