Glaze Your Own

Enjoy the fun of pottery glazing.  My home studio  welcomes people of every ability.

Pricing is all inclusive of the pottery painting process.  Cost is per item.

1.  Pre-purchase your bisque ceramic piece, reserve a date and time online

2.  Easy glazing instruction.  I am also  here to assist you.

3.  You will leave your item for 1-2 weeks to be kiln fired to make it fully functional to a food-safe finish

Items are ready 1-2 weeks later & held for 30 days.  Pick up at my studio In Kagawong

Many glaze materials are hazardous. Those of special concernC are listed here:

• Crystalline silica is present in almost all glazes and can scar lung tissue if inhaled.
• Barium Carbonate, Sodium Borates, and Lead compounds can be present as colorless fluxes in glazes.
• Antimony compounds, Cadmium compounds, Chrome compounds, Lead compounds, Cobalt Chloride, Cobalt Sulphate, Copper Chloride, Copper Carbonate, Copper Sulphate, Iron Chromate, Iron Sulphate, Manganese Dioxide, Nickel compounds, Uranium compounds, and Vanadium compounds can be present as glazes, slips and stains.
• Lustre glazes contain toxic mediums as well as toxic metallic compounds.
• Avoid use of these materials whenever possible. If you do use them, take precautions to prevent ingestion as well as inhalation (which can lead to ingested particles) and skin contact. Even though some of these materials cannot be directly absorbed through the skin, invisible particles can become lodged in the crevices of your skin.

Use a Ceramic dust filter mask that fits well when mixing, spraying, or sanding glazes.

• Use a mask for vapors and gases when working with lustre glazes.
• Spray glazes only in a properly constructed, vented and filtered spray booth.
• Make sure that the exhaust of the spray booth is vented so that it does not pollute somebody else's breathing air. Consult DEQE codes for installation guidelines.
• Used spray booth filters for certain glazes may have to be treated as toxic waste.

Ddinnerware safe glazes contain no lead or raw cadmium bearing ingredients.

Not dinnerware safe glazes contain no lead or raw cadmium bearing ingredients, but we do not recommend these glazes on surfaces which come in contact with food or drink due to the soft or crackle nature of the glaze, even though they pass tests for hazardous release.