🤫 I'M SPILLING MY SECRETS...GLAZING TIPS & TRICKS - How I Brush On Pottery Glaze!! All Skill Levels!

[@MeandmyfireflyEZCreations]

Waaaaah I'm 63 and a grandmother. I thank God daily that I'm not yet grey. My grandchildren call me Oma, as I'm first generation Australian. I hear we may possibly have new spectrum glazes end of November. Woohoo how exciting. Thanks for sharing. Happy potting. Ciao from Canberra, Australia 🇦🇺 ♥ 😊

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

You are so lucky that you don't have grey yet!! I'd bleach my hair to hide the grey! hahaha You are going to just love the new glazes and have so much fun! they are just stunning!!! xo

[@SammiJoReviews]

@@SarahWaltonPotteryI do have mine bleached to hide the grey. Of course, I’m in desperate need of getting my roots done. My husband teases me excessively about his ‘grey headed lady’. LOL! I’ve had grey since my mid to late 30s/40s.

[@undsethpottery]

I had two pumpkins explode from the holes closing in and had shards embedded into the pots around them and embedded into the kiln bricks. From now on my holes will be bigger 😂

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

OHHH NOOOOO…That was a real bad blowout! People don’t realize how many things can go upside down during the process…thanks for sharing, I don’t feel as bad about my pumpkin explosion! Cheers!

[@maryleeedwards1082]

It was a a great video. I missed the live but enjoyed it with a cup of coffee in hand. I love all your colour combinations. It took 2 months to get the new Spectrum glazes from Amaranth. Apparently Spectrum lost their order. I have since added the other suppliers to my desk top and shop around to find what I need just as you do. I'm in NS so the closest suppliers are on your turf in ON. I'll try to catch your live kiln unload. I always enjoy them.

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

2 Months!!! OH WOW! That is long! Usually they are much faster than that! I'm glad you will be using my intel on suppliers! 😉 I'm so glad you enjoy my videos...this last LIVE was a looooooooong one...sorry about that! I just love this community and getting to know you all! Thanks so much for your support it really does help encourage me to continue putting out content! xo

[@soulhavenpottery]

It was super fun to hang with you Sarah! Even in a not live sitch😄. Love your energy 💕⭐️

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

You-da-best Star!! Thank you!!!🥰

[@LauraSmith-q6c]

I am a hobby potter from VA and have been really struggling with consistent glaze results, so I love your videos and your willingness to share all you do. Love love your work. thank you

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

I'm so glad my videos help and THANK YOU!!! xo

[@Liseliselpottery]

Thanks Sarah, great teaching vid! I missed your live, but have leaned so much about glazing! Cheers from BC! Lise

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

Hi Lisel!! Thank you, I'm so glad you were able to pick up some tips...I know it was a long one😬🥰

[@janeperala9864]

Thanks for the informative video Sarah. Try Mayco Pink Gloss under the Amaryllis, it’s much nicer than the coral - in my opinion. 😊

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

Ohhh Thanks for this suggestion!! I will...but that means I have to buy another glaze 🤭🤣

[@janeperala9864]

@@SarahWaltonPottery LOL 😜

[@soulhavenpottery]

I am so inspired to make pumpkins now!!

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

Haha! So sorry for the delayed reply..just a little coo-coo over here! Did you end up making pumpkins??

[@sageymoodceramics]

Aww I missed your live 😔, so fun watching and thank you for sharing your tips and tricks ❤. I'm so in love with your glaze results, I learned a lot just from watching your videos... your channel is amazing for me as beginner 🙌 I'm a big fan, big hugs from Florida

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

Hi Julia!! Thank you so very much!! I'm really sorry that it's taken me so long to reply..Ive been a little overwhelmed with all the Fall markets and prep for xmas! I hope you are ok after Milton! I watched the devastation that's happened in the South...my prayers are with you!

[@sageymoodceramics]

@SarahWaltonPottery hi Sarah, we doing OK after milton, my husband is right now on the roof and is fixing the holes. Also the fence was blown away 🤦 but other than that we are blessed, I feel so sorry for the people who lost everything. Can't wait for your next video, maybe you could give some tips how to set up a market 😬, I'm still far away to try to sell at market, I'm still at my first steps to set up a etsy shop or something like that but I'm so interested to sell on a market in the future 😀. Big hugs from Florida (and it's Judy 😅 not Julia ❤️)

[@skyvonsch]

Moore, OK retired Art teacher ... Love all the videos from all of you clay peeps.

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

THANK YOU!! There is an amazing community Potters making videos and I equally get inspired by all the talent that is here on YT! I also LOVE that we are getting to know so many of the viewers! Thanks for watching! xo

[@maryleeedwards1082]

Another awesome video Sarah. Thank you so much for sharing I have yet had the confidence to film and post a kiln opening but will try to get there soon. Looking forward to your next kiln opening.

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

You can do it! You will never be 'ready' you kinda have to jump into the deep end. 🥰

[@FunkyPhish]

I love glazing so you throw and I will glaze for you!

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

Yes please! haha!!

[@ginafeddersen8200]

So happy to see your video Sarah and so much fun even if I was not in the live! So very much similar We are applying glazes, I will need to check out Michaels next week when I am in London,Ont for some fluffy brushes. I ordered the Spectrum sample pack from Sounding Stone. Hope to get some other supplies whilst in CA that are not here in Denmark yet. Would love to meet you but We are still quite far apart from each. 😘❤️😘❤️🥰😊🥰❤️

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

I hope you have a BLAST while visiting London, ON and your fam!! I wish we could connect but I'm swamped, if not I would find a way to meet with you! next time...and I can't wait to see what you do with the new Spectrum Glazes!!! xo

[@maureenyoung1111]

Thanks for sharing! Love your work!

[@loreliemiller628]

Thanks so much for all your glaze ideas! I have a pint of dark flux, have you ever tried it? I’m struggling with what to use it for. Seems most potters use light flux, which I love!

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

Hi Lorelie! Yes I do have Dark Flux and I use it from time to time with some of my deeper blues and purples..it's pretty stunning...I think I will have to pull it out and play with it some more...I haven't been giving it enough love, thanks for the suggestion! xo

[@FunkyPhish]

I vote for the pink mug!

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

I'm about to put them in the kiln so fingers crossed that they turn out! 🤭

[@Ellen.s.atelier]

Oh how sweet Sarah! Your comments was very sweet and helpful! You are totally right ❤ there will always be people who will not like the prices and other that will say that is not much! I decided to keep doing markets and not let it get to me that much😊 hopefully it will work! I have my next market on the 30th of October 🎉

[@Ellen.s.atelier]

You are so right! Functional art!❤❤

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

Hi Ellen! I'm so glad you are sticking with it! you make such cute things...love your hedgehogs! Keep me posted how your next market goes!

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

Right?!! Don't give it away...charge what you charge...Just because it's too expensive for one person, doesn't mean that it is too expensive! xo

[@Ellen.s.atelier]

@@SarahWaltonPottery I will keep you posted! I will make a video about it!😍

[@lianaholtochsner]

I really enjoy watching your videos and I watched this one all the way to the end. We would be fast friends if we met in person. I am not a beginner but I just restarted my pottery journey last year. It’s not like riding a bicycle and I had never owned or fired a kiln before last year. You helped me figure out where and how to place the junior cone/bar for my kilnsetter. I was relying on viewing the cones through the peephole and using a pyrometer that I purchased separately. I too had an older kiln and purchased a new one right before you did but mine is a lot smaller than yours. My old one probably still works if I change a few parts but I don’t know how to do that yet. Lol. I am a native Northern Californian from Redding, near Mt. Shasta. I lived in Hammond, Louisiana for over 20 years where I taught psychology and did research. I moved back to Redding in 2010 to take care of my brilliant father with Alzheimer’s. He passed in 2016, the last of my immediate family except I have a daughter and a son. Currently I am just a hobby potter. My friends have been encouraging me to sell my work and have purchased some pieces from me. So, I am considering selling as this hobby is rather expensive. You might want to try one of my favorite glaze combinations: textured turquoise on the bottom of a vertical piece with kimchi on the top, little overlap. It’s really yummy. I just purchased a second mug from you: pinks with gold luster. By the way, have you heard that Mayco is discontinuing their lusters? Cheers and thanks for your videos, Liana Ps sorry so long and I posted as a reply to Ellen’s message…

[@karinagilbert791]

Love all your tips!!!

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

Thanks so much! xo

[@jeanmartin6410]

Try Minnesota Clay. It’s on the U.S. But they may have them.

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

Hi Jean! I will have to have someone bring some up when visiting as I don't see any supplier up here. 🤞🏼🥰

[@catinsley7799]

I never get a notification of your live videos. I am subscribed, I did click on the bell. But I want to be in on your next live cast. How?????

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

Hey Cat! Be sure to to check that you are subscribed (sometimes YT unsubscribes people 🤷‍♀️) and check that you’ve clicked the notification bell. Also, make sure your enabled notifications on you phone. I hope that helps because I’d LOVE to have you join a livestream. Also, follow me on Instagram as I always post before i go live! 🥰

[@karinagilbert791]

What would you recommend for a shiny white liner? I have been using Snow but would like to try something less expensive and pourable

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

I like Pearl White by Spectrum...and I recently bought Soft White also from spectrum. I don't know if they are avail in a dry format...I recently bought one from Tuckers and it is extremely stable so NO drips. and it only comes in a powder form. hope this helps!

[@LauraSmith-q6c]

chesapeake ceramics in US has the poppy fields in stock.

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

Thanks for sharing this info!! It will definitely help someone!

[@SaritaBenson]

Would you take a picture of your glaze program with the slow cool on your kiln. I’m still a new kiln user and I’m not sure how to set it up. Thank you!

[@MeandmyfireflyEZCreations]

I'm new to kilns too. I've just put kiln wash on the shelves and am now doing a 04 bisque with a few pieces to bisque fire. I've been reading, researching and watching KZbin to get all information needed to do a glaze firing 🔥. I've been a bit nervous and apprehensive about it all. Good luck with kiln firing 🔥 👍.

[@susanroswandowicz]

@@MeandmyfireflyEZCreations I Hope it went well ❤

[@MeandmyfireflyEZCreations]

@@susanroswandowicz my kiln firing worked. Top shelf is cooler mid and lower reaching temperature. I uploaded it all.

[@LauraSmith-q6c]

Thanks!

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

WOW!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!xoxoxoxox

[@heidicash5897]

Are you using cone 6 clay and firing to cone 5 1/2? If so does it vitrify?

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

Yes i fire to cone 5.5 which vitrifies my clay perfectly!!

[@darlathompson1797]

I always miss the Lives :(

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

I’ll be doing one tomorrow! Probably earlier in the day…a kiln opening…you’re the first to know! 🤭

[@darlathompson1797]

@@SarahWaltonPottery Okay - I have a couple of meetings and some work to do but I will do my best to watch!

[@MyMazyCat]

Sarah ~~ how do you prevent the glaze from sticking to the shelf when bringing it all the way to the bottom of the pumpkin? Maybe you mention it I am only half way through the video. Thanks so much for all your fantastic videos! 🏺❤️

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

I typically use cookies in the kiln to help prevent glaze from sticking to the shelf… I also stagger back the glaze layers which also helps prevent glaze run off…🥰

[@MyMazyCat]

@@SarahWaltonPottery stagger back ? Does that mean apply the glaze in thinner coats towards the bottom?

[@MyMazyCat]

Archie’s base!

[@SarahWaltonPottery]

Hahah! I haven’t use AB for a while! I think I need to do some of my all time favs .. AB and Sunset Pink…AB and Fairy Rose! Haha

[@MyMazyCat]

@@SarahWaltonPottery That would be AWESOME!! A new video with AB and maybe Honey flux? I just bought some Archie’s base after watching your videos but now I am at a loss as to how to use it 😂 I need to come through your videos and find the one you introduced Archie’s base. It looks so pretty and feminine!