Low-Fire Glazes
Low-fire glazes fire at what cone temperature. “O is low.”
What is Cone 05 or 06?
High-fire glazes (like Cone 5 or Cone 6) are easy to recognize because their cone number does NOT start with this digit.
What is 0?
Unlike glossy standard glazes, underglaze on its own dries with this dull, non-shiny finish.
What is matte?
Before you start applying glaze onto your pottery, you must wipe the entire piece with a damp sponge to remove this.
What is dust?
When you finish glazing, you must wash, dry, and return these tools to the correct drawer.
What are glaze/paint brushes?
This low-fire glaze brand in our studio is rated food-safe, meaning you can eat or drink out of the finished bowl or mug.
What is Blick?
To keep high-fire glaze from melting off your piece and sticking to the kiln shelf, leave this small amount of space bare at the bottom.
What is 1/4 of an inch?
*popsicle stick guides are attached to glaze carts to help.
Underglaze is super versatile because it can be applied to clay in these two different stages.
What are Greenware and Bisqueware?
Before applying glaze of any type, you should hold the lid tightly and do this to make sure it is mixed up.
What is shake it?
To earn full points on your project grade, you must record your glaze names, brand, and number of coats in this book.
What is your glazebook/sketchbook?
Unlike Blick glazes, this fun specialty brand of low-fire glaze is NOT food-safe and is for decorative pieces only.
What is Jungle Gems?
When putting wax on the bottom of your pot to block glaze, you must apply the wax using only this type of brush.
What is a foam brush?
*Waxing is not mandatory - Wax should be applied 1st if using it.
If you want your underglaze design to look shiny and be waterproof, you must apply a coat of this over it.
What is Clear Glaze?
To prevent your pot from fusing to the kiln shelf, you must clean glaze off the bottom using this tool.
What is a clean wet sponge?
When reading a layered glaze recipe written like a fraction, the glaze listed on the bottom is applied as this coat layer.
What is the 1st layer (or base layer)?
To get a solid, rich, and opaque color on your project, you should apply this exact number of coats of low-fire glaze.
What is 3 coats (or 3 layers)?
If you layer a second high-fire glaze over your base coat, it should go no further down the piece than this fraction.
What is 3/4 of the way down?
Underglaze is great for crisp painted details and line drawings because it does not do this during firing.
What is run (or melt/move)?
Before placing your pottery on a glaze cart, you must completely fill out and attach this piece of paper.
What is a Glaze Ticket (or Kiln Ticket)?
When your project is 100% finished, and ready to be photographed, graded and taken home you will find it on what cart? Color and name.
What is the Black Finished Cart?
Low-fire glaze can only be applied to clay that has already been fired once. What is this stage called?
What is Bisqueware?
This see-through line of Amaco high-fire glaze can be mixed together to easily alter colors and shade values.
What are Celadons (or Amaco Celadons)?
Because underglaze is clay-based and won't melt onto the kiln shelf, it is the only coloring product in the room that can be applied to this part of your project.
What is the bottom?
Once your pottery is fully glazed and tagged with a ticket, identify the cart and its color where you load it for the second firing.
What is the Blue Glazeware Cart?
Glaze is essentially a specialized formula of this material, engineered to melt and fuse onto clay in the kiln to make it durable and waterproof.
What is glass?