[Clayart] Density of glaze is one part

[melpots]

In Japan we glazed pots with a large second hand of an old clock.
Bucket of glaze, dipper with cup on the end.
Fill pot with glaze, count the seconds, dump out and roll the pot in your hand and the drip goes away. Perfect coat of glaze.   do one hundred pots and count every time.

So, if your glaze has too much water, count to 8 seconds, if it is too thick, count to 5 seconds.

I start my glazing by dipping a piece of bisque in the bucket, count to 6 and take it out....then take a pin and check the depth.  If I am working with thin glaze I might be double dipping with the second dip for 4 seconds.  Check with a sharp pin.

I stir the glaze with the dipper before each pot.  Some glazing chems drop to the bottom fast.  I see people glazing with colored water, and all the glaze materials are in the bottom of the bucket.

I stir my glazes and say to self...is it milk, ½ and ½ or whipping cream.???
Take your finger and stick it in the bucket...check your fingernail for glaze thickness.  It is like throwing two hundred pots and they are all ¼ inch thick.  How did you know?  experience. I do not use math, I use my senses.

And every glaze recipe has its own unique qualities.   And for sure, glaze families that are the same make great multilayers.

Shino hates other glazes and makes a mess.  5x20 loves layers and makes pretty things. A strong deep foot ring is a potter's best friend when glazing.
mel
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