79. Using Oxides & Stains to Alter Pottery Glazes

In this video I will show you how you can use oxides and stains to alter the look of your glazes and make them more unique.
Most of us use either commercial glazes or glazes mixed from recipes that are publicly available - in books or websites like Glazy.org. Anyone using the same glazes will get more or less the same look.
But with the use of oxides and stains - under and/or over the standard glazes you can create looks that are truly original - make it 100% your own.
It is very simple to use oxides and stains - and a lot of fun. I hope this video will inspire you to play around with all the colors.
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Index:
00:00 Introduction to Oxides & Stains
00:48 Why use oxides and stains to alter glazes?
02:12 Some of my favorite oxides and stains
04:03 Adding an additional layer of glaze
08:40 The brushes I use
08:55 Adding oxides and stains on the top of a glazed vase
16:59 Adding oxides and stains on reglazed bowls
24:14 Applying oxides and stains below the glaze
27:24 Glazing the big fermenting crock inside
29:11 Spray glaze the pot - on top of the oxides and stains
31:30 Splashing a second layer of white glaze
32:26 Adding more oxides and stains - on the top of it all
34:33 Glaze fire the pots
35:03 Unloading the kiln - first look at the glazed pots
39:50 Evaluating the results of the multi glazed pots
43:21 Photos of the finished pots

[@denisenoble4010]

i love to watch your haphazard use of stains and oxides, the magic in the kiln is breath taking and your pieces are just beautiful. your knowledge of how they work come into play but with the random application makes the colour come alive, thank you for sharing your process and knowledge with us x

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks a lot ❤️🙏

[@carolemcwilliams1367]

I am very grateful for your willingness to share your techniques, skills and tips so openly. Your videos are so well thought out, easy to follow and very interesting. The professional presentation and detailed content are inspirational and a pleasure to watch. I can’t wait to try out using oxides in this way. Thank you!

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you so much ❤️🙏

[@sda141]

What a treasure you are! You’re work is breathtaking 💫

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you so much ❤️🙏

[@maristelapasin4845]

Hello Mikkel, i'm brasilian. I'm learning english, and i found your channel. I,m very happy with that. Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@deMibPottery]

Glad to hear that! :-)

[@grose2272]

Beautiful ❤

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you! 😊

[@gojec29]

Absolutely wonderfull !!! (like usual in yours VDO) This idee is absolutely marvellous and I go try it immediately... One word to finish: thanks !!!

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you so much 😀

[@MaryRuhl-i5x]

I’m new to ceramics and glazing and feel very inspired by your work, thankyou

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. Good to hear :-)

[@MaryRuhl-i5x]

I also laughed quite a lot during the video especially as you said you had no idea how the final result would be. @@deMibPottery

[@Natalieleu]

Thank you so much for sending me this video ❤. I have wanted to learn how to use oxides and stains. Your pots turned out so awesome. Thanks for sharing your awesome talent.

[@deMibPottery]

You are so welcome! :-)

[@wistrevist4914]

Your work is gorgeous! I hope you have a great day :). Btw-- you have a really lovely voice that has made this video so soothing and relaxing to watch

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks a lor 🙏❤️

[@kathypatten8723]

I just love your vdeos! You inspire me to try new techniques. Thank you so very much for sharing your time, talent and experience.

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you so much! :-)

[@amyharry3071]

amazing! I just purchased my first oxide. Now I can play! Keep these fabulous videos coming. You have a wonderful, friendly style.

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks a lot and good luck ❤️

[@valeriedevilliers9675]

You are a brilliant artist... I love the craziness.. Just love it

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks a lot 🙏❤️

[@brendasad6231]

Hermosos resultados y excelente explicación. Muchas gracias por tu generosidad 🥰

[@deMibPottery]

🙏❤️

[@dawnthompson1002]

I love how brave u are. I will be so also. Thank you!

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. You should! :-)

[@curiousamiba]

Those are stunning. I love oxides and stains but always thought they were not food safe in bowls or plates. If they are you've just opened up all the colors and oxides ive purchased over the years to a new level. Thank you

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks :-) Food safety is a very complex and legally depending on local laws. But as the same oxides are used in the glazes and it all melts together I am not afraid of it :-)

[@curiousamiba]

@@deMibPottery that makes sense. Thank you

[@hannahgush]

Absolutely wonderful, inspiring video - Thankyou! :-)

[@deMibPottery]

You are so welcome!

[@christinewrestsmith6957]

Love this video, your delivery is clear, concise and enjoyable

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks a lot ❤️

[@roxlee1]

Fun! Thanks for sharing this and for the inspiration!

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks 🙏

[@jillbigsky]

Thanks!

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks a lot 🙏❤️

[@elconsultoriodecandida7304]

Really beaytiful.Thanks from Spain.😊

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you! 😊

[@redharrier8273]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I just discovered your channel. Looking forward to exploring!

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks a lot - and welcome. :-) I have a new detailed video out every Sunday

[@debpintur1]

What a lovely Man so relaxed and a great teacher - thankyou!

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you 🙏❤️

[@gigi3242]

Wow, that vase!!! Stunning. Love the depth. Thank you for bringing us along. Happy New Year

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks a lot. Happy new year to you too ❤️

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks a lot. Happy new year to you too ❤️

[@neilahalter9663]

How beautiful your work is. You are inspiring to another of us .Thank you for sharing . Happy new years!

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you so much. Happy new year to you too ❤️

[@lesliescudiere9578]

This is fascinating to me! I love the opportunity to be creative!

[@lesliescudiere9578]

Oh my absolutely stunning work thank you for sharing!❤️👏

[@krissader4855]

Really Beautiful!

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you! 😊

[@krissader4855]

I love the crazy work!

[@deMibPottery]

Me too. Thanks :-)

[@micheledickey4066]

Wow! Everything turned out so beautifully!!! I can’t wait to do what you did with the washes and oxides!! I’ve always used them very “perfectly” on the rim or in texture and wiped back etc. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. I guess I am just generally more of a wild kid than a perfect painter hehe :-)

[@missyrnmissyrn7479]

Great experiment! Thanks and keep bringing us more content like this!

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks - I will. New video every Sunday :-)

[@angrybear1838]

Those two tall vases are beautiful. Happy new Year

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you! You too!

[@ellane-d9w]

They are beautiful ❤❤

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks :-)

[@EmiEmi-is3ui]

Your videos' are always a treat. Thank you so much and Happy New Year!

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks a lot :-)

[@321ReadysSetG0]

Experimenting is always fun especially if one stays open minded with no expectation except to discover the "what ifs". I have used many glazes on multiple clays and it seems as long as I and firing to the same cone, it works well. The glazes look different on each clay body which is fun in itself - heavy red iron clay vs speckled buff vs white stone vs porcelain all cone 6 -- it's like having multiple glazes in one bucket 😉. Happy New Year

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks - agree :-)

[@TwistedHornClayWorks]

Loved this can't wait to try. Your videos are great.

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. Go ahead, its great fun 😁

[@carolynpearce4829]

Loved your video! I have not watched your videos before, but I will now. My floating blue is from James Chappell’s The Potter’s Complete Book of Clay and Glazes. It is not the same color as yours, but does fire pretty much the same. It does need to go on thicker so the blue floats and it breaks brown. Can’t wait to use the oxide stains over it. I have never done that before.

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks a lot 🙏❤️ I release a new video every Sunday - at the moment most indoor stuff like throwing, carving and glazing but as soon as it gets a little warmer I will get back to much more pitfire and raku too. Love playing with fire 😎 Yes, most of this kind of runny blue glaze need to be applied pretty thick

[@csamuels9670]

I am inspired. Thank you very much Mikkel. I didn't know you can put stains on top of glazes - I am looking forward to experimenting. Thank you very much Mikkel. Carolann.

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks - glad to inspire :-)

[@katrinebrandt2645]

Dine videoer er altid super informative for os der arbejder keramisk hjemme. Tak for dit store arbejde!!

[@deMibPottery]

Tusind tak :-)

[@ruthdillon9663]

Very fascinating and inspiring! As a beginner i would appreciate knowing the type of clay, also is the clay green or bisqued. Many thanks

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. I always bisque borefor glazing. The clay is a stoneware I get from a local supplier (Denmark). So unless you are here it probably won't help you much :-)

[@ruthdillon9663]

@@deMibPottery 🇦🇺

[@wettham715]

So happy to meet you here mate. Matt in nz via ZA, Oz & Jpn 😅❤

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks :-)

[@vilmamaduro7992]

Espectacular ! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥳

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks ❤️

[@traceyhilder6640]

This is very interesting I would love to try these

[@deMibPottery]

You should :-)

[@LindaGisla]

Hello Mikkel. Very informative and fun video. I have experimented a little with oxide washes, but this was like advanced level and makes me want to try further. I do have Heath Ivory, not A2V white, but it does the same, makes other glazes under it move. I love glazes like that. I intend to mix a batch of A2V and try it. Thanks very much for sharing and btw, I loved the results.

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you so much. For someone like me that can't really paint, this sort of abstract paint-splashing is the second best option - and I do also like the results :-)

[@lorrainetroughton4778]

I learnt so much from this video. One question do you have any info on floating glue please

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. Yes here: 131. Mixing Your Own Floating Blue Pottery Glaze kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGXCg4J5jK5mrNk

[@lorrainetroughton4778]

Thank you so much I will check it out.🙏

[@susannerose6071]

Hej Mikkel, tak for endnu en super informativ og lærerig video. 👍 🤩

[@deMibPottery]

Tusind tak :-)

[@shannonmung]

Thank you! So beautiful!

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you too!

[@judithenielsen2378]

Wow thats amazing

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks 🙏

[@potteringaroundtheworld823]

Looks fantastic 😍👍🏼

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you 😋

[@rickandcheryldubose1117]

Really lovely. Perhaps going forward you could mention what clay body and cone temp/cycle you are using to fire. Thanks.

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks a lot 🙏 All the glaze fires I do in my ovn workshop is cone 6, close to an E1, 15 min hold and natural cooling. I mostly use clay I buy locally, and often mixed reclaim. Some it is from G&S in Germany (254, 551, 471) and some unbranded from local suppliers. So to most of my vievers not avalable exactly the same. In my throwing and glaze testing videos I show the exact clays I use

[@chloespetservices]

So, if I understood well, first you bisque fire, then you glaze and finally you mix oxides with water & put transparent glaze over the whole pot. Am i correct? Thank you for your tutorials!

[@deMibPottery]

No, I dont use a clear glaze :-)

[@laurenpitasch4850]

Thank you ❤

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks 🙏

[@r.duroucher225]

Stunning.

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks ❤️🙏

[@selenegomes4358]

Maravilhosas! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks 🙏

[@melrussell7830]

I am definitely inspired 😊 thank you so much & I’m looking forward to giving it a go with my oxides 💚

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. Hope you enjoy it too :-)

[@julianfiori6928]

Thanks for your nice and useful video. Do you use Copper Oxide? Any hints?

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. Yes I use that too. Mix it up in wather and apply it in combinations with other oxides and glazes

[@susanaveravazquez6404]

Maestro a que temperatura se quema cuando se usa óxidos. Lindo trabajo. Saludos.

[@deMibPottery]

I glaze fire to cone 6

[@gabriellame1815]

I love your videos! I have a difficult question thou 🙈with what do you replace gersley borate in the floating blue receipt? There is no more GB where I live…

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks :-) I dont know what would work. Where do you live? Many pottery stores have plenty of GB you can order and get shipped

[@angelsbackgroundsounds]

nice video very informative

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks 🙏

[@talymiz]

Thank you so much you are amazing

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you so much ❤️🙏

[@SciArtsShowdown]

Absolutely gorgeous! I just bought some oxides to try out. On the fermenting crock, what was the difference between the oxides below the glaze vs under the glaze?

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks :-) Under and over just react a little different to the glaze - and I guess also depends on the glaze you use

[@susanneericksson6805]

Wow! Så vackra de blev!😍

[@deMibPottery]

Thank you so much :-)

[@Ingefee]

Love your explanation and demonstration. That is up my alley. I was looking up your white glaze in John Britt's book but could not find it. Would you kindly send it to me. I really want to try out your process as I already have a bucket of floating blue that needs improvement.

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks :-) I use this: glazy.org/recipes/8792

[@fionabryant2311]

I thoroughly enjoyed your demonstration. Thank you, I am inspired to give this a go. Could I please have your recipe for the floating blue glaze.? I am saving up for my own kiln and I am keen to purchase a cob craft. Regards from New Zealand, the first country to see the sun rise. I have just found your recipe thank you.

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. With small adjustments this is the floating blue I use now. The original use RIO but I like it better with mangan glazy.org/recipes/77013

[@AdrianaGarcia-jy1xs]

Hello, thank you so much for this tutorial! Can you please write down what is the white stain/oxid, that you said is very fluent? I can't understand in the video and when you showed the pot it was blurred. Thank you again 🎉

[@juliestrater439]

Beautiful work! I'm throwing today, and going to make pots with this technique in mind. I do have a question, will stains and oxides make a stable glaze move?

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. It depends on the glaze and the stains. In general I found the anything with cobalt tend to make glazes run more

[@juliestrater439]

@@deMibPottery Thank you!

[@arabianwings8064]

If understand correctly, after you add an oxide wash ON TOP OF A GLAZE, you do not have to cover these areas with clear glaze?

[@deMibPottery]

I dont add clear glaze. It melts into ghe glaze under

[@katiakatiakat]

Another fun and inspiring video. Thank you! In one of your other vids you suggest to mix gersley borate and epk with the oxide/water solution. In this vid is the oxide only mixed with water? Is this because it’s going on glaze? And you use the addition of gersly and epk just if you’re staining a pot with it with no glazes??

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks :-) You can do both. I used to just mix with water but it's just a little safer with the additions.

[@katiakatiakat]

@@deMibPottery okay. Thank you! 🙏🏽💕

[@smr4219]

Which kind of glazes should we choose to work good with oxides? The blue and white you used, are they opaqe or not? Are they runny or not? The blue is, but what if i choose glazes not floating? I really liked your video, it helps me a lot when i see the process and the results. And your work is excellent! Thank you!

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks :-) You need to do your own experiments based on the clay, glazes, oxides and fire schedules you use. It all play a lot so unless you 100% copy my setup - which is almost impossible your results will be different :-)

[@smr4219]

@@deMibPottery thank youu, have nice play:)

[@mjcomiskey8340]

Beautiful! Thank you for your detailed video. Quick question, what cone are you firing to?

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks. I only do cone 6 glazes in my own workshop

[@Prinny69]

Do you have any tips I can use to make a vessel look rock-like? I am trying to make a rock pond but I don't have a lot of options in terms of color. Just underglaze, stains, and few colors for cone 6.

[@deMibPottery]

You could try with a Red Iron Oxide wash

[@decorons]

Are the pots still food safe when adding the metal oxides/ carbonates on top?

[@deMibPottery]

As the cxides are the same as used in the glazes and melt together my guess is yes

[@MrWajid0007]

nice

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks

[@shelleydoxtdator753]

Can you put a stain or oxide and then dip into glaze? Or would that contaminate your glaze?

[@shelleydoxtdator753]

WOW!!! Turned out beautiful ❤

[@deMibPottery]

There is a risk. If the glaze already contain the same oxides I may do it but not if its for example a white or light colored. Its safer to spray :-)

[@shelleydoxtdator753]

Ok, thank you.

[@rewanmohy8675]

is this process is food safe after firing?

[@deMibPottery]

First of all - it is important to remember that food safety is not a global specification. Depending on where you live laws may require different things. In Denmark, where I live, you can have your pottery tested for food safety - if it lives up to the requirements in the law, but it is VERY expensive and have to be done for every single design/glaze combo/fire schedule. I don't know of any ceramic artists that do this (and it is in fact only required for large productions). It is only large scale pottery factories that do. Having said that, the method of mixing oxides and stains under and over glazes makes them melt together. And as it is many of the same colorants used in the glazes I feel confident that it is no more or less food safe than if I only used the glaze.

[@rewanmohy8675]

@@deMibPottery thank you

[@BasilWallace]

What was the white thing you put on top after the Copper wash?

[@BasilWallace]

Zinc?

[@deMibPottery]

Yes

[@joycebasye3969]

Mikkel, I just discovered you and your terrific videos. thank you. I am binge watching the videos and learning lots. I am a studio potter for 23 years and live in eastern North Carolina. I make my own glazes and use Joe Thompson's Old Forge Floating Blue recipe, but have JOHN BRITT's recipe as well. Which of the many recipes of floating blue do you use? I have never added so many layers of different stains over or under a glaze, and certainly never tried zinc oxide as a colorant over/under a glaze.... I need to test that. I appreciate your knowledge and want to try your methods. If I get the results you get I will be thrilled. I fire to cone 6 (john Britts schedule E1) and use a white stoneware clay and a red stoneware. what is your firing schedule and what kind of clay are you using? I hope this isn't too many questions.... but your video has made me want to try a new things. Happy New Year! and again thanks!

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks a lot :-) The Floating Blue I use is closest to OldForge's. I prefer the manganese in this rather than RIO. I only do cone 6 glaze fires in my own studio. I do not follow John Britts schedules but I guess it's closest to the E1. I primarily work in stoneware in my own studio mostly using various clays from G&S in Germany. Right now it's their 551 - a clay with a lot of iron and 40% very fine grog that I use the most.

[@joycebasye3969]

thanks for your response. I continue to learn that there are so many variables to get the results we are trying to accomplish. I am not chemically savvy and need to check the recipes for floating blue and experiment with the manganese as opposed to the rio. I love your videos and the detail you provide. I truly am a fan. 🙂 @@deMibPottery

[@PatFitzgerald-hn9cs]

Im anxious to try using oxides. What temperature or cone do you fire to?

[@deMibPottery]

I do all my glaze fires at come 6

[@PatFitzgerald-hn9cs]

@@deMibPottery I absolutely love your pottery and glazing techniques. Thanks for sharing and responding...

[@judykonopka9029]

Can I use mason stains that contain lead?

[@deMibPottery]

I guess so but I would not :-)

[@nadjabierbaum8136]

What does the Zink do?

[@deMibPottery]

As mentioned in the video it's the oxide I have the least experience with but it appear to create some degree of blended white-ish spots

[@emilieneubauerova4699]

😉😯🤔 Mikkel💯Glazes👍👋👌

[@deMibPottery]

:-)

[@savannahscarborough2171]

What is the sink oxide?

[@deMibPottery]

Zinc oxide is just another kind of oxide. Most pottery stores have it

[@franadav]

How do the oxides react at cone 5?

[@deMibPottery]

Most should melt fine

[@drjones2419]

What percentage of oxide to water are you using here?

[@deMibPottery]

I do not measure it - I just add enough to make it very fluid

[@PATRICIA-zs2qv]

ca serait bien d'avoir des sous titres, parce que c'est un peu difficile de tout comprendre. Sur quelle terre travailles-tu, faïence, grès, porcelaine ? Merci !

[@deMibPottery]

Thanks :-)

[@Venice805]

👏

[@deMibPottery]

🙏

[@KM-zm2kd]

Using oxides on top of glazes will your bowls be food safe?

[@deMibPottery]

I guess it will. Its the same oxides used in the glazes and it all melts together :-)

[@oscarguzman543]

love your videos but you need a mic

[@deMibPottery]

I do have and use a variety of great mics

[@oscarguzman543]

@@deMibPottery ok

[@yunsunyeon1976sun]

청와대(線)가)_____ 線

[@deMibPottery]

👍

[@hojoinhisarcher]

jan 23

[@deMibPottery]

👍

[@laidman2007]

Wear a mask, please!

[@deMibPottery]

I know. Some times forget. Outside with wind in my back its ok :-)

[@luanlopeslopes5484]

Vc vive na dinamarca,,seu atelier?????

[@deMibPottery]

Yes, I live in Denmark

[@luanlopeslopes5484]

Coloque legenda nos seus videos

[@deMibPottery]

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