April….spring…the warming of the earth….trees blossom, grass turns green, flowers begin to bloom, things of beauty that have lain dormant all winter long emerge from hibernation and grab us relentlessly, daring us to NOT stop and admire their appeal. So to chose this month’s glaze of the month, I turned to mother nature for inspiration. [ Read More ]
AMACO’s ST Glazes are perhaps the best kept secret of all the AMACO glazes. The surfaces are soft and mottled, serenely inviting the observer to touch the work. Particularly suited for deep texture work the Stone Texture glazes produce a variegated surface as they pool in recesses and break over high points. On white clay, [ Read More ]
The chip of this glaze on the manufacturer’s fired results board has intrigued me for some time. It’s a beautiful shade of blue, with just a hint of a metallic sheen. Several times, I’ve pulled this glaze from the shelf to use in a Second Saturday Raku Firing, but because of all the other glazes [ Read More ]
