Putting together your first Glaze Recipe

When I first started making my own glazes from recipes I found online I didn't know where to start, what equipment to buy, where to get my chemicals, ect. so I made a video for people who just want to know how to put a simple recipe together.
I hope this helps some of you out there and don't forget to always test your glazes before you make a large batch.
Music by : Music Credit LAKEY INSPIRED, Watching the clouds
- Where can I get more recipes, Dante?
Glazy.org
- But where can I buy materials, Dante?
www.bigceramicstore.com
Po. Box : 293883
Zip : 95892, Sacramento
Name: Donte the potter
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[@tiaraalspaugh1848]

Just wanted to say think you for sharing all your knowledgeable information with a great sense of humour. Really appreciate all your information on pottery.

[@barbbaker5814]

Thank you soooo much!! I’ve been searching for answers on understanding and interpreting glaze recipes!

[@peeanoh]

Your videos are consistently the most most most helpful and I learn so much! Thank you!

[@vanichco]

Thank you Donte! You're such a good educator! Nice work!

[@proderoarnoffclaudia7419]

Amazing, you answered so many questions! Thank you!

[@teratheexplorer]

Dante, you’re such a sweetheart for explaining all of the stuff so throughly and funnily at the same time 😄❤️ (I’m a beginner, so I appreciate it that much more) Could you pretty please make a video about throwing teapots? 🍵

[@elisekovac9832]

Thank you for explaining things so well!

[@pocketearwig]

Brilliant stuff - so helpful. Thank you. Love your delivery style too 😜

[@noreenwerdal8238]

Thank you!!! this was a very easy to understand when you are thinking about mixing your own glazes, it is very helpful!!!

[@amo22602]

Hey! Thanks for making this fun and less intimidating! I’ve subscribed!

[@deepot89]

So I rarely comment on videos, but this video is the exception! This video helped me so much! Thank you for explaining the entire process, even down to the water! Really helpful and much appreciated

[@helenweaven192]

You are so funny. I really enjoyed and learnt a lot from this. Thank you soooo much.

[@davinchi4126]

1. Give at least two reasons to make your own glaze. Time: 0:50 It’s much cheaper than buying your glaze and it allows for a better relationship with your art work which grants you better control, over the many aspects of the work. 2. List the tools needed to mix your glaze. Hint: there is 7. Time: 3:30 Gram Scale, Cup, Sieve, Mason Jar, Towel, Dust Mask and a Scooper 3. What can you get if you don’t wear a Dust Mask? Describe what it is. Time: 3:41 Silicosis which is where dust containing silica goes into your lungs and doesn’t come out. 3B. Can it be cured? Why or why not? Time: 4:00 No since the silica will not come out of the lungs. 4. Why is the glaze recipe he makes called 5x20 recipe? Time: 4:30 It’s called the 5x20 recipe since it requires the 5 most basic glaze ingredients and you use 20% of each material. 5. In the majority of glaze recipes, the base of the glaze adds up to 100%. Time 5:39 6. Why did he put the mixture in the jar? Time: 10:40 To make sure he measures out each ingredient correctly and make sure they are air tight and mix it inside of the jar. 7. How come you pour the glaze mixture through a sieve? Time: 11:20 To make sure tiny minerals don’t go onto your piece ruining it. 8. Why do you want to wash everything immediately after your through with mixing? Time: 13:29 Because you don’t want to contaminate your other pieces since the glaze will dry on the equipment. 9. After you mix your glaze, the next thing you want to do is what? Hint: it requires a tile. Time: 14:50 To test the glaze on three types of clay to see their reaction. 10. Who was on his kiln? Time: 15:40 Astroboy 11. “A clean studio is a “happy” studio.” Time: 17:27 Extra Credit: What is the #on the bag of Frit in the background? Describe in your own words what that is. That one you’ll have to look up. The number on the bag in the background is Frit 3134. This a well known frit used over many years mainly for general purpose melter across all temperatures.

[@tracyairth8625]

Thanks for the detailed information!

[@michelevitarelli]

I know nothing about glazes and ceramics, but your video was so well done I watched the entire thing.

[@jungminpark4059]

Thank you for this amazing video :)

[@doreenwood3508]

You are good looking! Thank you for sharing all your knowledge! Lord knows I need it !

[@hawaaunalfanfa5997]

this is amazing

[@jeannebrown9028]

Thanks. Good first step.

[@themercurialmoxie]

Thanks, for sharing! Great information. 😊

[@doreenwood3508]

Candle is calming

[@jesamima]

thank you!! made glazing seem a lot less intimidating! :)

[@sybillestahl8646]

I got the big bag of each ingredient to make 5X20, and since they come in 50lb sacks, and they cost about $250 altogether, I figure my base glaze costs about a dollar a pound.

[@tophercoy8471]

"I like everything a little thicker..." LOL! Ok girl... we get ya'.

[@user-ez7zj2tk5l]

Thank you so much for this video. It really helped to clarify things. Do you have any recommendations for which particulate masks to wear while mixing glazes?

[@ivanalicea2574]

Thank you so much for the info you provide it's awesome what you do love the outcome of your work...I want to ask... where's a good place to order raw materials?

[@slowturningwheel]

thanks for this. I like how that 5/20 glaze breaks on the darker clay. Is this base good with stains and oxides for colors? Do you have a video for that?

[@agamsty]

Thank you

[@apkasanju8514]

Thanks

[@rondacorkhill1654]

I'm sure adding one of those mixing balls inside will make the mixing a lot faster and easier before you sieve it. Just a thought.

[@suzieduchesneau8271]

Just love your video, funny, precise! Ok, its a go for me to start creating my own glaze🥰 Question;? Can I brush these glaze on my pieces? If i create it more think? Or do I need some kind of “gum “ product to add? Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us all! Your friend from Québec 🇨🇦

[@ericabuchanan7260]

Have you done a video on just the basic base recipes you mentioned?

[@lyddiayannuzzi5564]

Oh thank the kiln gods FINALLY

[@EarthNationCeramics]

Thanks for requesting is ;)

[@sybillestahl8646]

Yes, you certainly don’t want your colouring oxides to get lost, especially not Cobalt, at the price they currently charge for that!

[@Ciloktusuk23]

Uhm hai, thanks for your sharing, i just found your video right now. And i want to ask you something. Why if i made a glaze it always have a different type of color like more light or more dark or even change into red/green while this glaze had to bee brown light color.. Does the position of the kiln matter?

[@reddoggaming7950]

Dante (Donte(?)) @Earth Nation Ceramics - Do you have a list of equipment and chemicals a beginner should get/have available prior to starting on their first glaze? Size sieve? Test Sieves or the larger ones? Tools? Certain common chemicals used in most glazes? Etc? - Sidebar: Jon the Potter pointed out a place to get cheap chemicals and stains (way cheaper than I can get locally in MN) plus, more you buy, cheaper it is, so good to know about common chemicals! Hope to hear something.... LOVE THE VIDEOS!!!

[@aliciawhitehead5565]

Yah old school TMNT cup

[@EarthNationCeramics]

My old glaze cup :). You should see the inside.

[@wadewhite9315]

Say, what was the book with the "3-6" in the title? Also, any other books on glaze-making that you would recommend?

[@doctormeetsfish7000]

If you want to make your own glazes and experiment Mr. Dirtfarmer sells an excellent filtered hardwood ash.

[@susanjaracz1574]

What do you like about 5 x 20?

[@thehyle7966]

Hi , thank you so much I just cant understand the difference between oxides and stain and emaills (France word) please !

[@patspotpage]

Um, did you misspell your name Donte? Thanks for sharing, you've taught me a lot!

[@BasilWallace]

Putting things from right hand side to lefthand side - I do this when cooking and/or making spice mixes. It's the only method that makes sense. I hope someone gets something from that tip, it's seriously good.

[@breannalassberg1510]

Hey! Just curious.. the website that you mention for glazes is it www.lazy.org? I’ve tried to look it up but I don’t think I’ve found the right one?

[@crisfer22]

Glazy

[@susanjaracz1574]

What is the size of the mesh for the sieve?

[@951000jerome]

I swear you look more Maltese than I do. And I'm Maltese.

[@xemmyQ]

wouldn't it make more sense to sift the particulate before you add the water? or does it not matter??

[@theicebooky]

How do you know if a glaze is food safe? I am so worry about the glaze I am using right now O.o >

[@KUMBHAAR]

can you plz tell m how to make clear glaze

[@lituenman]

Are there any differences between “The Glaze Book” and “The Potter's Book of Glaze Recipes”?

[@BasilWallace]

Which puppy? I need to know so I can scale how scared I am

[@sybillestahl8646]

I see that you don’t mix the dry chemicals before you put the water in. It seems to me that if I stir them around before I put water in they are easier to put through the sieve later on.

[@EarthNationCeramics]

When I first started making glazes I had potters that did the chemicals 1st and Potters that did the water first. The main argument that The Potter's that use the chemicals first was that if they were adding more than a thousand Grams of of something it would make a cloud of smoke but the Potters that put the water first would claim that it didn't happen. So they did it that way for safety reasons, I've done it both ways and I don't really find one or the other way specifically helpful in the weight of the glaze comes out so I kind of just do whatever I feel in the moment. I've done water first and I've done chemicals first. This video just happened to show we doing it one way rather than the other.

[@0xyzabcx0]

Clean out your measuring cup, and/or switch to a glass measuring cup!

[@florecita9739]

Which mask are you using there?

[@EarthNationCeramics]

An OSHA cert mask with I bought from home Depot. Always OSHA.

[@ryangrady6894]

What cone temp does this recipe use?

[@duchessnicoleduke9109]

He said cone 5/6 oxidation ☺️

[@lhannis1]

I am not a potter...someday maybe i love to work with clay but at this p oint in my life it's not feasable...if I'm honest I just come here to listen to Dante's snark and saltiness

[@josephsatricleofevillanuev3194]

I wish I was a potter.

[@smithy1578]

Joseph Satri Cleofe Villanueva a Harry Potter 😎

[@TheCabult]

MSDS or SDS come on safety first pls. Also my mask has a water bong on it is that ok??????

[@EarthNationCeramics]

Don't worry Cabult :) glazy. Org should have at the bottom of every glaze recipe as well as on the material list the MSDS hazards for each material. Oh so I don't know what a water bong is and I have never used one while making glazed so I am not sure

[@cyclingseasons]

i can hear that you dont wear a mask *Jebaited

[@EarthNationCeramics]

Shhhhhhh ;)

[@sybillestahl8646]

Clown Whisper 5x20 is glossy.

[@sybillestahl8646]

Clown Whisper I’m finding that 5x20 is a decent glaze, and I’ve made a bunch of different coloured tests, but where I get the most interesting results is where I layer glazes, often a white over a fairly strong colour. Love those effects!

[@sybillestahl8646]

Clown Whisper I put 12% Ultrox in the clear glaze to make it white.

[@sybillestahl8646]

Clown Whisper I don’t use commercially prepared glazed at all. But every time I make a big pail of glaze, even if it is one I’ve used before, I test it on a tile or a single piece, just to be sure.

[@vanhapham6415]

tôi cần dịch sang tiếng việt

[@susanjaracz1574]

I'm not sure but I looked that up and I think that might have killed my stepmother.

[@hpbloomeriv3047]

Did you say Grogle when you meant Grolleg (prounced Grawlig)?

[@k.joshshnarajesh2607]

Feldspar powder 35 % Quartz powder 24% China clay 6% Courmoxide 1.8% Callcite 7% Mno2 5% Iron oxide 4% Barium oxide 5% Please help me 1180 degree

[@mgwgeneral6467]

So crushed rock is now called chemical? 😂😂😂😂 ok..... i guess thats potter's language.

[@Ulujmf]

It is shocking that in usa people are so clueless when it come to %. If it say 20%. No need to explain more. 20% mean 20parts for 100parts total. Part can be anything like gram , Litters, pounds, ml.... so for a recipe of 20% rutile, 40% epk, 30% silica and 10% EPk. The total will be 100% of course so it will be 20g 40g 30g 10g =100g total. If you want to make 500 g total. Just multiply by 5. If you want to make 300g just multiply by 3

[@chanteltaylor26]

When you take up pottery during a pandemic and realize you can’t find masks. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@anikamatthews8014]

Same I'm trying to find used wheels and kilns during a pandemic...

[@chanteltaylor26]

anika matthews I’m gonnna buy a new one off Blick. They are on sale right now. If my pottery career fails I’ll just sell it lol. I did find a used skutt 181 cone 6 kiln for $250 tho. 👍🏻

[@anikamatthews8014]

@@chanteltaylor26 Ohh awesome! I've seen a few kilns on kijiji from $20-400 but I'm nervous about going out in the world and meeting strangers right now so I'm just living through KZbin videos lol

[@chanteltaylor26]

anika matthews just ask for no contact pick up. That’s what I’m doing. I leave the money or just Venmo them and they leave it out for me. 👌🏻

[@anikamatthews8014]

@@chanteltaylor26 Wow I never even thought of that as an option!! Thank you!!!

[@kevinjamiesonbelou]

Why do you constantly repeat yourself?