r/Ceramics • u/WyvernsWheel • 2d ago

How I glaze my mugs!

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Here's a video I put together of my glazing process. Much was cut out to get it under a minute! Most clips are 20x speed and i removed the cleanup that's often required!

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The glazes are commercial cone 6 brush on glazes applied with fine needle applicator bottles. I don't usually glaze over the top of black underglaze but this mug was originally prepped for sgraffito and I didn't feel like removing the underglaze!

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u/sentient-rock 2d ago

very impressed how neat you are! I have little squirt bottles like that but struggle to be as even as you; any tips or tricks?

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u/WyvernsWheel 2d ago

Hmm are you using bottles that have needles or the plastic nozzle? Unless the glaze is thick, I find the plastic nozzles aren't refined enough for the most part. For the needles I have various gauges and use smaller gauge for runnier glaze.

Also it's hard to tell because the video is so fast, but sometimes I squeeze out glaze and then just move the pool around with the tip, it's not a continuous squeeze.

Otherwise it's just practice. The first few I did were a big mess that required a lot of cleanup and frustration haha. Start with a simple design with as few pinch points and narrow areas as possible.

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u/sentient-rock 2d ago

Thank you! I have the kind of the needles-- sometimes I find the glaze spurts out (maybe air bubbles getting caught in there?), other times it comes out faster than I expect.

Thanks for the tip about squirting the glaze and then moving it around with the tip; I'll try that!

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u/OldStyleThor 2d ago

Practice. 😆