Category Archives: Glazes

Celadon Like Glazes and Tiles

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Denise

What is a Celadon Glaze?  The answer as always in modern day, is it depends.  A long long time ago Celadon Glazes came from China.  The are transparent made with feldspars and have a light green blue color.  Theses glazes … Continue reading →

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Eutectics

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Denise

I am such a geek and am probably one of the few that cares about glazes that much to get all gushy over how temperature and melting properties of different materials force a unique occurrence where the combined effect is … Continue reading →

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THE Rutile Glaze

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Denise

IMG_2586, originally uploaded by miyCeramics Studio. As we start exploring in depth cone 6 glazes and start understanding how chemicals behave in the glaze matrix you can get some just gut wrenchingly beautiful effects. This picture is rutile brushed haphazardly … Continue reading →

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Rutile in Glazes

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Denise

Ode to the chemical guru’s on the internet: I was wondering if you might be able to help shed some light on some glaze issues or at least point me in a direction for research.  We inherited a lot of … Continue reading →

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Cone 6 Glaze Combinations At our Studio

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Denise

I have been experimenting with our Cone 6 Glaze recipes.  And found some amazing combinations.  Most of our recipes we used straight from Mastering Cone 6 Glazes by Ron Roy and John Hesselberth.  The book is really insightful about the … Continue reading →

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Glazing: To low fire or To high fire? That is the question.

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Denise

Over the past 3 years glazing has been a great learning experience.  Especially in working with cone 6 and low fire glazes.  The mix and match of temperatures and chemicals can make your head spin.  But basically you have to … Continue reading →

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