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Make sure the ceramic piece is clean and free of dust or clay particles.

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It is best to wipe your piece of bisque down with alcohol to make sure the natural oils from handling with your hands is removed from piece.

Dust bisque thoroughly with a duster brush and damp-sponge to remove any remaining dust particles.

Pour glaze into container and mix with a clean toilet bowl brush, yes, you read right! Do not use a high speed electric mixer because it will make bubbles in the glaze. Use your hands or dipping thongs to hang onto the piece when dipping.

Dip 1/2 to 3/4 of the bisque into the glaze and quickly lift it out. Turn the piece of pottery and hang onto it and dip remainder of ware, overlapping already dipped area slightly. Touch up where you hung onto the piece with a glaze brush as needed.

Clean up brushes and tools with water.

Place your piece of pottery on a shelf and make sure it dries completely.

Put in kiln on ceramic stilts and fire.



Tips and Techniques:

Use clean hands or dipping tongs to hold the ceramic bisque while dipping.

Dip with one single, smooth motion, in and out of the glaze, using wrist action to turn the ware in the glaze.

Keep pottery from touching the sides and bottom of dipping container as the glaze coating may be rubbed off at the contact points.

As you removed the pottery from the dipping container, shake any drips off and dip back into the glaze.

Before placing dipped ceramics on a rack or cart to dry, finger smooth any drips or runs.

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Have you ever come up with a good idea while working with your pottery or ceramics and thought that you would like to share it with others? You have? Well, why not send it to us and we will add it to the tips page for all to see.

There are signs that pottery and ceramics are losing appeal for a younger generation. There are pottery and ceramic departments closing in teaching institutions throughout the country. The common understanding is that younger students are reluctant to commit themselves to the intensive study required to master pottery and ceramics. Why spend three years to learn just one art form when you can pick up PhotoShop in less than a week? Pottery wheels lie idle as students flock to the computer labs. With all the stressful actions in the world today, releasing that stress through pottery and ceramics would be very beneficial to ones well being.

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