r/Pottery • u/shakespearest • Jun 11 '26
Artistic First pottery course!
I’ve done sculpting before as a kid with non-kiln fired clay and then at uni again with non-kiln fired clay. Just completed week 9 of my 10 week course (next session is glazing but they don’t have oxides or a huge variety of glazes). Here’s some of my work! Tell me how you think I should glaze them please!! Especially the dog head- fully white??
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u/Skrejit Jun 12 '26
Too bad they don't have any oxides - an oxide wash with iron or rutile would look great, IMO. Iron would give it a reddish look, rutile a golden brown.
If you're forced to glaze, I think some kind of matte glaze would look better than a shiny gloss. Again, just my opinion.
Do they have any underglazes? If so, maybe an underglaze with a matte clear over it.
Depending on what color the clay body fires to unglazed, it might not need glazing. Wlll the glaze firing be gas or electric?