119. A Total Beginner's Guide to Making a Pottery Glaze

About this episode

This episode provides a comprehensive guide for beginners on how to make pottery glaze from start to finish.

If you’ve ever wondered how pottery glazes are made, this episode is for you! In this episode of the podcast, I talk you through how to make a pottery glaze from start to finish, from where to find a recipe, how to get the ingredients to weighing them out, mixing them together and finally sieving and storing the glaze. The free glaze-making guide mentioned in this episode is here. The glaze recipe website referred to in this episode is: https://glazy.org/ Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube ✨Support the Podcast ------------------------------- Resources for Potters: ⭐ Pottery Paperback Books available from Amazon Free Pottery Guides: 🆓 Download the Free How to Make a Pottery Glaze Workbook (suitable for beginners): 🆓 Download the Free How to programme an Electric Kiln for bisque and stoneware glaze firings (includes full kiln firing schedule)

People in this episode

Host: Katherine Tomlinson

Topics covered

• pottery glaze
• crafting
• beginner guide
• pottery making
• DIY

Keywords

• pottery glaze
• how to make glaze
• pottery crafting
• glaze recipe
• pottery techniques

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: glazy.org

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