Glaze Combo: Spectrum Shallot, Bougainvillea, and Sunrise

A quiet glaze video using three of Spectrum's new glazes. The clay is b-mix 5 bisque fired to cone 04 and then glaze fired to cone 6.

[@kathleenfreeman1696]

So very cool!!!

[@threelittlepotters]

So glad you like it! Thanks for watching!

[@Ellen.s.atelier]

Oh man can’t wait till these get in the Netherlands ❤

[@threelittlepotters]

Yeah, I felt like it was a long wait here too. They may need to up their production, I feel like their glazes are getting popular!

[@riabrummel808]

Nou ik ook! Me too ❤

[@mystierichards8252]

They are so pretty love spectrum I got a ton of them everyone is spectacular !

[@threelittlepotters]

@@mystierichards8252 I agree! Love them all!

[@mystierichards8252]

@@threelittlepotters I can’t wait to start glazing but I have a very big kiln and a lot of handbuilding to do ty for sharing all your information 🥰

[@50PlusFitnessJourney]

That is so cool! Do you have this planned out in your mind before you start or do you design it as you ?

[@threelittlepotters]

For this piece I had the glaze combo I knew I wanted to do already in mind. Thanks for watching!

[@emmazimmer]

Beautiful! I'd love to see more of this style of video from you. Question - is your studio white a glossy white or more of a satin? I've had some bad luck with my commercial glazes reacting poorly with the glossy white that my studio has. Not sure what's causing it, but I've been getting lots of pinholing, or sometimes the commercial glazes will drip right off the white and pool at the bottom.

[@threelittlepotters]

Hmmm, that's an interesting problem. I would definitely try experimenting with some new white glazes. My white is glossy in finish. You can learn more about that glaze here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKTNp2OhqtRsnbM I wonder about the firing schedule at your studio. It could be the glaze, but it could also be firing schedule or glaze application. Do make sure that the white has time to dry before adding a commercial glaze to it, and I would start testing with just one coat and work up from there if you feel it needs more. Pooling at the bottom sounds like the white may be too thick to begin with, additional layers are too thick, the bisque was too hot giving you poor glaze adhesion, or possibly the glaze firing was too hot causing too much running. It's always hard when other people are controlling some aspects of the creation. Fingers crossed that it gets worked out!

[@emmazimmer]

@@threelittlepotters Thanks so much for the response! Lots of great suggestions.

[@idaking]

Question - why do you frequently dip in studio white before adding color? Is it for the stability of the white glaze? the color? I'm curious about the benefits? thanks.

[@threelittlepotters]

I do that to save time and money. I go into it a lot more in this video if you'd like to check it out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKTNp2OhqtRsnbM

[@idaking]

@@threelittlepotters Thanks! I'll check it out. Appreciate that.