Ash glaze pottery

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…

Here are a few Kaki glazes, mostly from John Britt’s book High Fire Glazes . You can find these recipes (with updated cone 9 & 10 photos) and more on my glaze website Glazy: https://glazy.org/search?base_type=460&type=570&cone=high Mo

This is the long-awaited post on my test result for the ash glazes I was researching. And because you have waited so long the pressure is on to not disappoint. I think the outcome of some glazes ar…

Common washed wood ash can supply important ceramic oxides when melted, so it can comprise significant percentages in a recipe. Plus it can produce unique visual effects.

Ash glaze is a ceramic glaze that is made of the various ashes from wood and straw. Yui Tsujimura, Natural...

Local Color: A Potter Uses Local Vegetation in Ash Glaze Recipes

Wood ash has been used for thousands of years to make a pottery glaze. How does wood ash make a pottery glaze and what is the process incolved? How can recycled ingredients make homeware more ethical and sustainable. Pots glazed naturally with wood ash do not have any toxic colourants added. The colour in the glaze is made from natural trace minerals and metals that differ depending on where the plant grew and in what soil.

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'...