Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Glazing pottery can sometimes be looked at as being quite a passive process. Pots are dipped, taken out, they're tidied up a touch and hey-presto, they're ready for the kiln. In reality, there's a vast amount of thought and attention that goes into glazing pottery, even simply dipping mugs like this. How they're held with tongs, how they're removed, how they're moved around thereafter so the glaze settles into a neat, even layer, how they're then tided up the following day and all the other subtleties that go into keeping glazed pots clean and the environment itself you're working in dust free, relatively.
It's complex and repetitive and it can be painful, strenuous, but I hope this video provide you with numerous tips and tricks on how to go about this process a little easier.
Thanks for taking your time to watch!
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🏺 • If you want to learn how to throw a pot, you might like my 'A Beginner's Guide' series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2WJhtTF0eGhQwf8g2LHcom_KrvJpH_JT
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⏱ • Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:49 - Two important notes
2:07 - How I glaze mugs
2:25 - How I use tongs
3:43 - How I dip the pots into glaze
5:35 - Being patient
6:32 - How to keep my workplace tidy
6:52 - Recycling glaze
9:09 - Cleaning up the glazed surfaces
10:51 - Cleaning their bases
12:25 - How to hold glazed pots safely
14:48 - Sanding & washing bisque-ware?
17:15 - Packing the pots into my gas kiln for a reduction firing
18:34 - The finished mugs & sanding their bases smooth
20:13 - Clean up
*I throw using both a Rohde HMT 500 & 600 potter's wheel and fire using Rohde kilns too, the electric is a TE-200 and the gas kiln is a KG-340.
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TikTok – tiktok.com/@floriangadsby
Website – floriangadsby.com
Glazing pottery can sometimes be looked at as being quite a passive process. Pots are dipped, taken out, they're tidied up a touch and hey-presto, they're ready for the kiln. In reality, there's a vast amount of thought and attention that goes into glazing pottery, even simply dipping mugs like this. How they're held with tongs, how they're removed, how they're moved around thereafter so the glaze settles into a neat, even layer, how they're then tided up the following day and all the other subtleties that go into keeping glazed pots clean and the environment itself you're working in dust free, relatively.
It's complex and repetitive and it can be painful, strenuous, but I hope this video provide you with numerous tips and tricks on how to go about this process a little easier.
Thanks for taking your time to watch!
📖 • ORDER MY BOOK: geni.us/bymyhands
🏺 • If you want to learn how to throw a pot, you might like my 'A Beginner's Guide' series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2WJhtTF0eGhQwf8g2LHcom_KrvJpH_JT
📢 • Find out much more about my work here: https://linktr.ee/floriangadsby
⏱ • Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:49 - Two important notes
2:07 - How I glaze mugs
2:25 - How I use tongs
3:43 - How I dip the pots into glaze
5:35 - Being patient
6:32 - How to keep my workplace tidy
6:52 - Recycling glaze
9:09 - Cleaning up the glazed surfaces
10:51 - Cleaning their bases
12:25 - How to hold glazed pots safely
14:48 - Sanding & washing bisque-ware?
17:15 - Packing the pots into my gas kiln for a reduction firing
18:34 - The finished mugs & sanding their bases smooth
20:13 - Clean up
*I throw using both a Rohde HMT 500 & 600 potter's wheel and fire using Rohde kilns too, the electric is a TE-200 and the gas kiln is a KG-340.
____
Instagram – instagram.com/floriangadsby
TikTok – tiktok.com/@floriangadsby
Website – floriangadsby.com
