How to Make a Clay Teapot With an Infuser for Loose Leaf Teas
Over the last year, potter Clay Cunningham has become quite the tea connoisseur at a tea shop in his town. … Read More
Mid Range Glaze Recipes
Mid range firing is an increasingly popular firing range in ceramics. Mid range is usually considered between cone 4 and cone 7, but most often you’ll find people firing to cone 6 so we will use that term interchangeably with mid range. If you’re looking for mid-range pottery glaze recipes, you’ve hit the jackpot. In these archives, you’ll find a plethora of mid-range pottery glaze recipes including loads of ever-popular cone 6 glaze recipes. In addition to all the pottery glaze recipes, you’ll see technical articles on mid-range firing.
And don’t forget to download your free copy of 15 Tried and True Cone 6 Glaze Recipes: Recipe Cards for our Favorite Mid-Range Pottery Glazes, an assortment of mid range pottery glaze recipes in a convenient recipe-card format, perfect for printing and taking to the pottery studio.
Whether you are just getting started with mixing your own glazes, or you’ve been doing it for years, you’ll find plenty to keep you interested and excited here. Looking for special effect glazes? Try John Britt’s snowflake crackle glaze recipe? Or maybe you are just looking for reliable cone 6 oxidation glaze recipes. We even have information for high-fire potters who would like to lower their firing temperature (not to mention their bills!) and convert their high-fire glazes to cone 6 glazes.
Getting your pottery glazes to turn out right takes experimentation and practice. Sometimes it is frustrating. And helpful advice from pottery glaze experts like the ones frequently featured here is crucial. You can follow a recipe to a T and it could end up looking completely different from the picture. There are just so many variables involved. You’ll gain insights into key glaze materials like frits, feldspars, and colorants, stains and more. After perusing these pages, you will be ready to develop a personal palette for your ceramic work that you can call your own.
15 Tried & True Cone 6 Glaze Recipes
Get recipes and learn about testing procedures for mid-range glazes when you download this freebie, 15 Tried & True Cone 6 Glaze Recipes.
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Testing Ceramic Glazes and Colorants to Expand Your Palette in Mid-Range Firing
Though it would be nice to just mix up a glaze based on a photo and get exactly those results, … Read More
How to Use a Throwing Stick
Tall narrow-necked forms are challenging to master as a potter because, once you begin to collar in the neck, getting … Read More
Making Multiples: Using Templates to Throw Uniform Shapes on the Pottery Wheel
I think many beginning potters start out with the goal of making perfect sets of bowls or mugs, but quickly … Read More
7 Useful Tips, Tools, and Techniques for the Ceramic Studio
I’ve said it before and I will say it again, potters and ceramic artists are some of the most resourceful … Read More
Five Reasons to Convert Cone 10 Reduction Glazes to Cone 6: A Potter Shares His Rationale and His Recipes
There are a lot of traditional reduction glaze recipes out there, and they are typically formulated for firing at cone … Read More
DIY Clay Tools Video Contest Winner!
The votes are in and I’m pleased to announce that Craig Rhodes is the grand prize winner of our DIY … Read More
DIY Clay Tools Video Contest – Finalist 1
So, we were right! Our audience is a clever lot. The submissions for the DIY Clay Tools Video Contest are … Read More
Throwing Ribs
Even though our fingers serve as our primary throwing tools,
there are times when a throwing rib does a better job. … Read More
How to Make Custom Hardwood Throwing Ribs for Your Pottery
Have you ever been using a store-bought throwing rib and thought, “if only this rib was shaped like this…or…like that?” … Read More
15 Tried & True Cone 6 Glaze Recipes
Get recipes and learn about testing procedures for mid-range glazes when you download this freebie, 15 Tried & True Cone 6 Glaze Recipes.
Download Today!