6 December 202518 December 2025No category

Glazing time!

A busy day at the Art Farm. We have made a lot of new glazes, that we are trying out on some handcoiled objects.

The difference between slip & underglaze18 December 2025
What is slip? John Britt: Great tutorial about understanding slip versus underglaze
Testphase for an installation17 December 2025
Stephan has created supports that will hold the drop during firing. Once fired, these supports are part of the visual language & composition when it is suspended. Another steep learning curve: making hanging objects in the form of a droplet. As a round drop has no base you need… Read more: Testphase for an installation
Making our first press mould7 December 2025
It always seems so simple: a bag of plaster, a bucket of water, and you have read the instructions. “How hard can it be?” Step 2: Check the mould box. Are the boards snug against each other? Have you sealed the seams with clay and clamped everything tightly? Your… Read more: Making our first press mould
Crater Glaze6 December 2025
When I read the book of Louiza Taylor “Glazes for the contemporary maker”, I was immediately fascinated by her crater glazes (p.140). They are a perfect fit for my landscapes.After I made some testtiles I experimented on a larger piece and combined semi-matte glaze with crater glaze. By using… Read more: Crater Glaze
It is all about testing6 December 2025
Making your own glazes is a steep learning curve. I finally made a wonderful blue and green matte glaze from an adjusted recipe of Katz Burke. For the basic recipe: https://glazy.org/recipes/27838. You can then add any colorant. You only need a very small amount of cobalt to get these… Read more: It is all about testing
Glazing time!6 December 2025
A busy day at the Art Farm. We have made a lot of new glazes, that we are trying out on some handcoiled objects.

Stephan Frank & Inge Vlugter