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How do I apply glaze?

Using slips/oxide washes with glazes

Thin slips and oxide washes can be used to decorate a piece by applying them directly to the bisque or on top of a glaze. Clear, celedon, and some light opaque glazes can be used over the colorants. Be careful not to get oxides and slips on too thick--the application should be more like water colors than house paint. The colorants are mostly quite strong, and if they are
thick the overlying glaze is likely to crawl. Decorations can be brushed, stamped with foam stamps or sponges, spattered, sponged into textures, silk screened...

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