How To Glaze And Fire A Ceramic Christmas Tree

The mother of pearl glaze must be applied to a already glazed and fired with a clear glaze that produces a white ceramic christmas tree or other piece.

How to glaze and fire a ceramic christmas tree. Colors are more intense and brilliant than those of many other glazes. F 47 christmas tree green amaco f series low fire glazes. This video features our large christmas tree 17 5145 and our glass green specialty glaze 9060. Glue the tiny light bulbs in the holes that are in the trees branches with white elmer s glue that will dry clear.

The bulbs are lighted by placing a night light type bulb inside the hole in the bottom of tree and turning it on. They are semi opaque and fire with a high gloss. Some can be traced to the mid 20th century while others were made in the 1970s. However for those wishing to paint ceramic bisque as ornamental items only one can use acrylic paints and then either use the brush on glaze or the spray glaze available on this site.

More recent pieces tend to be creative in the use of lighting with some functioning as a lamp. Details to look for when choosing a used ceramic christmas. This method looks great. Christmas tree green is a vivid dramatic pine green glaze that is glossy and breaks transparent where thin and pools very deep green where thicker.

Then the piece must be aligned on a stilt and fired yet again for about 3 hours this time but with the same cool down period. This glaze is not food safe and should not be applied to surfaces intended for serving food or drink. Kiln firing at cone 06 is a requirement for food water safe items and outdoor use. Have the studio fire the glazed tree.

Please note this process is not for high fire use. Older examples may be more fragile.