Using Iron Oxide to Salvage Bad Pots

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Publicado 2024-06-30
This video is all about how I save poorly fired pots with layers of black, red and yellow ochre iron oxide. I use it like slip, brushing it over already fired vessels that didn't meet my expectations, then they're reduction fired again to 1290ºC. I show you the before and after, together will discussing various tips and tricks I've learnt through practicing this process.

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Timecodes:
0:00 - Introduction
1:35 - Discussing why I choose to do this/which pots are selected
4:00 - Thanks to Richard Carter for the fabulous banding wheel (www.instagram.com/richardcarter6952/)
4:40 - Brushing black iron oxide on pots
6:33 - Brushing yellow ochre iron oxide on pots
8:14 - Packing the kiln for another reduction firing to 1290ºC
9:13 - Unpacking the kiln / finished examples

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Todos los comentarios (21)
  • @rowanrooks
    I feel like good ceramics make people want to hold them. Mugs and plates and teapots and bowls are made for human hands. The size, weight, shape, and temperature of a vessel provide so much tactile feedback. I think the iron oxide adds something special for the fingertips. I would like to have a pot like this someday so that I can trace the swirls of texture with my own hands.
  • @kalanphelps9498
    for anyone wondering about doing this in cone 6 oxidation, ive had similar results using copper carbonate over/under clear glazes as an idea to try!
  • @jocewaitwhat
    Absolutely love the black and green … mesmerizing
  • @sophiusdynami3401
    Thank you so much for the extended chimes when the kiln opens. It's one of my favorite sounds.
  • @cpm9747
    Your seconds aren't burnt food! They're lovely! While it's very kind of you to gift them, there are certainly people who would love the opportunity to buy one. If you still feel they are truly lesser works, you could offer them for a lower price. Many of your followers can't afford your prices and I for one would really love to see some more affordable pieces in the shop. Seconds, thirds, and more. Your work is so lovely, even when it doesn't measure up to your high standards.
  • @TobyHorak
    As someone who missed the last online shop update by like half an hour, I would buy the hell out of some blemished bowls or a vase😅
  • Loved the crackling sounds in the background, so much attention to detail in your editing too
  • @jseal21
    The first thing that came to my mind was 'Oh, it's basically an oil spot glaze' but you're right the black iron wash does give a feeling of motion and fluidity. Very nice work 👍
  • @alexandraframe6493
    So much knowledge and beauty in one video. Love the effect glazes have your work. I wanted to fix an area on a piece I made that the glaze didn’t quite work. My friend/ colleague sprayed some hairspray on the parts I wanted to reglaze. She said it would help the glaze stick. Hope it works.
  • @simonebertino8600
    OMG. You did it again. Another great video that you give to this channel. It's amazing how you are able to bring us such a great content and always with your very special approach to ceramic. So much admiration ❤
  • @Pikadumpling
    i love the way these pots look, v satisfying watching the process of glazing/ applying the iron oxide
  • @barbaracovey
    One part colemanite and one part rutile titanium oxide when brushed over an iron saturated glaze makes for some interesting results when fired in a reduced atmosphere.
  • @wartris1
    How do you handle visitors in your studio? I can't imagine people (especially strangers) just drop by unannounced. If I ever visited London, your studio would be a better destination than the london eye lol. Beautiful work, as usual, friend!
  • @joannarutter
    Thank you again for the mesmerizing and informative videos.
  • @csamuels9670
    Thank you for an astonishing insight into the beauty and significance of Cycladic art. Carolann
  • @carolynpearce4829
    I trimmed pots today in my very warm studio, as my kiln was firing a bisque load. I took a break and watched this video on my patio. I do not have a gas kiln and don’t plan on getting one (if I were younger, I would). But that does not mean I can’t experiment! I often do refires and come out with very interesting results. Then I tell the lovely people who buy them that it is nearly impossible to recreate that piece so they definitely have a one of a kind and no one else on the planet has one.
  • @colourmecarter
    Would love to see a white with black accent vase collection and maybe a opposite (black with white accent love your work and videos 😊
  • @puddle-brigade
    the bowl at 0:53 really strongly reminds me of a rabbit fur glaze chawan I saw once on wikipedia. i love it.
  • @nahtanha
    I have a pot which I hate the internal glazing of - absolutely doing this in the studio next week. It's only earthenware and isn't reduction but I think it could be interesting anyway Mucking about with oxides is my favourite thing. Black copper is my usual but clearly I should branch out!