Whether you’re coloring dried clay, moist clay, or casting slip, HTX Clay and Joanna Poag lay out how to use Mason stains in varying percentages and combinations to achieve a wide spectrum of hues in your work. 

1 Abbie Preston Edmonson and Jessica Gutierrez’s Marbled Cup with Gold Rim, 41/2 in. (11.4 cm) in height, Green Casting Slip, porcelain slip, luster, fired to cone 6, 2023. 2 Joanna Poag’s Kitchen Vignette I, 8 in. (20.3 cm) in height, Joanna Poag’s Colored Clays, fired to cone 6, 2024.

3–6 Joanna Poag’s Colored Clays: 3 Burnt Yellow; 4 Red Earth; 5 Eggplant; 6 Clementine.

 

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