How To Make Ceramic Frit

A frit is a ceramic composition that has been fused quenched and granulated frits form an important part of the batches used in compounding enamels and ceramic glazes.

How to make ceramic frit.

But frits need a binder to make them plastic formable. After your piece has been glazed the light will bounce off the glass making it look quite a lot like a precious jewel. I mix 50g of frit with 1 5g of veegum or 100g 3g then stir the powder into 40g of water in a cup. The colors so bold and vibrant really catch the eye.

That produces a consistency that is easy to stir smooth using a teaspoon but is still fluid enough to level out on a plaster bat for dewatering to plastic consistency. Frits are the main component of nearly all ceramic glazes and are present in many compositions of different materials where a glass face is needed even if only as a binder. Which frit to use a great way to quickly gain familiarity with a variety of frits is by firing a small amount of each frit side by side in the same firing and then comparing the fired samples to each other. When a frit is used in the glaze recipe careful attention must be paid to the suspending qualities of the glaze slurry.

The purpose of this pre fusion is to render any soluble and or toxic components insoluble by causing them to combine with silica and other added oxides. Putting glass beads in your pottery can create the most amazing results.