Glaze Testing

What to Keep Track of in Your Glaze Journal

How Magic Becomes Science. Have you ever unloaded a BEAUTIFUL piece from the kiln and thought, “Gee, I wish I could remember how I did that”? A big part of glaze testing and advancing your understanding of glazes is record keeping. Whether you’re dipping test tiles or…

How to Turn a Matte Glaze Glossy with One Ingredient

Ceramic Glazes, Glaze Testing

Do you have a matte glaze that you wish was a bit glossier, or would you like a glossy version of one of your matte glazes? It’s really easy to convert a matte glaze to a glossy glaze, just by adding one ingredient…

15 Tips to Get Started with Glaze Testing

Ceramic Glazes, Glaze Testing

I find ceramic glazes to be absolutely fascinating. I had no idea when I started working with clay that glazes would become the main focus of my life. Glazing was always an afterthought and I basically ruined most of my pieces by glazing them…

Different Styles of Test Tiles You Can Make for Glaze Testing

Ceramic Glazes, Glaze Testing

The word “test tile” can refer to any shape of clay that’s used to test glazes, slips, underglazes, engobes etc. Test tiles can be any shape you wish and can be made in a variety of ways. In this post, I’ll share lots of different examples of ways you can…

99 Cone 6 Glazes You Can Try

Ceramic Glazes, Glaze Testing

Have you been looking for new glazes to add to your glaze palette? If so, I have 99 different cone 6 glazes you can try. That probably sounds like a lot to look through, but it’s really just 9 base glaze recipes plus 10 colour variations each.

Troubleshooting Commercial Underglazes

Ceramic Glazes, Glaze Testing

Have you experienced issues with commercial underglazes? Participate in my underglaze research project and help me find solutions for underglaze firing defects.

Testing Pencil Crayons at Cone 6

Ceramic Glazes, Glaze Testing

Writing information on test tiles I do a lot of glaze testing, which requires me to write testing info on my small test tiles. When I first started out, I used red iron oxide mixed with water and a paintbrush. This is what my teacher used and it worked well enough,...

Exploring One Glossy Glaze with Many Colours

Ceramic Glazes, Glaze Testing

Create a palette of compatible glazes When you first start mixing your own glazes, it can be overwhelming to decide on which glaze recipes you’re going to use. There are so many! There are literally thousands. On Glazy.org right now, there are over 20,000 published...

Exploring Iron Reds and Fast Cooling Cycles

Ceramic Glazes, Glaze Testing

Randy’s Red - A classic glaze recipe “Randy’s Red” is a recipe that has been around for a long time. I’m not even sure who the original “Randy” is. This glaze was one of the staple studio glazes at Cedar Hill Rec Centre where I worked as a studio technician for 6...

Understanding Cone 6 – NCECA presentation 2018

Ceramic Glazes, Glaze Testing

On Mar 15, 2018 I gave my first ever NCECA talk. I was part of a panel discussion called Glazes Without Borders, moderated by Matt Katz. My co-presenters Kiara Matos and Peter Berg gave talks about "Copper as a Flux" and "Copper Leaching and Glaze Durability". You can...