Glazing ceramic with milk

Milk firing; milk glazing; Rediscovery the lost secrets of the potters

[@ravencelentano5900]

They are amazing! I thought they were made of wood until I saw the title. Thank you for showing the process. This is something I will have to experiment with.

[@gabrielabukovacova-bartoso303]

thank you for perfect idea and tip. I never saw it before and know the firing temperatures. I am suprised a little, that you answer on every our questions, it's very kindly from you and thank you for that !!!! ❤

[@JOYBG]

Thanks! And this horses are nice. Good work. Greetings from Bulgaria

[@ladybuglady100]

Thank you. I use to live in Ukraine (30 years ago 😊)

[@JOYBG]

@@ladybuglady100 Народ Украиньй - братский Болгаров.

[@KestrelBlais]

Great work. Thank you.

[@lazcris]

Thank you so much! Your pottery turn out beautifully!!

[@ladybuglady100]

Thank you 😊

[@ladybuglady100]

I use different milk before. You can experiment with yogurt and kefir and get different color. Try and have fun

[@andarroura]

Thank you very much for your explanations, I will try this traditional method at the first opportunity…..

[@kellerdaniel4103]

Amazing!

[@greatbingus]

nice pottery also yummm clay flavored milk

[@lucillegersbach1846]

beutiful pieces gracefull

[@SvitlaSova]

ДЯКУЮ!

[@deepashtray5605]

That's pretty cool. Do you put a sealer on the finish? Not related to the sealer question, but I have a challenge for you, though, which the spotted bird at the end brought to mind: that finish would work perfect for a seal sculpture, right shape for a flute too :)

[@ladybuglady100]

Thank you. I may try to make seal ocarina I like the idea 💡☺️

[@mohammedegyptian2527]

bravo

[@mrq6270]

I absolutely love that! What a lovely finish. Thanks so much for sharing. I’m definitely going down that rabbit hole. Have you ever tried anything like evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, or milk powder? And have you ever tried this formula in a pit firing?

[@ladybuglady100]

I tried sour milk and it gave me interesting texture, but I didn’t take pictures of it, the figurine was solid the next day. Have to try it again 🤗

[@kidconfidentgarrett695]

Gorgeous finish. Can it be placed outdoors or would you need to clear glaze them on top of this finish?

[@ladybuglady100]

You can use it outdoor and it food safe

[@DesenfoqueGaussiano]

Amazing result and beautiful color!!! Can this technique be applied to plates and cups? can be applied over bone stage and then give a transparent glaze? Thanx for sharing this!!! 🙏❤️

[@ladybuglady100]

I can explain over phone if you want ( it is difficult for me to write everything down because English not my first language) 1-6094584315

[@ladybuglady100]

You have to glaze inside first and fire it and then milk glaze outside and fire to 660 -700

[@helenwalters3740]

So interesting

[@zhookeeper]

I love this, but what is the chemistry that allows the glazing to occur? I would assume all the milk cream and sugar are organics that will burn off? What causes the magic? Tiny amounts of Trace minerals in the milk?

[@hrcpaiva]

butter and sugar caramel in the surface...

[@zhookeeper]

@@hrcpaiva at bisque temps all the organics like sugar and fats would be completely burned out. I can understand they would leave behind some carbon (colour) so is that what's happening? It just looks like there is more going on there than just carbon.

[@hrcpaiva]

@@zhookeeper is a bisque "milked" and heated at 350°C. this is the fact.

[@zhookeeper]

@@hrcpaiva thank you, that makes sense at that low temp. It's a really great decorative finish. Looks beautiful.

[@svadhina]

Thx a lot for the info. Are these porcelain or stoneware?

[@dawnintucson]

Can you freeze the milk mixture and thaw it out to use later? Just curious and can't wait to try this!

[@ladybuglady100]

Yes. I freeze mine

[@Lucas67]

Lovely result. Would you happen to have a firing schedule for ventilated electric kilns? My kiln has a downdraft vent attached directly to the kiln, so I wouldnt need to open it at 600 to vent, right?

[@ladybuglady100]

Sorry, I used my old kiln. I never used ventilated kiln before… I hope you can find information about it somewhere else

[@fritspotgieter9934]

is the clay in greenware form or bisque ware when you do your glaze?

[@ladybuglady100]

Bisque

[@nancyvercauteren3329]

nice, what would happen if you fired them together with others that were glazed with raku up to 900 degrees?

[@ladybuglady100]

It’s not work like that,the color will burn off. ☺️

[@lanachampeau7923]

I'm a ceramic student from belgium and I was wondering if it was possible to glaze it after a first firing at 1250 °C and then immerge it to absorb the milk or will my piece ( white clay) will be too sealed ?

[@ladybuglady100]

I didn’t try milk glazed ceramic with bisque fired 1250C. But you can experiment any see what works best

[@faceless_blogger]

What clay did you use ? And how do you load it into the kiln without getting the glaze stick to the shelf ?

[@ladybuglady100]

I used porcelain P5 and recycle clay. I think any clay will be good for milk glazing. After i dip figurines in milk, I wipe it off the places where it touches the kiln surface

[@faceless_blogger]

@@ladybuglady100 Thank you so much ! Love your video !

[@motherofachaosorganiser]

Hi! Thanks for sharing this. I don't have my own kiln, I use a local studio. I'd like to ask what would happen if you fired it to 1040C and did not open the kiln? This is the temperature I use when firing my pieces. And do not have the authority to open the kiln since I don't own it.

[@ladybuglady100]

The temperature cannot be higher than F700 (370 c). Milk will burn out

[@greatbingus]

@@ladybuglady100 would it help your glazing if you use different milks? Like there is thing, you can put the milk in the freezer and do 'fractionally distlling' and melt off the fats, sugars and proteins and the watermilk will be the last to unfreeze as it thaws. You just take a gallon of whole milk freeze it and the turn it upside down and let it thaw into a mason jar or something until at about the half way point you stop , now you have separated most of the fats solids and sugars from the water(still froze in the jug), that creamier less watery milk might be good for glazing, oh also what about goats milk, or like colustrum that super healthy milk from the first few days after the goat has its baby, lol glaze a little goat figure with colostrum milk.... you won't

[@ladybuglady100]

I don’t try this. I know if temperature too high, milk glaze will burn off.

[@greatbingus]

@@ladybuglady100 at normal temperature though?

[@abeerdumra8570]

I have a question about the clay used. Is it stoneware or earthenware ?

[@ladybuglady100]

I use Bella’s blend

[@marciasilviajohnson6461]

@@ladybuglady100we don’t know in America what is Bella’s blend. What temperature that clay fires?🤗

[@marydeacon8236]

Very fragile though, at 660 degrees the clay has not completely fused together.

[@ladybuglady100]

I fire them first time cone 04 1060 C (1940F) second firing 660 just for color/ smoke lock in the clay

[@chandramanik928]

What's kind of cream? I can used it for red clay?

[@ladybuglady100]

I use half and half and whole milk( any milk will be ok) .yes, it is works with white and red clay )

[@semraozdil3683]

Süper idea ✅😂💎👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💎♥️🦋🐞🪲🍄🍀

[@Julierbuene]

Does it hold water if you use this on something like a cup?

[@ladybuglady100]

Yes

[@styrkjarsteibjorn1860]

I've got my best results with Olive oil.

[@ladybuglady100]

Wow! Newer think about glazed with olive oil. Can’t wait to try it

[@rutilopata8294]

Thank you for this!!! Was the pottery bisque fired before glazing to cone 04??

[@ladybuglady100]

Yes

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[@sathsaraperis9441]

Can I use this method for any clay? (I have grey colour clay)

[@ladybuglady100]

It’s worked for red, white and mixed clay I use. Red clay get little bit darker color

[@ladybuglady100]

What color is your clay when you fire it?

[@sathsaraperis9441]

@@ladybuglady100 dark orange

[@sathsaraperis9441]

@@ladybuglady100 other one is grey colour

[@ladybuglady100]

Yes, it’ll works 👍

[@sathsaraperis9441]

Can I use another thing without half and half?

[@ladybuglady100]

Just milk will work fine

[@sathsaraperis9441]

@@ladybuglady100 do you mean when I make glaze,with milk and sugar it will work?

[@ladybuglady100]

@@sathsaraperis9441 yes. You will have little bit different shade of brown color

[@andreadepaoli3060]

Molto bello! 350°C?

[@ladybuglady100]

320 -350 c. Thank you for comment

[@vulcanswork]

Andrea De Paoli, quasi quasi tento nel forno di casa LOL.

[@andreadepaoli3060]

@@vulcanswork magari con una buona cappa e un ottima maschera 😅😷

[@sannejohansen6213]

Hello. I want to ask if it's ok that I'm trying to make such a horse, I thought your oxrina are so beautiful. Sincerely, Susanne Johansen from Denmark 😃👍🍀

[@ladybuglady100]

No problem. Glad you like it

[@sannejohansen6213]

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[@ladybuglady100]

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