Ingredients

Ingredient Amount
Dolomite 7.88
Gerstley Borate 3.39
Lithium Carbonate 6.19
Whiting 8.98
Cornwall Stone 67.37
Silica 6.19
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Red Iron Oxide 11.18

Instructions


The images shows details of two bowls glazed with a cone 10 amber teadust glaze. The one on the right was cooled slower, and pyroxene crystals have started to form.

For a dark blue instead of tenmoku, substitute the red iron oxide for 1% cobalt oxide. The crystallizing oxide is magnesium, sourced from dolomite.

This recipe was shared by Ian Hall-Hough in the May 2020 issue of Ceramics Monthly.