Free Online Glaze Chemistry Lesson: Ceramic Glaze Application | Ceramic Materials Workshop

In this video we explore the science behind the application of ceramic glazes.

This is just one lesson from one of our online course: Understanding Glazes.

Understanding Glazes is our most comprehensive glaze course that aims to develop a basic understanding of the following: 1) ceramic materials and their chemistry, origins, properties, and functions; 2) the tenants of heat and temperature as related to ceramic performance; 3) glaze formulas, analysis, and performance; 4) glaze flaws, their identification, and corrections; and 5) the function of ceramic oxides and color. We answer all of those questions you've always wondered about and smash a lot of those ceramic myths you may have been told.

If you would like to learn more about all of our glazes and clay courses, check out our website: www.ceramicmaterialsworkshop.com . You can also enroll in Understanding Glazes here: https://ceramicmaterialsworkshop.thin...

You can also learn more about glaze application by reading our blog article - The Science Behind Glaze Application: Dipping, Brushing, Spraying- posted on our website here: https://ceramicmaterialsworkshop.com/...

Ceramic Materials ​Workshop is a place online to understand and explore how and why our Clay and Glazes work (and don’t work). Our materials speak for us in the home and gallery. It benefits us to learn about how to speak through our materials. Mastering the skills of clay and glaze performance helps every ceramicist, become their best self in the studio.

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0:00 Introduction
0:24 Apply yourself
1:58 What is a Glaze?
3:08 Materialistic
4:05 Rocky
4:44 Particle Size of Typical Materials
6:30 In a Perfect World
7:32 Stacks on stacks
10:37 You Suction - Glaze application
13:46 Brush with destiny
17:07 Ka Boom
20:49 DDM 222
22:12 Bisque Temp + Water
25:31 Water Content
29:02 Specific Gravity
31:59 Viscosity
32:09 Zahn Cups
34:24 In Conclusion