Ceramics Glaze Bubbles

Fire it in the glaze kiln and enjoy your new bubble patterned piece.

Ceramics glaze bubbles.

These craters are the remnants of bubbles that have burst during final approach to temperature or early stages of cooling. The firing is cone 6 7 with a slow cooling down cycle. I used a plate i made out of a medium fire clay that i bisque fired. Blisters are evident on the fired glaze surface as a moonscape of craters some with sharp edges and others rounded.

The lines of glaze should be thin and smooth against the piece. I have experimented with different glazing techniques and consistencies of glaze. The author hedy yang is a ceramic artist from novi michigan. In some cases there will be some unburst bubbles with a fragile dome than can be broken.

See more ideas about pottery techniques ceramic techniques glazes for pottery. If the dried bubbles leave behind thick crumbs of glaze you ve applied too much. Pyrites sulphates some fluid glazes i e. Apr 21 2017 explore lsimmons s board bubble glaze on pinterest.

Apply the glaze in a thinner layer to minimize its ability to contain large bubbles. She is a studio technician at the michigan art center and started. When the glaze is applied i see little air bubbles which i rub down. In this video i demonstrate how to do the bubble glaze technique for ceramics.

Rutile blue tend to be quite sensitive to thick application and fast firing and cooling and bubbling problems with them seem out of place.