Claywheel Notes

Throwing, trimming, glazing and firing in a one-room studio

Glazes I actually use

Recipes are percentages added to a base; fired in an electric kiln unless noted.

NameFiringRecipeNotes
Satin bluecone 6, oxidationbase satin + 0.5% cobalt carbonate + 4% rutilebreaks grey-brown on edges, pools blue
Oatmealcone 6, oxidationbase satin + 3% rutile + 1% iron oxidespeckled, warm; kind to throwing lines
Tenmoku-ishcone 6, oxidationglossy base + 9% red iron oxideblack where thick, rust on rims
Liner whitecone 6, oxidationbase satin + 8% zircopaxplain, food safe, for the insides of mugs
Ash runswood firingnatural ash, no applied glazegreen runs on the flame side, flashing elsewhere