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Are you all-in on commercial glazes?
There is undeniable appeal to the bright colors of many commercial glazes. While nobody is recommending abandoning them and going all-in on DIY glazes, there is an appeal to having more control. If you are a potter, hobbyist or small manufacturer, consider: The type of ware shown here is fostered by prepared glazes. Do we really want customers eating and drinking from these? The clay bodies and glazes are made by different companies, glaze fit is thus by accident (that's why ware is often crazed). And the runniness often requires high expansion, that makes crazing even worse. These types of glazes are also prime candidates for leaching the high percentages of heavy metals they contain. And all those layers running and pooling on the insides can make these into glaze compression time bombs. For food surfaces, the glaze manufacturers want us using their recommended balanced, lightly colored products. Good news! These base recipes are also the easiest to make yourself. When did we get intimidated about mixing our own glazes anyway? No one has to go full mad-scientist on DIY here. Research the common ingredients your supplier offers. Use recipes that pass a sanity test. This is also about being saavy consumers, these colored products are very expensive and using them only on the outsides will cut your costs in half. Learn to add pigments to your base recipes and save even more. Then learn to make and use dipping glazes and save time also.
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Commercial hobby brushing glazes
These are an incredible benefit to pottery beginners and pure hobbyists. But they can also be an obstacle to progress and affordability as your skills improve. |
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