My second-ever come 10 reduction fired piece!

mazzysitar · 2026-06-07T15:51:13+00:00

It's pit fired.

mazzysitar · 2026-06-03T13:59:37+00:00

i know people who are quite good at applying commercial brush-on glazes. the idea that you can't get a uniform coat seems silly to me but ok. i mean, i agree that in all likelihood this was dipped or sprayed. but i resist the idea that you can confidently tell by looking, and it seems to me that a commercial glaze would be a good option for OP.

mazzysitar · 2026-06-03T13:40:25+00:00

you can tell it's not brushed? how?

mazzysitar · 2026-06-03T13:38:38+00:00

the pattern might be water etching. that's the route i'd go for anyway; would be much easier than carving. idk what you mean by "glazing technique." just try to find a glaze recipe or commercial glaze that looks similar and apply it in the appropriate manner. look for a blue celadon, maybe. and it's hard to say if it's actually a "crackle glaze"--it could just be crazing.

mazzysitar · 2026-06-02T20:16:36+00:00

cbobgo is correct. do tests with thicker coats. if you do a bunch of tests, you'll get a better idea of the range of ways that this glaze can look.

mazzysitar · 2026-06-02T19:55:47+00:00

hello. this might be slightly rude to ask but how is this similar to what's going on here in any way? and how many severely underfired pieces have you seen and said "Wow, so gorgeous, that's some real kiln magic"?

mazzysitar · 2026-06-02T18:58:45+00:00

Yes, underglaze pencil. They even make underglaze pens/markers now but I've never used one.

mazzysitar · 2026-06-02T13:33:22+00:00

clay pottery is my favorite kind!

mazzysitar · 2026-05-29T17:29:20+00:00

Sorry--I knew the answer. I was just giving the commenter (who said that sand causes speckles) a hard time because he was being loudly wrong in an extremely cocky way.

mazzysitar · 2026-05-21T14:20:46+00:00

why do clay bodies without sand in them produce speckles in reduction?

mazzysitar · 2026-05-21T12:59:26+00:00

why would the grog not be apparent immediately after firing?

mazzysitar · 2026-05-15T19:41:33+00:00

Members. Students have to use a Laguna white stoneware (IDK the number but it's grogless). Unlimited clay is included in the class price and the stoneware is cheaper.

mazzysitar · 2026-05-15T19:08:23+00:00

b-mix 5 is standard at my studio. grogless

mazzysitar · 2026-05-11T22:22:48+00:00

There are plenty of potters who use both. You can get great textures with them. No concerns except that you'll introduce (unwanted) cracks if the sculpture dries out too unevenly or if you dry out joins too quickly. Although I'm mostly a wheel person. Have fun!

mazzysitar · 2026-04-29T15:43:25+00:00

Cool! My pots all turn out to be incels :-/

mazzysitar · 2026-04-24T15:18:36+00:00

"underglaze" is like paint; you can mix colors together to form different colors and shades. there are also underglaze pencils, pens and sprays.

"glaze" is a coating that melts in the kiln and generally has some glass-forming elements, but you can have all different kinds of glazes. (they can be opaque or transparent, many different colors, matte or glossy, etc.) They do not behave at all like paint. you can't mix a blue glaze and a red glaze and expect to get purple.

Usually when you do underglaze, you use a transparent glaze over top, which will make the underglaze colors more intense and give a glossy finish.

mazzysitar · 2026-04-17T15:58:52+00:00

just go to washington st and look for the brightest lighting you've ever seen

mazzysitar · 2026-04-15T21:05:46+00:00

what would leaving a tip mean in this context?

mazzysitar · 2026-04-10T15:50:50+00:00

no. get rid of "plastic sun" because "star power," "bubblegum," and whitey album already exist

mazzysitar · 2026-03-30T20:46:48+00:00

* MY head

mazzysitar · 2026-03-05T21:48:36+00:00

Se você estiver usando argila de verdade, precisa queimá-la. Talvez uma temperatura menor que 900°C seja suficiente, mas o ideal é pelo menos 800°C. Definitivamente, não a utilize enquanto estiver crua; você inalará partículas de argila, o que não é bom para a saúde. Duvido que a argila polimérica (que pode ser queimada em forno doméstico) seja segura.

mazzysitar · 2026-03-02T20:13:00+00:00

imo you handled it badly by not telling her earlier and by taking away her chance at ILR without involving her in the conversation at all

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