Glaze 👏 Review 👏 Amaco Glaze weeping plum c-53

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over the course of making and testing my own glaze recipes I realize that the high majority of you not only don't make your own glazes but most of you just buy the glazes. in light of that I decided to start a new section in the glaze playlist called glaze review. these videos are just going to be me taking Glazes off the shelf, testing them on different clay bodies and with other glazes and showing you how they work and give you my slight opinion on them.

I hope this helps many of you decide what glazes you would like to buy in the future.

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[thewonderforest]

Such a pretty colour!!
Video suggestion for the future: how you package and ship your pieces. I’d love to see how you do this to prevent damage :)

[lindenjenesse]

I use commercial glazes. Mostly Amaco, also Coyote and Mayco. I have about a dozen of the Celadon line, including Weeping Plum, which I layer/pair with Amaco's Blue Rutile in the Potter's Choice line - which I think is similar to your floating blue. The resulting combination I call Pink & Denim, and it is a favorite at fairs! I get so many comments from people saying they rarely see pink on pottery, and they love it. One nice feature about the Celadon line is that you can mix and blend, as you might do with watercolor paints because they all have the same basic property. Buy a few different colors and experiment! I love playing with and layering all of the glazes to find new and interesting combinations! One favorite combo is to layer the Celadon Obsidian with the Potter's Choice Seaweed. It comes out a deep ocean-y blue with green! I'd be interested to see if you were to put the Seaweed over the Black you used in this vid, if you would get a similar result!

Also, in response to some of the comments, the instructions on the label for the Amaco glazes - both Potter's Choice and Celadon - are to apply two to three coats if brushing, one if pouring or dipping. On their website they encourage a generous application when brushing. When pouring or dipping, the application is going to be naturally heavier than from brushing, thus the one vs. two to three coats respectively. I typically brush my glazes; I routinely thin my glazes with water as needed, or, sometimes, to stretch the product (but you still have to make sure you have coverage.) I do not bother with the gum solution as recommended by Amaco - that is for suspension of the elements which can be accomplished by shaking the bottle periodically. Donte knows what he's doing, clearly!

[arlitagibson]

I'm very happy you decided to show commercial glazes. I am one of those potters who does not mix their own glazes. This was very helpful. Thanks

[quelle]

I have been working at a local clay store/gallery/studio for about a month and a half now, and I have to admit that I have very little knowledge about clay and glazes and...well..pretty much everything about ceramics (I'm actually a painter and just graduated with my BA in painting & drawing). I always feel like I'm slowing down the store whenever customers ask about a certain glaze or what kind of clay body would work best for them, and I beat myself up for my lack of knowledge of ceramics and for being unable to provide an educated answer. But the reason why I applied to work there is because I have fallen madly in love with ceramics and want to eventually make it a full time thing. A good friend of mine gifted me a wheel yesterday, and since the first AND last time I ever threw anything was over two years ago, I had to look up a tutorial. And the first youtube tutorial video I watched was your video on how to center and hot DAYUM I have never hit a subscribe button faster than when I did for your channel. I have been watching your videos non stop since then and it has definitely boosted my confidence when working at the studio, and I'm even more excited to share all the things I've been learning just from bingeing your videos!

Quite the lengthy comment, but I guess I just want to say thank you for helping me through this new journey I'm embarking on in my career path, and I absolutely love your content.

[sharonbryant]

I too liked the tea cups with the texture best. I did notice that the label picture on the bottle appeared slightly darker pink than any of your samples. It was nice to compare the on screen color on the glaze bottle to your samples. I wonder what clay Amaco used for their sample. Look forward to more test.

[desertpotter]

Thanks so much for testing on different clays

[betsypoti]

I just used Weeping plum lightly brushed random strokes over 1 dip of glossy white, came out so sweet, pulled a lighter pink color with some raspberry shades too on a thrown mug. I love the transparency of the glaze as you can see texture and the white glossy underneath... neat effect.

[hacole]

Love it! Can't wait to see more, but next time put in all your pieces, please. Seeing that failed bowl is educational, too.

[wcouch]

This is the best new series idea. Great idea. I am going to tell everyone in my ceramics class!

[SetGozo]

Thank you, old time watcher of your videos. love your channel ever!!!

[jenniferallara]

Those “boogers” in your glaze are oolites. AMACO is having an issue with oolites forming in the Celadon line. If you notice them on the prefixed pieces, you can gently smooth them off with your finger. I sieve mine when I notice they’re getting bad.

[nancyangelopoulos-fanelli]

Looove the glaze review Dante, thanks! Been searching for a nice pink, this is it!!!

[lindatortorice]

Very helpful! Hope to see more, especially the combinations.Thank you.

[debsamuels]

OMG I just bought this glaze and haven't used it yet! Cool

[KellyAnn]

I like the glaze review please do more! I didn’t know you can use pouting techniques with the brush on glazes!

[brianh.]

Donte - well done! This is how a review should be done. One question: what cone did you fire to, 5 or 6?

[hotfordmomma]

This was awesome for a new potter! Looking forward to more like this. Love your channel!

[rhondavalverde]

Love this new segment! I use a lot of brush on glazes so this is great that you are going to review commercial glazes.

[taniagoldbergpottery]

Omg, those ads were hysterical 😂😂 But I love this glaze. I use their celadons all the time, I layer them, mix them, and apply china paint over them. They are a fantastic glaze. Just have to do full 3 coats and they do start getting pale after cone 5.5 or so. By 6, a lot of the pink and yellow tones in the glaze color are gone.

[gb]

LOVE the Groggy cup!!!! It's beautiful. Don't you be mean to