MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - Pele Fence Hanger - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 10863	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Sat, Jul 28, 2012 6:01 PM I've made 2 of those squared off round forms now and I'm starting to burnish the first one in preparation for saggar firing. Burnishing is letting the clay dry to a leather hard state then polishing it with a smooth object like a river stone or a marble. It packs the particles of clay together and makes it very smooth. I love to burnish clay, it's a very tactile thing as the clay gets more and more smooth. But you can't burnish clay that you are going to glaze, seems like it makes the clay too smooth and the glaze has nothing to grip to

I've made 2 of those squared off round forms now and I'm starting to burnish the first one in preparation for saggar firing. Burnishing is letting the clay dry to a leather hard state then polishing it with a smooth object like a river stone or a marble. It packs the particles of clay together and makes it very smooth. I love to burnish clay, it's a very tactile thing as the clay gets more and more smooth. But you can't burnish clay that you are going to glaze, seems like it makes the clay too smooth and the glaze has nothing to grip to

Post #645961 by MadDogMike on Sat, Jul 28, 2012 6:01 PM