Ceramic Glazing for Beginners
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Learn the techniques to decorate and transform basic ceramic objects into unique pieces
There’s not a single object that can’t be transformed into something distinct, giving it a new purpose and lease of life. Want to turn an everyday ceramic item into an inspiringly stylish piece? Learn to decorate ceramics from the comfort of your own home alongside Paula Casella, who holds a degree in fine arts and is founder of Bambucito organic ceramics. In this course, she teaches you a range of practical and inspiring techniques for glazing and decorating ceramics.
Learn underglazing, overglazing, and third firing, all done with easy-to-use materials. This course is complimentary to Ceramics at Home for Beginners, where Paula teaches you to work with clay from scratch at home.
As an introduction to the course, Paula talks about her career so far and how she came to be a professional ceramicist and teacher. Take a look at some of her most defining pieces and a few of her main sources of inspiration.
Familiarize yourself with all the necessary materials for decorating your pieces, like powdered glazes, wax, pencils, decals, and ceramic tiles.
See what underglazing is and learn a few techniques for achieving different results. Start with an oxide wash and move on to do a bubble glaze. Then it’s time to decorate using decal transfers, some clever tricks with wax and chalk, and lastly the “tape resist” method.
Next, take a look at the exact process for the decorative overglaze and third firing techniques. For the overglaze, play around with tracing paper and blotting on a recently glazed piece. Then, for the third firing technique you use transferable ceramic decals, gold and silver gilding flakes, and decoration with oily materials such as wax and crayons.
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