#glaze notes

[jbbartram-illu]

All the mugs are sitting around ready for their inner glazes + some Illegible, soon-to-be Alchemical Scrawlings (a.k.a. glaze notes)!

[jbbartram-illu]

Started a new pottery notebook for 2023 - here's a sneak peek at my glaze plans for a bunch of the guys in this batch (subject to change if I'm inspired while working)!

[fruitful-emptiness]

glazing notes // 5.12.19

1. i am hoping that the pieces thickly coated with copper oxide will come out a ‘cast iron’ black, with a coolness of tone that is reminiscent of metal, and with a slight texture resulting from the oxide’s thickness and mode of application. there is however a danger that they will come out more brown than true black.

2. i am hoping that the cobalt carbonate will bleed through the white glaze, adding both an element of colour and a quality of depth. 3. hopefully the tenmoku will come out its proper rich, glossy black.

4. these three pieces were exercises in layering. i am hoping that they will all show evidence of both glazes - both the pearly, pink-tinged white, and the true white. the best case scenario would be if different effects resulted on each one, as the glazes were applied in differing orders & heaviness on each.

5. the white-pink stoneware glaze will hopefully be transformed into an electric blue glaze in reduction.

6. i am hoping that the washed-back copper oxide layer will alter the titanium white glaze, creating a grey colour or neutral shading to grey. i’m unsure quite how this will come out, however, as i applied this glaze quite thinly - i didnt want to obscure the way the copper oxide picked out the highly textured surface.