Pottery glaze recipes

This glaze recipe has very quickly become one of my favourite bases, and the variation with minor changes in colourants makes it one of the most interesting.

What no-one ever tells you about making your own pottery glazes... Before you embark on the mamoth project of creating your own glazes there are a few things you should ask yourself…

Crackle glazes are a type of pottery glaze that is intentionally crazed. Glazes that are crazed show a pattern of cracks.

Did you know you can make Glaze Speckles with pretty much any glaze? Don't buy those expensive premade glaze speckles and make your own glazes! Making glaze speckles is way easier than I thought it would be. Now my glazing possibilities are endless!

Glaze Mixing Over the summer I've been doing lots of glaze testing, and one of these has been to find my own Wood Ash Glaze recipe. It's not an easy process. I gathered together several recipes found in pottery books. All of them had a different take on the process - and sometimes conflicting ideas! I tried out four of the recipes with varying success, but now I think have my own version. Wood Ash The first thing I had to do was get a source of wood ash. You need at least a kilo of good…