Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I know there’s other ways of glazing shapes like this, such as first coating the inside and then dunking the outside, or attempting to dip it all at once, but the reason I do it the other way around is as follows.
The first thing to understand is that this specific glaze dries into an absurdly fragile layer. If I were to coat the interior first, let it dry, (which you must do in order for the walls to become desaturated with water—thus being able to absorb water again when the exterior is dipped), and then push it underneath the glaze like so, there’s a chance I’d chip or damage the interior surface as it’s plunged into the bucket of glaze.
I personally feel as if I can handle the vessel more delicately if I do it the other way around, this way I’m pushing the jar into the glaze without worrying about harming the interior form. Yet, if you have a glaze that dries into a harder layer, then by all means do it the other way around, this is just what works for me.
As for deciding to glaze these in two parts, I do this because by dipping the exterior like so and by slowly pulling it out of the glaze, I’m able to achieve a really flush, consistent layer on the outside. If I were to dip the entire vessel, pull it out of the glaze and then pour the contents back into the bucket, there’s a high chance that the glaze on the inside would spill over the exterior form. The large volume of glaze that flows out can be enough to manoeuvre the glazed that partly absorbed to the outside shape, creating an uneven layer. In this instance, unevenness is my enemy, which is precisely why I do it the slower, more careful way.
#jar #pottery #ceramics #clay #glaze #oddlysatisfying #asmr
I know there’s other ways of glazing shapes like this, such as first coating the inside and then dunking the outside, or attempting to dip it all at once, but the reason I do it the other way around is as follows.
The first thing to understand is that this specific glaze dries into an absurdly fragile layer. If I were to coat the interior first, let it dry, (which you must do in order for the walls to become desaturated with water—thus being able to absorb water again when the exterior is dipped), and then push it underneath the glaze like so, there’s a chance I’d chip or damage the interior surface as it’s plunged into the bucket of glaze.
I personally feel as if I can handle the vessel more delicately if I do it the other way around, this way I’m pushing the jar into the glaze without worrying about harming the interior form. Yet, if you have a glaze that dries into a harder layer, then by all means do it the other way around, this is just what works for me.
As for deciding to glaze these in two parts, I do this because by dipping the exterior like so and by slowly pulling it out of the glaze, I’m able to achieve a really flush, consistent layer on the outside. If I were to dip the entire vessel, pull it out of the glaze and then pour the contents back into the bucket, there’s a high chance that the glaze on the inside would spill over the exterior form. The large volume of glaze that flows out can be enough to manoeuvre the glazed that partly absorbed to the outside shape, creating an uneven layer. In this instance, unevenness is my enemy, which is precisely why I do it the slower, more careful way.
#jar #pottery #ceramics #clay #glaze #oddlysatisfying #asmr
