Of all the steps, glazing can be the trickiest in making pottery.
"Ocean" glaze on colander made by a Drop-In potter
Color can make or break a piece. Each glaze seems to have its own personality, some are runny, some like a thin application while others need to be thicker and others look best with a very even thickness. My favorite glazes "break" on texture, those which are one color where then and another where thick.
Too much glaze- no matter it's charactorists, is NOT a good thing.
Glaze was applied to thick- it ran right off the colander during firing, welding the piece to the kiln shelf.
A good rule of thumb- glaze should be the thickness of a postcard after application and before firing.
Happy Glazing! Teresa
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Oh, that looks so sad. All that work! Do you have to toss the kiln shelve or can you clean it? Or, maybe sand it lots and lots?
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