I know nothing about all of this. I found you in trending, watched this video, am intrigued. I am 62 and an artist. Thumbed up this video, and to find out more, I subscribed :)
What a great opening to the video! I've enjoyed watching your growth on the video production side of things. Come for the pottery, stay for the timelapses! And how fun to walk right out to the studio in pajamas, so happy for you and the new studio.
Pinholing/ blisters can be caused by the glaze cooling, before it had time to smooth out, and/ or having a contaminate on the surface, when glazing. If it's the former, adding a hold would fix the problem. If it's the latter just make sure the bisque surface is clean, before glazing. As it just seems to be a few of them, I'm guessing it is just an issue with the firing, like a cool spot, that doesn't allow the glaze to fully melt. Underglaze can begin to flux a bit, when fired. I've even had it happen at low fire temps. That Sandstone glaze, has a nice reduction look, quite nice. Also, in regards to making, versus buying glazes, neither one makes a person any more or less of a potter. Like you said, there are other things that demand your time. And if we start saying, "Real potters make theie own glazes!" Where does it end? Do theybhave to dig and process their own clay? Do they have to build their own kiln? Do only "Real Painters" make their own paints, and weave their own canvases? No, because, at some point it becomes prohibitive to be that close to the process. For instance, I'd love to do a wood firing. But I'm not going to build a wood kiln, and devote that much time to continually firing it. People mox their own glazes, so they do have control over their glazes, to be more involved in the process/ better understand it and because it does save money. But beyond that, there is not difference between that and commercial.
For pinholes I find if you wait for the glaze to dry on the bisque pot and then gently rub your finger over the pinholes they fill in with glaze dust. This works for small pinholes quite well, for the larger ones you’ve got to make sure the hole is all filled in. Thanks for your channel, love it.
I discovered your channel about a month or two ago. I have been loving your videos! I'd love to see more start to finish projects in one video. Taking a pot from lump of clay all the way to glazed. I have messed around with pottery throwing in the past, but we are now military and are unable to lug a kiln and wheel around with us. It's great watching your channel. I'd also love to see more of your wife and family!
JTP you’re a freaking delightful human!!!! A bloody joy to watch. Your videos are just getting better and better mate! Newest biggest fan ;) cheers brother, B
This ONLY works if you are using a glaze that moves. Try it sometime with Amaco Obsidian. That glaze is REALLY stiff, and rubbing it wont get rid of the pinholes.
Pinholing is worse with the speckled clay. Coyote has a schedule that has completely eliminated them for me. I drop 100 deg after finishing and hold there for about 30 min, that way it doesn't add any more heat work but the glaze is still liquid enough to let the contaminants escape and let the glaze heal smoothly. I also added a hot cone 04 bisque with a 10 min hold.. I use a lot of reclaim clay since I'm still relatively new. Having a pugmill has liberated me to where I can just recycle anything I don't like and to try things I might not if I didn't have it but it also adds a lot of reclaim into the cycle. I love throwing with freshly pugged clay, a little too much, maybe? lol...spoiled to the softness of it.
I like seeing Future Jon, he is wise and knows things. But hey, Now Jon made me think that I don’t like mixing glazes either so I should buy made glazes 🤔 just starting out on my own after college, I’m very old so your youthfulness and energy inspires me. Thanks to all the Jon’s xxx
LOL, yes it is true sometimes (most time in my world) I have no Idea what will happen when I glaze fire. I like your handles and I am struggling with uniformity., right now I a using a hand held extruder and I am contemplating buying a fancy wall mount one. I have used a Chocolate clay from New Mexico Clay. Throws like a dream. You have to be creative with the glazing. Also I have used the B Clay from Continental Clay but am finding I prefer the buff stoneware. I really do like the sandstone glaze, very organic. Keep up the videos and ideas. Namaste
The copper ore glaze drips look like coffee dribbles, very effective. Loving the blues you’re using, drippy or not. Adore the speckled sandstone. Jon, I know you’re enjoying these Mayco glazes and they’re great but do you think you’ll pay a return visit to the glaze combos from Continental clay you were working with back in February? Thanks 🇬🇧
Awesome! 🇺🇸 I just Love the red white and blue cups!🇺🇸 How about some pinks and reds in the “Mayco” glazes, I’d Love to see that!! You are very inspirational, thank you and keep up the terrific work and positive vibes!!
Hi Candice, We have an number of red glazes, and a few pinks to pick from. Here is a link to our latest brochure. maycocolors.com/images/collateral/2019%20Stoneware%20Brochure.pdf . Please let us know if you have questions.
The ochre stoneware is not a very exciting color clay body at cone 6 electric, but in a cone 10 reduction atmosphere it develops a really rich dark color. It's a much stronger contrast to the buff stoneware or B-clay. Now that you have a studio at home, you're going to build a gas kiln, right? ;) Keep trying new things...
I get the same way about Opulence Sea Spray and Antique Iron combos, so excited every single time I open a glaze load. But now I want to try some Mayco
Hey Jon - I went to a Mayco glazing class that was awesome. Learned so many things. One of my favorites I’m experimenting with is Mayco Magma. Try it out. Rough surface for good gripping. As always thanks for the videos. They are great and the new studio is beautiful.
I have found that glazes will run more on porcelain clay than stoneware. Several years ago I found an article that said it was because porcelain has more bentonite in it. I'm not sure if that is why. The B clay you are using from Continental Clay is a Porcelain-Stone blend.
When I saw that the cup you drink from looks just like the cups you pulled out of the kiln, I thought it would be so funny when you lose your coffee.🤭 And then... 😜
I'm with you Jon, I think you could spend too much time trying to make your own glazes and there are already loads of ready made I haven't tried yet! Cheers Bob 🇬🇧
MaycoColors , yes I already use your stroke and coat and I've got some speckled ones in the kiln at the moment, I can't wait to see the results, first time using it. I like your information videos as well. Cheers Bob 🇬🇧
Alisa Butler I was biting my nails about that coffee spilling into the kiln! I wonder if it would damage the elements? I’m a klutz so it would probably happen to me.
Amazing!!!! Im just getting started in pottery and loving it. What are those coaster you are using under some of your mugs. How do you make them and how do they work?
So I used the mayco sandstone glaze on the inside, but the label says lead free but I don’t see if it is good safe. Print might be to small. Do you see that Jon?
Love sandstone also. Got a free sample at Claytopia. Do you sell pottery ay all mocha monkey locations? Which continental clays did you marble? Beautiful!!! Thank you for your videos. I’ve learned so much! My wheel was in storage for 30 yrs. but I’m back & loving every minute. Your fan from Jordan
As far as commercial vs diy glazes, I'd like to get into making my own glazes eventually, but right now I don't have the space, knowledge, or time to do it. One day tho... Awesome pieces tho, John, keep up the great work!
What a life. :))) Except that you have to make more coffee.. :( AND shout out to SIMON LEACH! He starts most of his videos with an extended impromptu shuffling with his "good" arms showing. ;} I am pretty sure that he has watched some of your videos too......
So there are little chunks of pigment ( i think its glass/silica based from my understanding) and the bigger the particles the bigger the spots! So depending on the distribution of the partucles determines how spotty they are.
These look awesome man!! I hope I didn’t make u mad on my last comment about you needing to make more drippy mugs and pull your own handles. Your handles look pretty awesome and these new glazes are the shiznizzle! I ordered a few for myself. Keep on making!
A process I used for pin-holing that produced better results. Maybe it will work for you... It also utilizes John Britt’s “re-glazing pots” quarts inversion (1063)between 1050 and 1100. The program also adds some soak times to allow heat-work theory to process... The program: Segment 1) rate=180/hr temp.=180 hold time=1 hour Segment 2) rate=250/hr temp.=1050 hold time=20 minutes Segment 3) rate=50/hr temp.=1100 Hold time=15 minutes Segment 4) rate=350/hr Temp.=1976 Hold time=15 minutes Segment 5) rate=150/hr Temp.2225 Hold time=15 minutes Segment 6) rate=150/hr Temp.1945 Hold time=15 minutes
I recently bought my first kiln and I'm still trying to figure out get a good system in place for firing, how long is a glaze fire? I have a small electric kiln with manual dials for temperature control. So far I've been doing a total of 8 hours and 2 hours on each low, medium, and high temperature. Does this sound right? Asking as a beginner potter.
Love watching your videos. I have learned a lot. When using the Mayco colors...do you use the flux to get them to drip or is that just how the glazes are? Congrats on the new studio...it looks amazing.
Flux can make glazes drip for sure, but most of Jon's pieces are just glazed to the point that they drip with just the glaze. He does a great job of applying the right amount of glaze to make them juicy.
I appreciate that you got a sponsor. Congrats. However, at $50 for 5 pounds of dry for the sandstone and $35 to $40 for 5 pounds for other stoneware colors, Mayco is not practical for cost of sales. Bummer, because the colors are pretty cool.
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I know nothing about all of this. I found you in trending, watched this video, am intrigued. I am 62 and an artist. Thumbed up this video, and to find out more, I subscribed :)
What a great opening to the video! I've enjoyed watching your growth on the video production side of things. Come for the pottery, stay for the timelapses! And how fun to walk right out to the studio in pajamas, so happy for you and the new studio.
Pinholing/ blisters can be caused by the glaze cooling, before it had time to smooth out, and/ or having a contaminate on the surface, when glazing. If it's the former, adding a hold would fix the problem. If it's the latter just make sure the bisque surface is clean, before glazing.
As it just seems to be a few of them, I'm guessing it is just an issue with the firing, like a cool spot, that doesn't allow the glaze to fully melt.
Underglaze can begin to flux a bit, when fired. I've even had it happen at low fire temps.
That Sandstone glaze, has a nice reduction look, quite nice.
Also, in regards to making, versus buying glazes, neither one makes a person any more or less of a potter. Like you said, there are other things that demand your time.
And if we start saying, "Real potters make theie own glazes!" Where does it end? Do theybhave to dig and process their own clay? Do they have to build their own kiln?
Do only "Real Painters" make their own paints, and weave their own canvases?
No, because, at some point it becomes prohibitive to be that close to the process. For instance, I'd love to do a wood firing. But I'm not going to build a wood kiln, and devote that much time to continually firing it.
People mox their own glazes, so they do have control over their glazes, to be more involved in the process/ better understand it and because it does save money. But beyond that, there is not difference between that and commercial.
I think firing slower fixed my pinhole issue. Like an extra 30 minutes on low is the only thing I started doing differently. Love the America cups.
Love the new glazes! Would love to see a video of you applying these. Love the American cups! 😊
For pinholes I find if you wait for the glaze to dry on the bisque pot and then gently rub your finger over the pinholes they fill in with glaze dust. This works for small pinholes quite well, for the larger ones you’ve got to make sure the hole is all filled in. Thanks for your channel, love it.
I discovered your channel about a month or two ago. I have been loving your videos! I'd love to see more start to finish projects in one video. Taking a pot from lump of clay all the way to glazed. I have messed around with pottery throwing in the past, but we are now military and are unable to lug a kiln and wheel around with us. It's great watching your channel. I'd also love to see more of your wife and family!
JTP you’re a freaking delightful human!!!! A bloody joy to watch. Your videos are just getting better and better mate! Newest biggest fan ;) cheers brother, B
I’m going to buy some of those glazes from Mayco for sure. Pretty!
Someone is loving the short commute to the studio!
I love kiln unloading videos!
Mayco has some amazing videos on how to use their products...
If you add extra layers with the sandstone you get some crazy colors because the rocks in the glaze pop.
Those dark mugs that you said weren’t your favorite were actually the ones I loved the most!
the marbled clay is very nice. especially the carved flower pot.
Great colors! Would love to know your process on tile making. I want to make a backsplash in my laundry room
I wonder if he is setting something heavy on top of the tiles to keep them from warping while drying.. like drywall.??
@PattonBlack most likely. But I noticed the backs are not smooth. Was really wondering what is done to the back side, the side with no color
Love the brown drips -- looks like Chocolate!!
The new glazes are so beautiful!
If I see pin holes after the glaze dries i just rub them with my finger. Works for me!
This ONLY works if you are using a glaze that moves. Try it sometime with Amaco Obsidian. That glaze is REALLY stiff, and rubbing it wont get rid of the pinholes.
Sandstone looking like cookies and cream! Soo yummy! lol
Fun fact: Sandstone was called Cookies & Cream during the design process and was changed for the final release.
That glaze looks like a cookie
Pinholing is worse with the speckled clay. Coyote has a schedule that has completely eliminated them for me. I drop 100 deg after finishing and hold there for about 30 min, that way it doesn't add any more heat work but the glaze is still liquid enough to let the contaminants escape and let the glaze heal smoothly. I also added a hot cone 04 bisque with a 10 min hold.. I use a lot of reclaim clay since I'm still relatively new. Having a pugmill has liberated me to where I can just recycle anything I don't like and to try things I might not if I didn't have it but it also adds a lot of reclaim into the cycle. I love throwing with freshly pugged clay, a little too much, maybe? lol...spoiled to the softness of it.
Where's my coffee!! That was hilarious!!
I like seeing Future Jon, he is wise and knows things. But hey, Now Jon made me think that I don’t like mixing glazes either so I should buy made glazes 🤔 just starting out on my own after college, I’m very old so your youthfulness and energy inspires me. Thanks to all the Jon’s xxx
We sell pre-mixed pints of all of our glazes as well.
LOL, yes it is true sometimes (most time in my world) I have no Idea what will happen when I glaze fire. I like your handles and I am struggling with uniformity., right now I a using a hand held extruder and I am contemplating buying a fancy wall mount one. I have used a Chocolate clay from New Mexico Clay. Throws like a dream. You have to be creative with the glazing. Also I have used the B Clay from Continental Clay but am finding I prefer the buff stoneware. I really do like the sandstone glaze, very organic. Keep up the videos and ideas. Namaste
The copper ore glaze drips look like coffee dribbles, very effective. Loving the blues you’re using, drippy or not. Adore the speckled sandstone.
Jon, I know you’re enjoying these Mayco glazes and they’re great but do you think you’ll pay a return visit to the glaze combos from Continental clay you were working with back in February? Thanks 🇬🇧
Awesome!
🇺🇸 I just Love the red white and blue cups!🇺🇸
How about some pinks and reds in the “Mayco” glazes, I’d Love to see that!! You are very inspirational, thank you and keep up the terrific work and positive vibes!!
Hi Candice, We have an number of red glazes, and a few pinks to pick from. Here is a link to our latest brochure. maycocolors.com/images/collateral/2019%20Stoneware%20Brochure.pdf . Please let us know if you have questions.
The ochre stoneware is not a very exciting color clay body at cone 6 electric, but in a cone 10 reduction atmosphere it develops a really rich dark color. It's a much stronger contrast to the buff stoneware or B-clay. Now that you have a studio at home, you're going to build a gas kiln, right? ;) Keep trying new things...
haha , maybe someday! I have a gas line all hooked up!
I get the same way about Opulence Sea Spray and Antique Iron combos, so excited every single time I open a glaze load. But now I want to try some Mayco
Pinholing - could try raising your bisque firing temp to cone 4, bisque fire on slow, or do a 15 minute hold on your glaze firing.
Do you mean cone 04? Or can you bisque to cone 4?
Hey Jon - I went to a Mayco glazing class that was awesome. Learned so many things. One of my favorites I’m experimenting with is Mayco Magma. Try it out. Rough surface for good gripping. As always thanks for the videos. They are great and the new studio is beautiful.
Lynn, we are so happy you enjoyed the glazing class! Magma is some pretty cool stuff!
I have found that glazes will run more on porcelain clay than stoneware. Several years ago I found an article that said it was because porcelain has more bentonite in it. I'm not sure if that is why. The B clay you are using from Continental Clay is a Porcelain-Stone blend.
Thanks for letting us into your “Pottery World”, it looks like a fun place to be ❣️
Love the blue surf over sandstone!
I was totally waiting for an "oh hey! I didn't see you there!" while looking at the camera when you were getting ready in your house 😂
You’re like the cutest thing ever. Love sleepy looking JTP 😊
When I saw that the cup you drink from looks just like the cups you pulled out of the kiln, I thought it would be so funny when you lose your coffee.🤭 And then... 😜
I use about 3 different kinds of clay and yes the same color will react differently on the different kind of clay!
I'm with you Jon, I think you could spend too much time trying to make your own glazes and there are already loads of ready made I haven't tried yet! Cheers Bob 🇬🇧
We are here for you Bob! We have some great ceramic engineers who love to make glazes.
MaycoColors , yes I already use your stroke and coat and I've got some speckled ones in the kiln at the moment, I can't wait to see the results, first time using it. I like your information videos as well. Cheers Bob 🇬🇧
I would love to know more about your home studio. It looks like a great place to work!
My biggest lesson learned was never sit things on the rim of the kiln! It can be tragic! 😭 I think these are good colors. Have a great day!
Alisa Butler I was biting my nails about that coffee spilling into the kiln! I wonder if it would damage the elements? I’m a klutz so it would probably happen to me.
Katie Richards it most definitely isn’t good and I learned that the hard way! I’m forgetful and I left it there then knocked it off! Ugh..
Oh no!
Katie Richards yep it was bad! I will never do that again!
You know, I agree with you, I can't and don't have time to make glazes. Nor do I want to.
We got your back!
Natalieleu amen!
Nice once the colors and the tone I think you can be artist as well
Amazing!!!! Im just getting started in pottery and loving it. What are those coaster you are using under some of your mugs. How do you make them and how do they work?
very nice filming at the beggining. Cool.
BTW - what's the Mayco Red you're using?
So I used the mayco sandstone glaze on the inside, but the label says lead free but I don’t see if it is good safe. Print might be to small. Do you see that Jon?
What temp are you firing at to get the dripping and the flux look Jon?
How many times can you reuse your kiln shelf , drip stopper tiles before they need replacing? @jonthepotter
Love sandstone also. Got a free sample at Claytopia. Do you sell pottery ay all mocha monkey locations? Which continental clays did you marble? Beautiful!!! Thank you for your videos. I’ve learned so much! My wheel was in storage for 30 yrs. but I’m back & loving every minute. Your fan from Jordan
Have you tried cinnabar over blue mist have seen some amazing results
As far as commercial vs diy glazes, I'd like to get into making my own glazes eventually, but right now I don't have the space, knowledge, or time to do it. One day tho...
Awesome pieces tho, John, keep up the great work!
Depending on what temperature you are going to fire to, I recommend John Britt's Complete Guide to Mid-Range Glazes and Mastering Cone 6 Glazes.
What a life. :))) Except that you have to make more coffee.. :( AND shout out to SIMON LEACH! He starts most of his videos with an extended impromptu shuffling with his "good" arms showing. ;} I am pretty sure that he has watched some of your videos too......
How did you get the flashing on the outside of the MN? its wonderful!
Why do some of the sand stone cups look spotted and others are not spotted. ( the sand stone part). Did you add something to make it spot?
So there are little chunks of pigment ( i think its glass/silica based from my understanding) and the bigger the particles the bigger the spots! So depending on the distribution of the partucles determines how spotty they are.
how do you make that speckle look?
Just rolled out of bed and set up all these shots of myself walking to the studio the night before.
Tiffany Smith hey man, creative license!
That's some good acting right there.
Do you still sell the pieces which have small defects like pinholes? Or no?
What is the clay called that Jon uses?
♥ ♥ ♥ Mayco products!
These look awesome man!! I hope I didn’t make u mad on my last comment about you needing to make more drippy mugs and pull your own handles. Your handles look pretty awesome and these new glazes are the shiznizzle! I ordered a few for myself. Keep on making!
A process I used for pin-holing that produced better results.
Maybe it will work for you...
It also utilizes John Britt’s
“re-glazing pots” quarts inversion (1063)between 1050 and 1100.
The program also adds some soak times to allow heat-work theory to process...
The program:
Segment 1)
rate=180/hr
temp.=180
hold time=1 hour
Segment 2)
rate=250/hr
temp.=1050
hold time=20 minutes
Segment 3)
rate=50/hr
temp.=1100
Hold time=15 minutes
Segment 4)
rate=350/hr
Temp.=1976
Hold time=15 minutes
Segment 5)
rate=150/hr
Temp.2225
Hold time=15 minutes
Segment 6)
rate=150/hr
Temp.1945
Hold time=15 minutes
Do you fire at cone 5 or 6 and slow medium or fast?
I recently bought my first kiln and I'm still trying to figure out get a good system in place for firing, how long is a glaze fire? I have a small electric kiln with manual dials for temperature control. So far I've been doing a total of 8 hours and 2 hours on each low, medium, and high temperature. Does this sound right? Asking as a beginner potter.
That sounds pretty standard. If you have a back up timer, make sure you are setting that for a bit longer, than it normally takes to fire.
I use Tony Hansen's (digitalfire.com) drop and soak profile, which drops ~100F from peak and hold for 30 minutes to let the glaze heal.
I just recently read that Mayco's underglazes flux a bit which was causing that glaze catcher to stick a bit.
Hey Jon! New kiln owner here, 🎉, why do you fire every piece on a cookie? Just to protect the shelves?
It both protects shelves and can help to save the bottom of pieces.
10 minute hold takes care of them
Love watching your videos. I have learned a lot. When using the Mayco colors...do you use the flux to get them to drip or is that just how the glazes are? Congrats on the new studio...it looks amazing.
Flux can make glazes drip for sure, but most of Jon's pieces are just glazed to the point that they drip with just the glaze. He does a great job of applying the right amount of glaze to make them juicy.
👍💗 awesome
Check out Bill Van Gilder's latest video, he talks a little bit about pin holes and how to avoid them. ruclips.net/video/I-ULFnfpV48/видео.html
Oops, not his latest video, but almost, it's his July 2 video!
Perfect👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍👍🌻🌸
Wow Jon you out did yourself with this video. You must have more time since you have an intern🤔
I appreciate that you got a sponsor. Congrats. However, at $50 for 5 pounds of dry for the sandstone and $35 to $40 for 5 pounds for other stoneware colors, Mayco is not practical for cost of sales. Bummer, because the colors are pretty cool.
From a health aspect I do not mix my glazes. I know myself and because I hate wearing the mask I probably wouldn’t do it. 🥴
Hi Mary, We also sell all of our glazes by the pint that is already pre-mixed. Happy exploring.
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