Hey folks!
I have a bowl I made last year that I love dearly, except for one thing: After I glazed and fired it, I realized it had too much raw clay showing towards the bottom of the piece, and as it’s the white class clay, it just isn’t pretty. It was one of the very first pieces I ever made, and I was overly cautious about leaving space at the bottom in case the glaze ran.
I have had this piece all this time, thinking it would be just perfect if I simply had glaze a bit further down on it.
I wanted to ask:
Would it be possible to just brush some glaze on the bare bits and refire it? (waxing the bottom of the piece with wax resist and no glaze of course). This would be iron lustre, which I understand isn’t much of a runner.
Would I brush this on more thinly/use less glaze/fewer layers? I’ve been reading about clay being less porous once it’s gone through a glaze firing - but wanted to check re: our community kilns.
Would layering a couple of glazes be okay if I repainted the bare parts?
Is putting any glaze on the already-glazed parts off limits?
Is there anything special I’d need to do with the piece on the shelves? (Marking it as something I’ve glazed again, refired, etc)
And obviously if reglazing/refiring isn’t permitted in our community kiln for some reason, I’d like to know that as well!
Thank you in advance for any answers!
Page