79. Using Oxides & Stains to Alter Pottery Glazes
In this video I will show you how you can use oxides and stains to alter the look of your glazes and make them more unique.
Most of us use either commercial glazes or glazes mixed from recipes that are publicly available - in books or websites like Glazy.org. Anyone using the same glazes will get more or less the same look.
But with the use of oxides and stains - under and/or over the standard glazes you can create looks that are truly original - make it 100% your own.
It is very simple to use oxides and stains - and a lot of fun. I hope this video will inspire you to play around with all the colors.
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Index:
00:00 Introduction to Oxides & Stains
00:48 Why use oxides and stains to alter glazes?
02:12 Some of my favorite oxides and stains
04:03 Adding an additional layer of glaze
08:40 The brushes I use
08:55 Adding oxides and stains on the top of a glazed vase
16:59 Adding oxides and stains on reglazed bowls
24:14 Applying oxides and stains below the glaze
27:24 Glazing the big fermenting crock inside
29:11 Spray glaze the pot - on top of the oxides and stains
31:30 Splashing a second layer of white glaze
32:26 Adding more oxides and stains - on the top of it all
34:33 Glaze fire the pots
35:03 Unloading the kiln - first look at the glazed pots
39:50 Evaluating the results of the multi glazed pots
43:21 Photos of the finished pots
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What a treasure you are! You’re work is breathtaking 💫
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much ❤️🙏
Your videos' are always a treat. Thank you so much and Happy New Year!
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot :-)
I love how brave u are. I will be so also. Thank you!
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. You should! :-)
Hello Mikkel, i'm brasilian. I'm learning english, and i found your channel. I,m very happy with that. Thank you for sharing your experience.
@deMibPottery
5 ай бұрын
Glad to hear that! :-)
Love this video, your delivery is clear, concise and enjoyable
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot ❤️
Great experiment! Thanks and keep bringing us more content like this!
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks - I will. New video every Sunday :-)
Thank you so much for sending me this video ❤. I have wanted to learn how to use oxides and stains. Your pots turned out so awesome. Thanks for sharing your awesome talent.
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome! :-)
Loved this can't wait to try. Your videos are great.
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Go ahead, its great fun 😁
Thank you so much for sharing this! I just discovered your channel. Looking forward to exploring!
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot - and welcome. :-) I have a new detailed video out every Sunday
Wow! Everything turned out so beautifully!!! I can’t wait to do what you did with the washes and oxides!! I’ve always used them very “perfectly” on the rim or in texture and wiped back etc. Thanks so much for sharing.
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. I guess I am just generally more of a wild kid than a perfect painter hehe :-)
Absolutely wonderful, inspiring video - Thankyou! :-)
@deMibPottery
4 ай бұрын
You are so welcome!
I just love your vdeos! You inspire me to try new techniques. Thank you so very much for sharing your time, talent and experience.
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! :-)
You are a brilliant artist... I love the craziness.. Just love it
@deMibPottery
5 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot 🙏❤️
Fun! Thanks for sharing this and for the inspiration!
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks 🙏
I am inspired. Thank you very much Mikkel. I didn't know you can put stains on top of glazes - I am looking forward to experimenting. Thank you very much Mikkel. Carolann.
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks - glad to inspire :-)
Those two tall vases are beautiful. Happy new Year
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! You too!
Wow, that vase!!! Stunning. Love the depth. Thank you for bringing us along. Happy New Year
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot. Happy new year to you too ❤️
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot. Happy new year to you too ❤️
Your work is gorgeous! I hope you have a great day :). Btw-- you have a really lovely voice that has made this video so soothing and relaxing to watch
@deMibPottery
10 ай бұрын
Thanks a lor 🙏❤️
Absolutely wonderfull !!! (like usual in yours VDO) This idee is absolutely marvellous and I go try it immediately... One word to finish: thanks !!!
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😀
How beautiful your work is. You are inspiring to another of us .Thank you for sharing . Happy new years!
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. Happy new year to you too ❤️
@lesliescudiere9578
Жыл бұрын
This is fascinating to me! I love the opportunity to be creative!
@lesliescudiere9578
Жыл бұрын
Oh my absolutely stunning work thank you for sharing!❤️👏
Thank you! So beautiful!
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thank you too!
I love the crazy work!
@deMibPottery
2 ай бұрын
Me too. Thanks :-)
Hermosos resultados y excelente explicación. Muchas gracias por tu generosidad 🥰
@deMibPottery
3 ай бұрын
🙏❤️
I’m new to ceramics and glazing and feel very inspired by your work, thankyou
@deMibPottery
5 ай бұрын
Thanks. Good to hear :-)
@user-ro5lv1xt4s
5 ай бұрын
I also laughed quite a lot during the video especially as you said you had no idea how the final result would be. @@deMibPottery
Hello Mikkel. Very informative and fun video. I have experimented a little with oxide washes, but this was like advanced level and makes me want to try further. I do have Heath Ivory, not A2V white, but it does the same, makes other glazes under it move. I love glazes like that. I intend to mix a batch of A2V and try it. Thanks very much for sharing and btw, I loved the results.
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. For someone like me that can't really paint, this sort of abstract paint-splashing is the second best option - and I do also like the results :-)
Really Beautiful!
@deMibPottery
2 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😊
Looks fantastic 😍👍🏼
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thank you 😋
Dine videoer er altid super informative for os der arbejder keramisk hjemme. Tak for dit store arbejde!!
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Tusind tak :-)
Hej Mikkel, tak for endnu en super informativ og lærerig video. 👍 🤩
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Tusind tak :-)
Loved your video! I have not watched your videos before, but I will now. My floating blue is from James Chappell’s The Potter’s Complete Book of Clay and Glazes. It is not the same color as yours, but does fire pretty much the same. It does need to go on thicker so the blue floats and it breaks brown. Can’t wait to use the oxide stains over it. I have never done that before.
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot 🙏❤️ I release a new video every Sunday - at the moment most indoor stuff like throwing, carving and glazing but as soon as it gets a little warmer I will get back to much more pitfire and raku too. Love playing with fire 😎 Yes, most of this kind of runny blue glaze need to be applied pretty thick
They are beautiful ❤❤
@deMibPottery
2 ай бұрын
Thanks :-)
Espectacular ! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥳
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks ❤️
Those are stunning. I love oxides and stains but always thought they were not food safe in bowls or plates. If they are you've just opened up all the colors and oxides ive purchased over the years to a new level. Thank you
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks :-) Food safety is a very complex and legally depending on local laws. But as the same oxides are used in the glazes and it all melts together I am not afraid of it :-)
@curiousamiba
Жыл бұрын
@@deMibPottery that makes sense. Thank you
Experimenting is always fun especially if one stays open minded with no expectation except to discover the "what ifs". I have used many glazes on multiple clays and it seems as long as I and firing to the same cone, it works well. The glazes look different on each clay body which is fun in itself - heavy red iron clay vs speckled buff vs white stone vs porcelain all cone 6 -- it's like having multiple glazes in one bucket 😉. Happy New Year
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks - agree :-)
This is very interesting I would love to try these
@deMibPottery
3 ай бұрын
You should :-)
Wow thats amazing
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks 🙏
Stunning.
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks ❤️🙏
So happy to meet you here mate. Matt in nz via ZA, Oz & Jpn 😅❤
@deMibPottery
2 ай бұрын
Thanks :-)
Thanks!
@deMibPottery
2 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot 🙏❤️
Thank you so much you are amazing
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much ❤️🙏
Thank you ❤
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks 🙏
Wow! Så vackra de blev!😍
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much :-)
I am definitely inspired 😊 thank you so much & I’m looking forward to giving it a go with my oxides 💚
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Hope you enjoy it too :-)
Maravilhosas! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks 🙏
Really lovely. Perhaps going forward you could mention what clay body and cone temp/cycle you are using to fire. Thanks.
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot 🙏 All the glaze fires I do in my ovn workshop is cone 6, close to an E1, 15 min hold and natural cooling. I mostly use clay I buy locally, and often mixed reclaim. Some it is from G&S in Germany (254, 551, 471) and some unbranded from local suppliers. So to most of my vievers not avalable exactly the same. In my throwing and glaze testing videos I show the exact clays I use
Beautiful! Thank you for your detailed video. Quick question, what cone are you firing to?
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. I only do cone 6 glazes in my own workshop
Love your explanation and demonstration. That is up my alley. I was looking up your white glaze in John Britt's book but could not find it. Would you kindly send it to me. I really want to try out your process as I already have a bucket of floating blue that needs improvement.
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks :-) I use this: glazy.org/recipes/8792
I thoroughly enjoyed your demonstration. Thank you, I am inspired to give this a go. Could I please have your recipe for the floating blue glaze.? I am saving up for my own kiln and I am keen to purchase a cob craft. Regards from New Zealand, the first country to see the sun rise. I have just found your recipe thank you.
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. With small adjustments this is the floating blue I use now. The original use RIO but I like it better with mangan glazy.org/recipes/77013
Absolutely gorgeous! I just bought some oxides to try out. On the fermenting crock, what was the difference between the oxides below the glaze vs under the glaze?
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks :-) Under and over just react a little different to the glaze - and I guess also depends on the glaze you use
I love your videos! I have a difficult question thou 🙈with what do you replace gersley borate in the floating blue receipt? There is no more GB where I live…
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks :-) I dont know what would work. Where do you live? Many pottery stores have plenty of GB you can order and get shipped
😉😯🤔 Mikkel💯Glazes👍👋👌
@deMibPottery
5 ай бұрын
:-)
Beautiful work! I'm throwing today, and going to make pots with this technique in mind. I do have a question, will stains and oxides make a stable glaze move?
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. It depends on the glaze and the stains. In general I found the anything with cobalt tend to make glazes run more
@juliestrater439
Жыл бұрын
@@deMibPottery Thank you!
Another fun and inspiring video. Thank you! In one of your other vids you suggest to mix gersley borate and epk with the oxide/water solution. In this vid is the oxide only mixed with water? Is this because it’s going on glaze? And you use the addition of gersly and epk just if you’re staining a pot with it with no glazes??
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks :-) You can do both. I used to just mix with water but it's just a little safer with the additions.
@katiakatiakat
Жыл бұрын
@@deMibPottery okay. Thank you! 🙏🏽💕
Maestro a que temperatura se quema cuando se usa óxidos. Lindo trabajo. Saludos.
@deMibPottery
7 ай бұрын
I glaze fire to cone 6
So, if I understood well, first you bisque fire, then you glaze and finally you mix oxides with water & put transparent glaze over the whole pot. Am i correct? Thank you for your tutorials!
@deMibPottery
7 ай бұрын
No, I dont use a clear glaze :-)
Mikkel, I just discovered you and your terrific videos. thank you. I am binge watching the videos and learning lots. I am a studio potter for 23 years and live in eastern North Carolina. I make my own glazes and use Joe Thompson's Old Forge Floating Blue recipe, but have JOHN BRITT's recipe as well. Which of the many recipes of floating blue do you use? I have never added so many layers of different stains over or under a glaze, and certainly never tried zinc oxide as a colorant over/under a glaze.... I need to test that. I appreciate your knowledge and want to try your methods. If I get the results you get I will be thrilled. I fire to cone 6 (john Britts schedule E1) and use a white stoneware clay and a red stoneware. what is your firing schedule and what kind of clay are you using? I hope this isn't too many questions.... but your video has made me want to try a new things. Happy New Year! and again thanks!
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot :-) The Floating Blue I use is closest to OldForge's. I prefer the manganese in this rather than RIO. I only do cone 6 glaze fires in my own studio. I do not follow John Britts schedules but I guess it's closest to the E1. I primarily work in stoneware in my own studio mostly using various clays from G&S in Germany. Right now it's their 551 - a clay with a lot of iron and 40% very fine grog that I use the most.
@joycebasye3969
Жыл бұрын
thanks for your response. I continue to learn that there are so many variables to get the results we are trying to accomplish. I am not chemically savvy and need to check the recipes for floating blue and experiment with the manganese as opposed to the rio. I love your videos and the detail you provide. I truly am a fan. 🙂 @@deMibPottery
Are the pots still food safe when adding the metal oxides/ carbonates on top?
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
As the cxides are the same as used in the glazes and melt together my guess is yes
If understand correctly, after you add an oxide wash ON TOP OF A GLAZE, you do not have to cover these areas with clear glaze?
@deMibPottery
Ай бұрын
I dont add clear glaze. It melts into ghe glaze under
Which kind of glazes should we choose to work good with oxides? The blue and white you used, are they opaqe or not? Are they runny or not? The blue is, but what if i choose glazes not floating? I really liked your video, it helps me a lot when i see the process and the results. And your work is excellent! Thank you!
@deMibPottery
11 ай бұрын
Thanks :-) You need to do your own experiments based on the clay, glazes, oxides and fire schedules you use. It all play a lot so unless you 100% copy my setup - which is almost impossible your results will be different :-)
@smr4219
11 ай бұрын
@@deMibPottery thank youu, have nice play:)
Im anxious to try using oxides. What temperature or cone do you fire to?
@deMibPottery
5 күн бұрын
I do all my glaze fires at come 6
@PatFitzgerald-hn9cs
5 күн бұрын
@@deMibPottery I absolutely love your pottery and glazing techniques. Thanks for sharing and responding...
What was the white thing you put on top after the Copper wash?
@BasilWallace
Жыл бұрын
Zinc?
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Yes
Can you put a stain or oxide and then dip into glaze? Or would that contaminate your glaze?
@shelleydoxtdator753
Жыл бұрын
WOW!!! Turned out beautiful ❤
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
There is a risk. If the glaze already contain the same oxides I may do it but not if its for example a white or light colored. Its safer to spray :-)
@shelleydoxtdator753
Жыл бұрын
Ok, thank you.
Can I use mason stains that contain lead?
@deMibPottery
6 ай бұрын
I guess so but I would not :-)
ca serait bien d'avoir des sous titres, parce que c'est un peu difficile de tout comprendre. Sur quelle terre travailles-tu, faïence, grès, porcelaine ? Merci !
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks :-)
What is the sink oxide?
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Zinc oxide is just another kind of oxide. Most pottery stores have it
What does the Zink do?
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
As mentioned in the video it's the oxide I have the least experience with but it appear to create some degree of blended white-ish spots
How do the oxides react at cone 5?
@deMibPottery
3 ай бұрын
Most should melt fine
What percentage of oxide to water are you using here?
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
I do not measure it - I just add enough to make it very fluid
is this process is food safe after firing?
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
First of all - it is important to remember that food safety is not a global specification. Depending on where you live laws may require different things. In Denmark, where I live, you can have your pottery tested for food safety - if it lives up to the requirements in the law, but it is VERY expensive and have to be done for every single design/glaze combo/fire schedule. I don't know of any ceramic artists that do this (and it is in fact only required for large productions). It is only large scale pottery factories that do. Having said that, the method of mixing oxides and stains under and over glazes makes them melt together. And as it is many of the same colorants used in the glazes I feel confident that it is no more or less food safe than if I only used the glaze.
@rewanmohy8675
Жыл бұрын
@@deMibPottery thank you
Using oxides on top of glazes will your bowls be food safe?
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
I guess it will. Its the same oxides used in the glazes and it all melts together :-)
love your videos but you need a mic
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
I do have and use a variety of great mics
@oscarguzman543
Жыл бұрын
@@deMibPottery ok
jan 23
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
👍
Wear a mask, please!
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
I know. Some times forget. Outside with wind in my back its ok :-)
Vc vive na dinamarca,,seu atelier?????
@deMibPottery
8 ай бұрын
Yes, I live in Denmark
Coloque legenda nos seus videos
@deMibPottery
8 ай бұрын
Subtitles are automatically added by KZread. If available you can activate them with the CC button. I do not have the resources to manually write subtitles
nice video very informative
@deMibPottery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks 🙏