Creating Your First Ceramic Vessel
Glazing
A course by Lilly Maetzig , Ceramist
About the video: Glazing
Overview
“In this lesson, I will briefly explain glazing, and what glaze is. I will then demonstrate how to glaze your bisque vessel, ready for it to be fired again. ”
In this video lesson Lilly Maetzig addresses the topic: Glazing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Your First Ceramic Vessel. Learn the entire process of working with clay at home, from the initial design to the final glaze.
Partial transcription of the video
“Glazing We've reached Lesson 3, in which I'll show you how I glaze my piece. Glaze is essentially powdered glass and a few other different minerals suspended in water. And if you remember from the previous lesson, when I applied water to this bisqueware, which has gone through the kiln to 1000 degrees, it wicks up that water super quickly, and then that leaves a layer of this powder, which is currently suspended in water, on the finished piece. We glaze work for a few different reasons. For example, if I had a plate or a cup or something like that, and it was gonna be used in a restaurant o...”
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Course summary for: Creating Your First Ceramic Vessel
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Ceramics
Lilly Maetzig
A course by Lilly Maetzig
Lilly Maetzig is a ceramist from New Zealand who is based in London. After experimenting with clay in art school, Lilly decided to further her pottery skills with classes and has been sculpting ever since.
Lilly founded her own ceramics brand Mäe Ceramics in 2016. Her work explores the contrast between the texture of raw and glazed clay to expose the natural qualities of her finished objects. She sells her objects through retail and wholesale channels, with most of her customers finding her through Instagram where her work is appreciated by over 45K followers. Her clients include restaurants and cafés around the globe, design shops like Yonobi Studio in Copenhagen, and events like Google Playtime.
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