1. Clay GLAZE
Gauger

2. GLAZE What is glaze? What is underglaze? Tips/ Rules for glazing:
Objective: You will define and analyze qualities of glaze in order to follow procedures to apply glaze to your sculptures.
DRILL:
What is glaze?
What is underglaze?
Tips/ Rules for glazing:
List 3 ideas for how to use glaze?
Create a space for your glaze log or more pages. Where do you want your glaze log? With each artwork or a section in the back of sketchbook?
BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL TOUCHING/ PAINTING THESE BONEDRY PIECES.
Make sure your name is on the bottom and the date.

3. What might happen if you touch it?
It might break
WHY?
It is bone dry.
Most fragile state.
BE VERY CAREFUL!!!
How do you fix it???
After it is fired.

4. CLAY DOES NOT EVER, FOR ANY REASON, GO IN THE SINK.
QUICK SIDE NOTE:
CLAY DOES NOT EVER, FOR ANY REASON, GO IN THE SINK.
There are 3 places it can go:
GOOD CLAY- back in clay bag in bucket
SOMEWHAT HARD/ SMALL DRIED STUFF--Slip cups
Dried clay- bin in back under clay table

5. Glaze is clay paint.

6. Glaze Log Date______________
Sculpture Name
Pinch Pot Pod
Glaze Name
Location on sculpture
Description after firing
Drawing
Toad-ily Green
2. Peri-Twinkle
1. Top of dish
2. Back of dish
Draw a picture.
Label the spaces with numbers
List the glaze color next to the number of the corresponding space.

7. Glaze Glaze is clay paint. How do you use glaze?
Paint 3 or more coats.
NEVER PAINT THE BOTTOM stay away from bottom- of lids, too.
Shake it up or stir it.
Read to see if it is food safe. (fork and knife symbol)
It is a different color after it is fired. It is really light before.
Make a glaze log to remember what you use.

8. Before and After

9. Glaze Samples:

11. Underglaze: Gets painted underneath as a design or image.
IT IS NOT A FINAL GLAZE.
Does not come out shiny.
Must apply clear transparent on top of it.

12. Ideas: More than one color. One inside, one outside. Stripes
Drip the glaze; add a little water??
Combine and overlap a few for an abstract art effect.

13. Clear Transparent makes it shiny
Clear Transparent makes it shiny. If you only use this, it is white and shiny.

14. Drip

15. Multicolor~ Overlap more than one color:

16. Stamps and designs look better with one color:

17. Underglaze pencils:

20. Glaze Pencil

21. Watercolor Glaze

22. To find a glaze color: Look in glaze samples Look at this power point.
Search online with company, number, and color.
Cherry Bomb

23. Glaze Log Date______________
Sculpture Name
Pinch Pot Pod
Glaze Name
Location on sculpture
Description after firing
Drawing
Toad-ily Green
2. Peri-Twinkle
1. Top of dish
2. Back of dish
Draw a picture.
Label the spaces with numbers
List the glaze color next to the number of the corresponding space.

24. Getting your glaze and putting it away:
Wide mouth bottles- dip brush in.
Small mouth glazes- pour into plastic cup.
Use a different brush for each glaze.
If it is dried up, add a LITTLE bit of water.
DEMO!
Clean up- Put glazes back in bins by sizes.
Use a spoon to pour extra glaze back into bottle.
Wash your glaze cup out completely.

25. Glaze Glaze is clay paint. How do you use glaze?
Paint 3 or more coats.
NEVER PAINT THE BOTTOM.
Shake it up or stir it.
Read to see if it is food safe. (fork and knife symbol)
It is a different color after it is fired. It is really light before.
Make a glaze log to remember what you use.

26. Try multi-color or wipe off top layer:

27. New Glazes Mottled Burgundy CR823 Duncan Crackletone Celadon
           
CR823 Duncan Crackletone Celadon
           
CR906 Duncan Crystal Glaze, Peppered Raspberry
           
CR903 Duncan Crystal Glaze, Emerald Falls
Mottled Burgundy

28. Duncan Crystal Glazes

29. Duncan French Dimensions

34. Glaze Samples Get the supplies listed on the right. 
SUPPLIES YOU NEED:
Rolling pin
Clay
Stamp
Stylus
2 glazes (for their name)
Objective: You will analyze process steps in order to create glaze samples.
Today- You will begin 2 glaze samples, then finish pinch pot pods.
Get the supplies listed on the right. 

35. Glaze Samples STEPS: 1. Roll a slab.
2. Cut out 2+ rectangles- 4+ inches
3. Write 1,2,3, 4.
Then stamp 4 stamps.
Hole for string.
4. Write glaze name on back.
5. Write your name on back.
6. Sit it out to dry over weekend.
7. We will glaze on Wed.

36. Clean up grades- help and clean
25pts a quarter. Starts as a zero. Gain points by helping.
5 pts a time that you help. Pull out supplies/ clay. Put them away.
50pts for your clean up. Starts at 50. Points deducted if table is messy or supplies are left out.

37. Pinch Pot Ideas:

42. Prep for the wheel:

44. Make two forms with molds:
One for your stamps
One for sgraffito

45. Steps for Stamped Dish Roll slab Cut shape. Stamp in a pattern design.
Place upside down on slump mold with paper under it.
Create a foot.
Smooth edges with water.

46. Slab sculpture~ glaze experiment
Objective: You will create a glaze log in order to document how your glazes look.
DRILL:
Draw your slab sculpture from the front and the back.
You may also get an iPad to document your glazes and look up colors of glaze.
Label the sections with numbers.
Make a glaze log for it.
~Today’s goal is to finish glazing pinch pots and use a variety of glazes on your slab sculpture.
~If you finish early, you can make a glaze sample for new glazes.
~Use crystalex glazes sparingly please.

47. Glaze Experiment. Repeat experiment style at least 2 times.
Try at least 2 different glazes.
Things you can try:
Watercolor glaze
Glaze pencil designs, images, words.
Mix 2 or more glazes
Use crystal glazes, but sparingly.
Try colors you are curious about.
Use up old glazes.
If you are finished- Make new glaze samples.

48. Glaze Glaze is clay paint. How do you use glaze?
Paint 3 or more coats.
NEVER PAINT THE BOTTOM.
Shake it up or stir it.
Read to see if it is food safe. (fork and knife symbol)
It is a different color after it is fired. It is really light before.
Make a glaze log to remember what you use.

49. Glaze Log Date______________
Sculpture Name
Stamped Slab Dish
Glaze Name
Location on sculpture
Description after firing
Drawing
Toad-ily Green
2. Peri-Twinkle
1. Top of dish
2. Back of dish

50. Firing Tonight Place unfired slab sculpture on trays.
Place glazed pinched pots and glazed slab scultures on trays.
Any unfired stamps on trays.