Week 4 Readings

1. A toolkit: Read glaze and surface like a ceramic professional

Choose any glazed object photo (or your own mug). In 2 minutes, write 5 bullets, each starting “I observe…”, using at least 3 words from this list:

glossy / matte / pooled / thin edge / crackle / pinholes / crawling / even coating / bare foot / drip

REVEAL (Example):

I observe a glossy surface that reflects light clearly.

I observe colour pooling in recessed areas and appearing darker there.

I observe a thin edge where the colour looks lighter near the rim.

I observe a bare foot ring where glaze stops at the base.

I observe tiny surface marks that could be pinholes (small dots) rather than painted texture.

Quick check: did you describe what you see, not “it must be…”.