How To Glaze And Fire A Ceramic Christmas Tree

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.

How to glaze and fire a ceramic christmas tree.

Some can be traced to the mid 20th century while others were made in the 1970s. 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. Check out this video for an easy and super simple how to way to paint our christmas trees. This glaze is not food safe and should not be applied to surfaces intended for serving food or drink.

Colors are more intense and brilliant than those of many other glazes. Older examples may be more fragile. The bulbs are lighted by placing a night light type bulb inside the hole in the bottom of tree and turning it on. Kiln firing at cone 06 is a requirement for food water safe items and outdoor use.

They are semi opaque and fire with a high gloss. Have the studio fire the glazed tree. Please note this process is not for high fire use. 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.

Glue the tiny light bulbs in the holes that are in the trees branches with white elmer s glue that will dry clear. F 47 christmas tree green amaco f series low fire glazes. This method looks great. Amaco f series glazes are fritted leadless compositions.

Details to look for when choosing a used ceramic christmas. This video features our large christmas tree 17 5145 and our glass green specialty glaze 9060.