Hi Marie here, back with another fun glazing video for you. This time I'm
going to show you how to Bubble Glaze and share a few secrets that may help
you get a better Bubble Glaze.
Bubble Glazing gives your pottery another unique look.
You can Bubble Glaze on leather hard bone dry or bisque wear. I'll be Bubble
Glazing on bisque wear. For this project I have Underglaze, distilled water, soap,
wax resist, with a separate brush of course. Tablespoon, spatula, long straw,
banding wheel, a square plastic container, two bowls, one with water and a sponge.
Clear satin glaze, a strainer, a mixer, two hake brushes, one medium, and one large. A
rag and bisque wear. Everything you need to Bubble Glaze is also listed down
below in the show notes. Let's blow some bubbles. Before we get started it's
important to wipe down your pottery with the clean damp sponge. This gets all the
dust particles off and helps the glaze bond nicely to your piece.
While my bowl and plate are drying let's make the Bubble Glaze. I'm going to start
with Spectrum Bright blue Underglaze. Always mix your Underglaze. I use this
milk frother, it does a good job in mixing my Underglazes.
Start with three tablespoons of distilled water. It's always best to use
distilled water with any glazes.
1 tablespoon of Bright blue Spectrum Underglaze
And two to three squirts of soap. I'll do three.
And gently mix together. Now a few secrets to help you get a better Bubble
glaze. I use a square container. When I tip my container all of the Bubble Glaze
goes right in the corner, also my straw stays right in the corner so I don't
have to hold it while I'm blowing the bubbles, it stays put.
I also use a longer straw, this helps me to see around the Bubbles and not get
any in my face. I also had a problem with the Underglaze Bubbles dripping. At
first I thought it was spilling when I was tilting my container, but the bubbles
were popping and dripping. Placing an old rag around the rim helped me to solve
that problem. It may not stop all of the drips but sure does help. I also have an
article with more information on Bubble glazing. I left a link for you in the
description below. Let's start blowing those bubbles. I'm using a plastic
tablecloth, this works great and the Underglaze wipes right off. I'm starting
with my plate, this plate was made with Amoco A-mix number 11 stoneware white
clay I'll get a little closer.
There. Pop the bubbles.
And it didn't drip on the plate.
Let's see how the bottom turned out.
For my bowl, I'm using Speedball Red Underglaze. I already mixed up my Bubble
Glaze. My bowl is made with Amaco stoneware 38 white clay.
Wow
Pop the bubbles.
Let's see what cool design it mad.
Wow
Now we'll let it dry before we put the final touches on it.
I like the bubble glaze pattern on the bottom of the bowl and the plate so I'm
going to put some wax on wax resist on before I glaze it so the pattern stays
on. Always use a separate brush.
Be very careful to let the wax resist float on. I don't want to
disturb the pattern or smear it. Very gently. Very still.
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Now let that dry before I put the glaze on.
Perfect. My utensil holder is made with Amaco
stoneware 46 buff clay. I already have the Bubble Glaze mixed. Using Spectrum
Dark Olive Underglaze.
Now that the underglaze is dry, it's time to apply some clear glaze. I'm using
Amaco Satin Clear Glaze. I've already put it through a strainer to catch any
clumps or debris and mixed it really well first. I'm going to pour it in
and as I'm pouring out I'm turning the utensil holder.
Because this is a large area I'm using large Hake brush.
Put a nice coat let it just flow over the Bubble Glaze. You don't want to press
too hard because you don't want to smear the bubbles.
Float right on.
If you're new to glazing you can check out my article on 27 glazing tips for
beginners.
Applying one more coat of Clear Glaze on the outside only.
Yes.
Great. We'll let that dry. I'll be using a medium-sized hake brush for my plate.
Carefully float on your glaze so you don't disturb the pattern of the bubble
glaze.
Now apply a coat to the bottom of my plate.
We don't have to be too careful here because I have wax resist on.
I'm going to pour the Clear glaze in the bowl.
And rotate as I'm pouring it out. Make sure you go all the way around.
Now I'm applying a clear coat to the outside.
Float right on.
Don't smear the Bubble Glaze pattern
I'm applying one more coat on the bottom of my plate.
One more coat on the inside of my plate.
Nice and thick.
I'm going to apply one more coat on the outside of my bowl.
Let it dry and wipe off the bottom with a clean damp sponge then into the kiln
it goes for a firing at cone 5. Here are the finished pieces. I like how they
tips I shared with you I know you can create some nice bubble patterns too. On
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