Frozen Pond Glaze Tutorial

[@marciasilviajohnson6461]

I’m just like you no test pots I go for it, no time living on the edge😂 Thank you for the demo 🤗

[@threelittlepotters]

Good to hear there are other reckless glazers out there, lol! Thanks for watching!

[@jeannettepenny7395]

Great to see different alternatives

[@threelittlepotters]

Glad you liked it!

[@seahorseceramics]

This is such a great video. You have inspired me to consider making my own glazes after 50 years of buying by the pint. Your attitude is so refreshing, I love the spirit of reasonable experimentation. Jessica, Pacifica California

[@threelittlepotters]

You can do it! Even starting small with a good white glaze can save a lot of money.

[@fionabryant2311]

I like the way how you are not scared to take risks. Thank you for your fabulous ideas.

[@threelittlepotters]

Thanks so much!

[@AudreyLynnStudios]

Thanks so much, Sarah, for showing us your tests with this technique. I appreciate it. I like how you did a few different scenarios. ❤

[@threelittlepotters]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TeachArt240]

I like them all. Your video brought back fond memories. I haven't done pottery since my art grad school days in the 1970's. I loved the days when we unloaded the kilns after glaze firing. Often the results were surprising, mostly great, occasionally disappointing, but always interesting. We each had to create our own glaze as part of the course. In an electric kiln, mine turned out as a matte grayish tan with a few darker speckles that worked well with a variety of colored slips. In a gas kiln, it was a glossy warm speckled golden medium brown. My prof asked if I would give permission for him to use it as one of the standard class glazes that anyone could use. I did. I'm sure I have my formula here somewhere because I rarely throw anything out. Someone will probably find it and toss it when I kick the glaze bucket.

[@threelittlepotters]

You should put the recipe up on glazy.org, you can name it after yourself and then it will live on!

[@PerrinPottery]

Your pup is adorable. She stole the show. 😊

[@threelittlepotters]

I told her you said so and gave her some extra scratches.

[@Venice805]

WOW!!Those are beautiful!! I love them 😍 And your puppy dog is great !

[@threelittlepotters]

Thank you so much! I'll give JoJo a scratch for you:)

[@jsud5559]

I have used textured chowder but the running hot chowder is spectacular!! These look like the “cells” one gets with the “dirty pours” in acrylics using silicone drops. WOW. Thanks so much!

[@threelittlepotters]

It really does look like that!

[@jjmetrejhon1743]

The one without running hot chowder looks like a photograph of tiny microscopic creatures, I think it's great! I definitely think the Floating Blue with the RHC is my favourite but they all look amazing

[@threelittlepotters]

It does! I definitely want to try more variations with these combos!

[@Ellen.s.atelier]

Nice to see it! I got my hand on a large bottle, so I cannot wait to get started with the pond technique! Thanks for sharing ❤

[@threelittlepotters]

I am excited to see what you come up with! I'll keep my eyes open for the video:)

[@Heartwing37]

Thank you for sharing your experiment with us! Your plates are lovely

[@threelittlepotters]

Thanks so much 😊

[@JohannaSUNDQVIST-bf7ul]

Great tips,thank you.

[@threelittlepotters]

You are so welcome!

[@allenfitz1]

This is a really great video. I have the obsidian in a dip form from amaco

[@threelittlepotters]

Thanks for watching! A dip in Obsidian will work perfectly!

[@NeccoWecco]

Really cool, looks like plant cells! You should try it in green!

[@threelittlepotters]

Yeah, I feel like the greenish glazes I used really went more blue in the combo. I'll have to try it with some others and see if I can get a true green.

[@jackscourage]

awesome. so many videos that don't share glazes. thanks

[@threelittlepotters]

I am glad it was helpful! I always share the glazes I use.

[@lynneyoung800]

Thank you so much for this tutorial I really enjoyed it. I’ve been trying to get running hot chowder but none of the suppliers here has it (I live in England) but I’ll look forward to trying this out when I can get hold of it. 😃

[@threelittlepotters]

I honestly expected it to behave just like one of my other flux glazes... maybe Lynette Opal, I was surprised how different it is.

[@lynneyoung800]

@@threelittlepottersthank you now I’ve got hold of running hot chowder, looking forward to trying this out. Thanks for the advice 🙂

[@jacquelineengelen3345]

Mooi groetjes uit België 👋👋👋👋👋

[@threelittlepotters]

Thanks for watching!

[@elizabethringus9738]

Running Hot Chowder is super thin so I leave the jar lid off on the shelf for a week for some liquid to evaluate and it works so much better now.

[@threelittlepotters]

Thanks for the tip! I'll try that.

[@barbarac4138]

Running hot chowder is always very thin and runny. About a 3/4 inch around a rim will run 3 to four inches on the side of a mug

[@threelittlepotters]

Thanks for the confirmation! I was definitely surprised that it was so much thinner than other Spectrum glazes.

[@3_Cats_Pottery]

I've found that most of the Spectrum glazes are watery, to remedy it I take 3-4 granules of Epsom Salt and dissolve in 1/4 teaspoon of boiling water then (once cooled), I add to my Spectrum, and shake like the dickens, I've found that gives the best consistency for brushing. eta: I also use Spectrum 1511 Black as the base instead of Amaco Obsidian.

[@threelittlepotters]

Good advice. I might try that with the RHC, it is very watery.

[@knightclan4]

Could you post your firing schedule please I live on the Florida coast and Im trying to mimic our sea turtles Thanks for posting this tutorial its exactly what I was looking for

[@threelittlepotters]

Here's a video with my exact schedule. It's basically go to a soft cone 6, drop about 100 degrees, and then hold for 30 min. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2TcaKxjh5hkqKc My kiln temp readout doesn't usually match what my cones show, so you might need to adjust that top temperature to be a little cooler depending on how your kiln behaves. I think that technique would be perfect for turtle shells. Cactus also works really well to get a slightly more green line between the glaze circles.

[@knightclan4]

@@threelittlepotters Thank you

[@marianagh1939]

Do you make custom pieces? Id like 30 or 40 of the same :) Not this style , i just didnt know where to make the question

[@threelittlepotters]

I am sorry, I am not able to take custom orders at this point in the year. I sometimes take them in January and February in my etsy shop. It's mostly empty right now, but I am threelittlepotters.etsy.com

[@helenascheele5922]

❤

[@threelittlepotters]

Thank you for watching:)

[@sabineperko4164]

Very interesting. With which cone did you fire?

[@threelittlepotters]

This is a soft cone 6. My exact kiln firing schedule can be found here if you're interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2TcaKxjh5hkqKc In general, it's a drop 100 degrees, hold for 30 min at the end.

[@lynneyoung800]

I’ve just spent half an hour stirring my new tub of red hot chowder, it was liquid and rock and very hard to do…..should have rewatched you doing this first and your great idea of using your immersion blender 🙄😂

[@threelittlepotters]

Yeah, mine was so weird, like water with a chunk in the middle. Makes me curious about the chemistry of that glaze. I've never seen something hard pan in quite that way.

[@lynneyoung800]

@@threelittlepotters so both of our pots of glaze were the same. I almost phoned the company I got the glaze from to say there was something wrong with it as I had to break the hard stuff up with a screwdriver 🙄 and we are both in different countries so it’s not that it’s been stored badly. Looking forward to seeing how mine turn out now 🤗

[@knightclan4]

Could you just add a bit of epsom salt solution to thicken up the RHC?

[@threelittlepotters]

In theory that would work fine. But for commercial glazes, I usually just leave them alone since I don't know the base ingredients.

[@nyotauhura7412]

Looks like it also be used for a tortoiseshell pattern.

[@threelittlepotters]

I agree! It would be great for that!

[@deborahswansburg1410]

I live in Ecuador and am somewhat limited in glaze availability. What could I substitute for the running chowder?

[@threelittlepotters]

I haven't found a good substitute yet. I am going to try a test with Lynette Opal from glazy.org. I'll do an update if I do find anything that behaves like that glaze.