Pottery Shorts Tiny Details in Glazes

Welcome to Pottery Shorts, brought to you by The Potter’s Round Table, the topic for this episode is Tiny Details in a Glaze.

Why do glazes look the way they do? We know a lot about color, but what about matte glazes, depth in glazes, textures, and glossy glass like surfaces? In this pottery short we explore what a close-up view of a glaze might look like.

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[tomtruett]

Man, you are a treasure! Not just for your extensive and detailed knowledge of ceramic materials, but also (and especially) your impressive ability in explaining concepts to relatively numpty headed viewers like myself. Huzzah!

[johnnavarro]

Thanks again Phil, kind regards, John.

[mosseyw]

Great video with a wealth of information 👍😊

[dianeuranowski]

Excellent lecture, so very informative ... Thank You!

[kevinh]

Excellent info. Haven’t seen this topic discussed before in ceramics sites I follow. Thanks for presenting it!

[RootedIn.ceramics]

Thank you, Sir, for your videos. They are a source of daily learning for me. I am from India and have a background in chemistry. Presently, I am exploring the world of ceramics.

[ben]

Love to see that list of patrons growing! I also love when Phil brings examples to show — perhaps that could be a part 2 !

[pooiabeik]

Another amazing short video!
I have never seen all these different phenomena gathered together and discussed in a single diagram~ very interesting indeed! Thank you~

[DerangedTechnologist]

About undissolved ingredients -- they aren't invariably a fault; the character of Song dynasty celadons apparently arises partly from undissolved ingredient particles. (Ref: Ceramic Masterpieces, by Kingery and Vandiver) // Nice explication. Thanks!

[freddiemoretti]

As always very informative. Thanks for sharing!
I Single Fire and use brush on glazes and the last two pots I fired separately in my Paragon Q-11 had small pin holes. The cooler temperature here in Florida(45-50F) meant the kiln cooled down quite fast after shutoff. I did not programme in a slow cool as the pots have been coming out with good results prior in the warmer weather.
Do you think adding a slow cool and re-firing will make the pin holes dissipate into oblivion not to be seen again?
Any suggestion to changing my firing schedule would be very welcome.

Seg.1 Rate 200 Temp.210 Hold 60...Seg.2 R150 T 500 H 0...Seg.3 R 400 T 2180 H 0...Seg.4 R108 T 2228 H 30.

This last Single Fire resulted in ^5 completely bent over and ^ 6 bending just beyond the base mark of the support cone not touching the floor. I call it a strong cone 6.
Thanks in advance for any ideas...Freddie Moretti

[dianeuranowski]

Excellent lecture, so very informative ... Thank You!