“What did I do ‘wrong’?”, or Glaze Layering question

Ceramics
#1

Hi all!

Trying to figure out some next steps and need some feedback/advice.

I’m layering some Potter’s Choice over a Celedon, and followed the directions on the sheet (3 layers of Celedon, then 3 layers of PC - letting each dry).

The base is a Mayco stoneware bisque that I picked up from American in Fort Worth.

Here’s what they were “supposed” to look like:

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Here’s what I got:

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Now, don’t get me wrong - they came out well! I’m just wondering if anyone has had experience getting the more pronounced colors out of a PC/Cel mix? It feels like the Celedon overwhelmed the top coat(?). And I also realize that this is as much art as it’s science - but I feel like I’m not in the ballpark at the moment.

My goal in the long term is to layer multiple PC over the Obsidian Celedon to get a galaxy effect, but I don’t want to add another glaze color until I can get this to work “right”.

Any advice?

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#2

More Indigo Float and Blue Rutile on top half, the Amaco “coats” should be thicker than some other brands.

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#3

Would you suggest possibly going to a 4th coat of one/both? Or would that be too much? My three coats weren’t “dip glaze” thick, but fairly significant.

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#4

It’s possible depending on how thickly you glaze.

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#5

Definitely needed more glaze at the top to get the flow. You can spray with hairspray to get tooth, then glaze again if you want to give it another shot.

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#6

Thank you both, @meanbaby and @Anette_Henningson! More glaze it shall be!

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I’ve had good luck doing bands over my base coats. Varying thicknesses and dobs here and there along the top. Don’t have a pic but the last one I did had 4 bands, that had a really nice galaxy effect with bands up top stopping half way or so.

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#8

I saw these on the shelf! They look amazing!

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#9

Yeah,
Looks like too light of a glazing. Your pieces also have kind of fine details which may be tricky to play with that effect. Good luck on try 2.

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