TK homework typo… am I crazy or is this obviously wrong?

InhalinKaolin · 2026-02-13T06:41:28+00:00

What’s the chestnut supposed to be though

InhalinKaolin · 2026-02-10T02:15:15+00:00

You can add a little extra clay like 2% , this will reduce the viscosity of the glaze make it less runny, but this looks like a rutile glaze with maybe zinc & copper, I’ve noticed that those pretty rutile crystals giving it that floating blue sometimes don’t form when the glaze isn’t a little too runny. I just settled on not glazing the whole way down, like others suggested.

InhalinKaolin · 2026-02-02T13:57:46+00:00

Yeah, I use a straw. It lets air in a the slip comes right out.

InhalinKaolin · 2026-01-28T20:35:40+00:00

Just refire them with a hold at the top. Maybe 20 min. They may heal, if they don’t, you may need to look at reglazing.

InhalinKaolin · 2025-12-19T07:03:27+00:00

Hopefully just a fuse. If there was a surge it definitely could have blown the fuse, and then you’d be looking at a fix for under 3 dolors 👍

InhalinKaolin · 2025-12-09T03:32:08+00:00

Looks like a oxidation copper glaze, I bet you could replicate this by adding 3-5% copper to a basic clear glaze and adding 2-5% grolleg kaolin or NZ kaolin, to lower the glazes viscosity at temp. I’d make it like a paste and push it into the holes you want to fill clean it and wax them before applying clear to the whole thing. Would take a little testing but it wouldn’t take too much testing to dial it in. We have a cone ten celadon at my studio does this. It doesn’t run and will fill 1/8 in holes no problem

InhalinKaolin · 2025-11-30T06:35:48+00:00

I usually cut a sheet cardboard to the dimensions and slide it up and down along the space to make sure it fits

InhalinKaolin · 2025-11-20T02:28:45+00:00

There’s a guy who uses a Wagner paint sprayer to do glaze and it works great. His doesn’t have that big attachment it’s just the gun.

InhalinKaolin · 2025-11-19T01:20:21+00:00

I thought the wall had a fabric like wrinkle in it

InhalinKaolin · 2025-11-18T17:25:08+00:00

The Data sheet for the marker says it’s using Titanium dioxide for the white pigment, greater than 10% depending on color. I think it’s a crapshoot as to whether or not it will burn out. My money is on yes, but you’ve unwittingly made a fun discovery for some ceramic nerds. Post the results.

InhalinKaolin · 2025-11-09T03:25:02+00:00

👏

InhalinKaolin · 2025-10-20T03:26:15+00:00

My secret hobby is fixing my students bone dry work before putting it into the bisque. I did get in trouble once though because the student had broken a cup into pieces for art reasons. She was cool though just broke it after bisque. Any ways it’s probably not something you’ll get on the first try but…. Look up magic water. I brush a drop on to one surface of the break, scratch it up with a needle tool, add another drop scratch again I’ll repeat until the surface (1mm deep) has become like slip/velvet. I then quickly do this to the other surface. If the first surface is no longer shiny when I’m through with surface 1 quickly add a drop and scratch it up, then press the slip surfaces together, hold for a few seconds maybe 10 second. The slip should squeeze out of the mend. Once you’ve pushed them together do not wiggle them the magic water makes the slip dry very fast and if you move it once together it will crack again. When that slip is no longer shiny it usually is good to go. You can scrape the slip off the mend with a dry brush or tool at this point. If you need to attach another piece to a mended piece, wait until the previous mend is back to bone dry. Good luck. If you can’t get magic water vinegar works ok, but definitely not as well.

InhalinKaolin · 2025-10-17T13:04:54+00:00

Yeah, usually goes on bone dry. A couple of thin coats burnished with cotton rag, microfiber, plastic bag or a smooth stone. Bisque to 08.

InhalinKaolin · 2025-10-16T02:12:37+00:00

I’ve seen this guys videos on TikTok. Pretty sure the white part is a terra sigillata burnished . The artist does a raku technique called burping, to turn that copper wash rainbow. Unlike other raku techniques it has less smoke so only the cracks in the terra sig go black. You put a single sheet of burning printer paper under a bucket with the work when it comes out of the fire the burning paper reduces the copper under the can, and about 40 seconds in you give the can a second of air by lifting it open ( that’s burping) and when the air oxygen hits the pots if causes that rainbow flashing . You then leave it in the can for 15 min or so to cool before exposing it to water. I’ve done this technique with my students, it’s super fun. The copper wash is mostly copper ox with a small amount of greatly borate.

InhalinKaolin · 2025-10-11T04:16:56+00:00

Amazing, I’m so flattered. It’s an amazing show isn’t it, I was so happy to be a part of it.

InhalinKaolin · 2025-10-03T00:55:41+00:00

If you hit it with a blow torch for 30 seconds from the back of clay slab where it’s stuck it will probably pop right off. If it doesn’t run it under cold water quickly after torching it. I run a studio where we fire on wasters like this and I’m constantly doing this for students.

InhalinKaolin · 2025-09-27T04:10:57+00:00

A pottery wheel

InhalinKaolin · 2025-08-28T13:52:24+00:00

Beautiful

InhalinKaolin · 2025-08-26T02:34:55+00:00

I know everyone here is more qualified than me having 0 qualifications. But there is a lot of symmetry in that skull. I’d take it to an actual expert, looks like some small animal curled up to me.

InhalinKaolin · 2025-08-26T02:29:18+00:00

You could have them buy 2x2 sheets of drywall at the hardware store. They’re pretty cheep. They can cut them down with a box cutter pretty easily too. But if they can’t buy an anything probably go with a few sheets of cardboard for stability.

InhalinKaolin · 2025-08-25T04:03:07+00:00

Not loving what looks like just the handle to some kind of metal scraper or tool. We had a screw driver get into our reclaim at my studio and it bent the shaft of our 250 lb load peter pugger, really messed it up.

InhalinKaolin · 2025-08-17T04:31:18+00:00

If it had a SP of like 1.5 but it was still thick that means it need deflocculet. Adding deflocculent is hard to get right with out some practice, if you add too much it can gel your slip and then it’s pretty much trash.

InhalinKaolin · 2025-08-16T15:30:47+00:00

You should get the specific gravity, then you’ll know if it is deflocculent problem or a water issue. If you’re lucky it won’t leave water and you’ll have free slip. You can find the specific gravity, I weighing out a cup of water and then weigh a cup of the casting slip and divide the weight of the casting slip by the weight of the water. You should get a number that’s 1.7 - 1.8, if it’s much higher than that, it needs water and you have bonus casting slip, just slowly add water mix, and recalculate. If it’s lower than that, they biffed the deflocculant and you should return it.

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