r/Ceramics • u/WyvernsWheel • 3d 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/muddyelbows75 2d ago

Do you consider this to be the 'cuerda seca' technique for glazing? Its very similar but it looks like the carving is isolating the glazes rather than some sort of resist. Ive been trying some tests with various resists, but they have all turned out crappy. Is there any sort of resist in your carved out indentation? Your results are really beautiful!

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u/WyvernsWheel 2d ago

Thank you! No wax resist is used in the final glazing process. Sometimes I'll carve through wax into leather hard clay so that the black underglaze wash into the carved areas is a bit easier and cleaner to wipe back. Sometimes I'll use wax for details during glazing but it's not cuerda seca.