My Glazes

Glazes

The majority of the glazes I use are mixed from scratch following recipes entrusted to me by my mentor when I was training. Others come from recipes shared by other ceramics artists. I carefully measure and mix compounds such as Cobalt Carbonate, Zinc Oxide and Custer Feldspar to create each glaze. Precision measurement is critical as there is a balance between all of the ingredients and if there is too much of one or not enough of another it can ruin the batch. All of my glazes are food safe and my pieces can be used in a microwave and cleaned in a dishwasher.

Below are swatches of the glazes that I use and examples of some glaze combinations I have created. There are literally hundreds of possible combinations and you are not limited to the combinations shown. If you would like to invent your own combination I'd be glad to use it on your pieces.

*Solid Colors* These are the ten colors of my palette, each shown individually. Many of the pieces I throw have ridges and the glazes respond to these ridges forming variations in color.
Black	Blue	Deep Blue	Green	Honey
Iron Cream	Plum	Red	Turquoise	White

Swirls For these pieces, the swirl pattern is caused by the combination of black and white clays when the piece is being thrown. The examples show treatment of these pieces with coatings of either clear, honey, white or green glazes.
Clear Glaze	Honey Glaze	White Glaze	Green Glaze

Drizzle This glaze treatment is similar to batik treatment of textiles. The drizzle color is applied and then a coat of liquid wax is applied over it. The entire piece is then be dipped in a different color glaze. The second color does not stick to the drizzled areas because it is repelled by the wax. Often there are interesting variations in color where the two meet.
Blue with Green	Blue with Honey	Blue with Red	Green with Honey	Honey with Green
Malachite (Green with Deep Blue & White)	Poison Dart Frog (Plum with Green Drizzle)	Red with Green	Red with Blue	Red with Honey
	Turquoise with Honey		White with Blue & Green

Banded This glaze treatment is achieved by dipping part of the piece in one color of glaze and then dipping the unglazed section in a second glaze. Often the area where the two glazes touch or overlap becomes a third color.
Blue & Green	Blue & Honey	Blue & Red	Honey & Red	Plum & Honey	Plum & Red	Red & Green	Turquoise & Plum

*Sponged* This glaze treatment is achieved by dipping the entire piece in one color of glaze and then applying a second glaze with a sponge creating a stippled effect.
Blue with White	Green with Blue	Honey with Green	Honey with Plum	Red	White with Blue	White with Green	White with Green and Blue