Lets Make Glaze : 04 Are you brave enough to join me in my head space? Its a busy zone!

The journey continues and my head is bursting with so much new knowledge, procedures, finding solutions to new dilemma's, and working my way through this new adventure......
If you're brave enough to watch all the way though I'll warn you that this is literally 2 hours condensed into 30 minutes, with every thought that was going through my head as I transversed this passage....
Finding my own style, solutions and trying to work out literally what I am doing LOL
I have to admit I was exhausted at the end of this session, and the editing of this footage took longer than the 'real time' event!. I thought it was best I stop here and allow you to pause for breath... I am aware I chat a lot, and I don't want to overwhelm you with 'full on Jeanette natter', you may never watch another video of mine again! LOL
I am learning so much, and being able to talk this out loud is actually helping me work through the motions...but it is scary seeing the thoughts going through my head!
Hope you're still there with me, and please let me know if you're on the same journey, or you have any hints or tips for me.
Next editing task is the mystery chip making......
Hope to see you there soon :)
Jeanette xx
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[@alexandraoud8721]

luvv watching...cant wait to see the results....there sure will be one you get shuffed about😁

[@FarForestCeramics]

Oh I do hope there is at least one, been so much fun to make. Feels a bit like baking lol

[@marilynhiggins2785]

You are amazing. Everything you share is sooo helpful.

[@FarForestCeramics]

So pleased it's helpful. I'm super grateful for the pottery community with all the hints and tips I've received over the last two years. Invaluable.

[@micheledickey4066]

Oh my gosh girl!! That looks like a lot! Cant wait to see!! Sieving so many glazes drives me absolutely craaazy!! Having to clean the sieve so very well after each glaze is so tedious!! I’m worried that using the bin to rinse things in will contaminate the sieve? Hope that didn’t happen. Just a thought. I have used an immersion blender for many things and it scraped the insides of plastic things and I had small pieces of plastic in things! But honestly I don’t think anything would get trapped in the little scratches especially if the containers are cleaned and you stir the glaze each time, of course. I know that when I reconstitute glazes you need to use bottled water so your water that has chlorine and fluoride etc doesn’t react with the glazes. I’ve also found if I use tap water my glazes will grow mold in them! I’m sure it will be fine but I’d suggest using bottled water for good consistency. I am absolutely amazed at how much sediment my brush water has in it! I let my brush water sit overnight and pour off the water and save all of the glaze! I have 2 big spaghetti sauce jars full of this stuff!! I don’t want to just mix it all together and see what color glaze it makes so I’d love to see if I could make glaze chips with it!! The only problem is that the glaze turns into a powder once you let it sit and collect. I’m not sure if I need to use a clear glaze to suspend the glaze in or what. I’d definitely use a double bowl to clean things off in. Starting is the absolute hardest part! It gets easier after that. Not to say you won’t have struggles but it’s always the hardest to just start. That goes for everyday life stuff I believe. I would definitely use witness cones on each shelf when you fire these test tiles. Then you can tell what each shelf got to and if one shelf is hotter or cooler. You could make a few test tiles in several glazes and put a test tile of each on each shelf and see what the differences are. I mean do this with just a few glazes and see if there are any differences. I think using the witness cones will really help.

[@FarForestCeramics]

Thanks Michele, great advice as always. I noticed that the glaze chips were more a powder I wonder what they would be as a dipped glaze? Such a big journey and so overwhelming. Just hoping there is some success, but know I need to find a class to learn more how to adjust and adapt when results have more potential. Time will tell lol

[@micheledickey4066]

@@FarForestCeramics I’m glad I could help. I can’t believe how long my comment got! Eek. Sorry about that.

[@WhiteStoneCottagePottery]

Enjoying watching your process. Maybe use a mortar and pestle for the bone ash?

[@FarForestCeramics]

What a great idea! Maybe something else that will travel from the kitchen to live over in my pottery studio. Hubby keeps saying he can't find tools in the kitchen (whoops!) Thanks for the tip

[@neilahalter9663]

Oh I like making glazes and making pottery

[@FarForestCeramics]

It's very addictive isn't it 😊

[@ceramicsbyjulia8552]

Wow Jeanette your studio is like a little factory, can't wait to see what the test tiles are like. I am the same with experimenting I said on my latest kiln opening that I am treating the whole thing like playing and experimenting as that makes me happy. I hope to one day try making glazes but it looks pretty labour intensive and you know me I have very little energy so hopefully when I find some I can have a play 🙏 I was wondering shout your mystery chips do you need to add some cmc gum so they don't turn to powder? I'm sure the gum is one of the differences between dipping and brushing? But just random thoughts I know nothing😂❤

[@FarForestCeramics]

Got to love an experiment! Just wish I could speed up the editing process of the videos lol. Good idea about the chips, wondered why they were so powdery. Definitely need to investigate that concept more. Excited to see the results!

[@marycarolyn1293]

I was taught to use the immersion blender before the sieve. I also use both 80 and 120 mesh sieves. Jif is a peanut butter in the US and the jars I get hold 1.33 kg so they hold a lot of glaze. I only ever put one glaze recipe in a jar so if it gets scratched, which I haven’t had happen, it won’t contaminate another glaze (probably because my immersion blender has a hat around the blades). I’ve also used glass canning jars. From the video, I think you’ll get good results. I’m really looking forward to seeing the results. I’m curious if you’re testing Joe’s pink glaze. I keep meaning to try it with a substitute Mason stain because I can’t get the Mason stain he used. I use 100 gram beakers from Amazon to measure the specific gravity - much cheaper than a hydrometer. Thanks for making the video!

[@FarForestCeramics]

I think I would have used the immersion blender before sieving if I'd have done it all in one day. But doing so many it was spread over 2 days. My head was thinking it was most important to have it distributed before applying to to test tile. Would love to know the benefits of blending before sieving. I'm just making it up as I go along lol . I've got a hood over my blender blades too so hoping that will stop some scratching. Time will tell. Need to find some suitable jars here on the UK to start saving up too. 20 plastic tubs is not enough! I am trying Joe's pink glaze but I have one ingredient that I'm not 100% sure is the right one....Time will tell I guess. Going in the kiln soon! Thanks for taking the time to comment, much appreciated.

[@marycarolyn1293]

Doing it over two days may not have made blendering before sieving as necessary except for the bone ash. Admittedly, I don’t make 20 at once so I do them all at the same time. It just helps break down the particles.