How to Make Clay Pottery Glazes
Clay pottery is a fun and creative art form that anyone can do. This free video clip series will show you several tips on how to make your own glazes for your pottery.
Series Summary
Making pottery is the art of creating earthenware vessels from clay. The process involves shaping a vessel, by hand or with tools, and cooking it in a kiln. Mankind has been making pottery since the times we first learned about fire. Ancient civilizations used pottery for all sorts of things, from storing oil, wine, and other foodstuffs, to holding papyrus scrolls, the organs of dead god-kings, perfumes, and various religious offerings. Because pottery is durable and lasts long after its creator is gone, it has helped us to learn about entire groups of people that we might have otherwise never known; these hand-crafted objects tell stories, not only from their complex structural designs, but also the carefully wrought stories painted on their surfaces, a sort of iconography of a time and place in history.In this free video clip series this clay expert will be addressing the art of making and mixing your own unique and original pottery glazes. She will include several examples of new ways to make your glazes and new mixes to create original designs as well as several creative ideas for new and interesting colors you might not have thought about. This series will make each glaze you make special and unique. You will learn tricks about glazes that only the professionals know and how to make large and small amounts of the same glaze. Take a look at these great videos and go play in the mud!
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Pottery Glaze Storage Tips
Glazing is the final artistic step in clay pottery. Learn some tips from a pottery expert on how to store and name a large pottery glaze batch in this free video clip.
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Pottery Glaze Sieve Tips
Glazing is the final artistic step in clay pottery. Learn some tips from a pottery expert on how to finish sieving a large pottery glaze batch in this free video clip.
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How to Sieve Pottery Glaze
Glazing is the final artistic step in clay pottery. Learn some tips from a pottery expert on how to sieve a large pottery glaze batch in this free video clip.
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How to Zero Out a Scale
Glazing is the final artistic step in clay pottery. Learn some tips on how to from a pottery expert on how to zero out a 3 bar scale in this free video clip.
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Glaze Recipe Finding Tips
Glazing is the final artistic step in clay pottery. Learn some tips on how to find glaze recipes from a pottery expert in this free video clip.
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Harmful Pottery Glaze Ingredients
Glazing is the final artistic step in clay pottery. Learn some tips on harmful ingredients not to use in pottery you will be using for food in this free video clip.
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Adding Pottery Glaze Colorant
Glazing is the final artistic step in clay pottery. Learn some tips on how to from a pottery expert on how to correctly add colorant to pottery glaze in this free video clip.
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Weighing Pottery Glaze Ingredients
Glazing is the final artistic step in clay pottery. Learn some tips on how to from a pottery expert on how to correctly weight pottery glaze ingredients on a scale in this free video clip.
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Clay Pottery Glaze Testing Tips
Glazing is the final artistic step in clay pottery. Learn some tips from a pottery expert on how to test pottery glaze in this free video clip.
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Clay Pottery Glaze Supplies
Glazing is the final artistic step in clay pottery. Learn some tips from a pottery expert on the tools and supplies you will need to make a glaze in this free video clip.
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Reading a Pottery Glaze Hydrometer
Glazing is the final artistic step in clay pottery. Learn some tips from a pottery expert on how to read a hydrometer for a large glaze batch in this free video clip.
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Testing Clay Pottery Glaze
Glazing is the final artistic step in clay pottery. Learn some tips from a pottery expert on how to test pottery glaze in this free video clip.
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Starting a Large Pottery Glaze Batch
Glazing is the final artistic step in clay pottery. Learn some tips from a pottery expert on how to start a large pottery glaze batch in this free video clip.
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Mixing Pottery Glaze Ingredients
Glazing is the final artistic step in clay pottery. Learn some tips on how to from a pottery expert on how to correctly mix pottery glaze ingredients on a scale in this free video clip.
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Mixing a Large Pottery Glaze Batch
Glazing is the final artistic step in clay pottery. Learn some tips from a pottery expert on how to mix a large pottery glaze batch in this free video clip.
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Measuring Pottery Glaze Gravity
Glazing is the final artistic step in clay pottery. Learn some tips from a pottery expert on how to measure the specific gravity of a large pottery glaze batch in this free video clip.
