r/CeramicGlazes

I make ceramic soup spoons, and this batch surprised me.

The lower half of each spoon was fully dipped in glaze before firing, but after reduction firing, the glaze pulled away or burned out on both sides, leaving exposed clay-toned areas with a blue-green flowing glaze down the center.

At first I thought: “Oh no, this is a defect.”

But the more I look at them, the more they feel like little one-of-a-kind pieces. The glaze movement almost looks intentional, like a landscape or ink painting.

I’m trying to decide what to do with them:

1. Sell them as seconds
2. Keep them as samples
3. Make a small “one of a kind” series
4. Not sell them at all

Would you personally use a spoon like this?

Porcelain clay body with Umbria slip trailing. I did three layers of spectrum textured autumn and then two layers of clear flux on the top forth. I’m so in love.

I made these plates yesterday and then carved them. I’m thinking of painting them in underglaze and wiping it back then glazing with a celadon that will allow the carving to show through. I didn’t carve very deep and I like the “imperfect” look of how I’ve engraved them. But I’m worried they might not be deep enough to show up properly. Any comments, tips or advice please.

Hello Potters! There's this ceramic artist (@dontyuckmyyum.studio) who's glaze work I adore. They have a glazing workshop but it's sold out!

Any ideas how to make designs like this where there's still the shape of the image but it's also faded/the glaze moves a bit. I'm wondering if it's just a matter of using a stencil/wax resist and pairing it w/ glazes that run a bit. Any suggestions welcomed (including similar glazes you think will work well for this idea)!

Found this cool glaze through my systematic method of trying the most combinations of ro and colorants this might be better than saying i randomly found it i mean it’s technically true though so anyway here is the glaze recipe and photo

Nepheline syenite 28.33
Silica 27.68
Strontium carbonate 15.72
Frit 3134 15.53
Epk 12.74

Titanium 5.15
Manganese 2.90
Nickel 1.60

I thought I was taught that strontium and barium doesn’t allow things to phase separate so what do you guys think is going on it’s pretty cool. There’s also not a zero percent chance I messed up when making it and didn’t use strontium and used zinc or something instead accidentally

Hello! I’m just wondering if anyone has an idea why my clear glaze came out so differently on my test tiles?
Used Mayco Fundamentals Underglaze on all and the same clear glaze on top (mixed myself so probably part of the problem!) but as you can see, some are shiny and some are as if I haven’t added a clear glaze at all!

I love this and am new to glazing. Can someone help me by walking through the steps for getting this look? How do you think they achieved this waxy look and great colors? I am wanting my pieces to have a matte/satin softness not gloss and look like they are an artifact. These tones are the palate I’m going for along with soft butter color and wheat. Thanks for anyone’s input.