Glazing tips: Prepare your pottery for successful glazing

If you are a potter, how many times have you found a lid stuck to a teapot or lidded box due to the glazing? How many times have you wiped off glaze that you should not have wiped off? How many times did you loose a lovely teapot because you had to break the lid loose from the teapot?

These pictures below are examples of the glazing challenges that potters experience when making anything with a lid on.

Glazing fault. The teapot broke when the lid was forced off.

Another glaze fault. The lid got stuck during firing and had to be removed with force from the teapot

​Connie Christensen explains how to prevent some of the glazing problems that makes life difficult for potters. Her first online class at Teachinart (Faceted teapot set) was to teach pottery students how to throw a proper tea set on the wheel - using porcelain clay. She used wiggle wire as decoration tool for the faceting and demonstrated how to make you own can handle for the teapot.

She also discuss the glazing challenges and shows easy techniques to prepare pots for successful glazing.

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Links:
Faceted teapot set e-course with Connie Christensen
Shino glazing e-course with Connie Christensen
Glazing made easy e-course with Antoinette Badenhorst (guest artist Lynn Barnwell)
E-courses (online classes) at TeachinArt
Demonstrations, tips and techniques
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