Glaze Firing

Welcome to Understanding Pottery, Chapter 6: Glaze Firing. In this podcast you will learn about the changes that happen to change clay and glaze into a finished ceramic piece. Understanding Pottery is a series in production by Washington Street Studios. The podcast series is a digital textbook that will take the listener through the entire ceramic process from the raw material through the finished ceramic pieces. There are five sections and twenty-six chapters planned in the series and they are: Section I: The Pottery Making Sequence Chapter 1: What is Clay? Chapter 2: Clay Properties and Drying Chapter 3: Bisque Firing Chapter 4: Tips for Successful Glazing Chapter 5: Pyrometric Cones Chapter 6: Glaze Firing Section II: Use of Raw Materials Chapter 7: Chemistry for Potters Chapter 8: Glaze Chemistry Chapter 9: Oxides, Washes, Underglazes and Stains Chapter 10: Geology for Potters Chapter 11: Use of Local Materials Section III: Kilns and Firings Chapter 12: Atmospheric Firings Chapter 13: Wood-Fired Kilns Chapter 14: Gas-Fired Kilns Chapter 15: Electric Kilns Chapter 16: Raku Kilns Section IV: Solving Problems Chapter 17: Kiln Performance Problems Chapter 18: Clay Body Defects Chapter 19: Glaze Defects Section V: Practical Applications Chapter 20: Pottery Myths, Errors and Misconceptions Chapter 21: Thixotropy, Quartz Inversions and Other Pottery Mysteries Chapter 22: Pottery and Physics Chapter 23: Pottery Figurin’ (Math) Chapter 24: Personal Safety with Pottery Chapter 25: Critiquing Your Own Pottery: Design Principles You Can Use Chapter 26: Tips for Buying Used Pottery Equipment Show notes can be found at https://www.hfclay.com/the-potters-round-table This podcast is brought to you by Washington Street Studios, a community pottery studio, gallery and pottery school located in Harpers Ferry / Bolivar, WV. We exist to provide ceramic artists an affordable, fully equipped studio space for aspiring, emerging and established artists to share their creative energy