Ceramic Glazes, Glaze Testing
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
Ceramic Glazes, Glaze Testing
Testing Pencil Crayons at Cone 6 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...
Ceramic Glazes, Glaze Testing
Exploring One Glossy Glaze with Many Colours 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...
Ceramic Glazes, Glaze Testing
Exploring Iron Reds and Fast Cooling Cycles 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...
Ceramic Glazes, Glaze Testing
Understanding Cone 6 – NCECA presentation 2018 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...