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C/6 Glaze Gallery

This Cone Six Glaze Gallery is tested, photographed and recorded by Rat City Studios. Use this as a resource for research on your ceramic surfaces!

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C/6 Shiny Glaze Resource:

Glaze Bases

Image Galleries

Search this gallery of cone six glaze test tiles by selecting from the base names to your right or by selecting from the tag list of hue, colorant, surface quality or opacity. Recipe details should hover over the image in a caption when the cursor is moved over the image.  In a month or so there will be another page added with written details on each glaze test.

  • ASM-1
  • Blue/Green Base
  • Eggshell
  • Nan's Clear Base
  • Rain
  • Richards Clear
  • Soto Clear Base
  • Sparkle Clear
  • Wright's Water Blue Base

Shiny Glaze Gallery
Matte Glaze Gallery
Making a test tile
Metallic Glaze Gallery

Use this dropdown archive to search within the matte glaze gallery by hue, colorant, opacity, or surface characteristic.

Color/ Surface
  • Base Glaze
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Chartruese
  • Chrome
  • Cobalt
  • Copper
  • Crawling
  • Cream
  • Green
  • High-gloss
  • Honey
  • Iron Oxide
  • Light Tan
  • Nickel
  • Opaque
  • Pink
  • Red
  • Runs
  • Rust
  • Semi-glossy
  • Semi-matte
  • Semi-opaque
  • Semi-transparent
  • Stain
  • Transparent
  • Turquoise
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Zircopax
  • blue
  • brown
  • chartreuse
  • clear
  • cobalt
  • copper
  • glossy
  • green
  • light tan
  • yellow
Nan's Clear Base

Nan's Clear Base

Recipe:
Ferro Frit 3195   7.63
Gerstley Borate  14.04
Custer Feldspar   15.3
EPK   16.5
Whiting  16.87
Silica   28.5   
Strontium  1.11
Bentonite  2%

 

Nan's Clear Base + 2% Yellow Iron Oxide

Nan's Clear Base + 2% Yellow Iron Oxide

Recipe:
Ferro Frit 3195   7.63
Gerstley Borate  14.04
Custer Feldspar   15.3
EPK   16.5
Whiting  16.87
Silica   28.5   
Strontium  1.11
Bentonite  2%

+ 2% Yellow Iron Oxide

Nan's Clear Base + 0.5% Chrome Oxide

Nan's Clear Base + 0.5% Chrome Oxide

Recipe:
Ferro Frit 3195   7.63
Gerstley Borate  14.04
Custer Feldspar   15.3
EPK   16.5
Whiting  16.87
Silica   28.5   
Strontium  1.11
Bentonite  2%

+ 0.5% Chrome Oxide

Nan's Clear Base + 1% Copper Carbonate

Nan's Clear Base + 1% Copper Carbonate

Recipe:
Ferro Frit 3195   7.63
Gerstley Borate  14.04
Custer Feldspar   15.3
EPK   16.5
Whiting  16.87
Silica   28.5   
Strontium  1.11
Bentonite  2%

+ 1% Copper Carbonate

Nan's Clear Base + 3% Copper Carbonate

Nan's Clear Base + 3% Copper Carbonate

Recipe:
Ferro Frit 3195   7.63
Gerstley Borate  14.04
Custer Feldspar   15.3
EPK   16.5
Whiting  16.87
Silica   28.5   
Strontium  1.11
Bentonite  2%

+ 3% Copper Carbonate

Nan's Clear Base + 0.25% Cobalt Carbonate

Nan's Clear Base + 0.25% Cobalt Carbonate

Recipe:
Ferro Frit 3195   7.63
Gerstley Borate  14.04
Custer Feldspar   15.3
EPK   16.5
Whiting  16.87
Silica   28.5   
Strontium  1.11
Bentonite  2%

+ 0.25% Cobalt Carbonate

Nan's Clear Base + 3% Chartreuse Stain

Nan's Clear Base + 3% Chartreuse Stain

Recipe:
Ferro Frit 3195   7.63
Gerstley Borate  14.04
Custer Feldspar   15.3
EPK   16.5
Whiting  16.87
Silica   28.5   
Strontium  1.11
Bentonite  2%

+ 3% Chartreuse  Mason Stain #6236

Nan's Clear Base + 7% Red Degussa Inclusion Stain #27496

Nan's Clear Base + 7% Red Degussa Inclusion Stain #27496

Recipe:
Ferro Frit 3195   7.63
Gerstley Borate  14.04
Custer Feldspar   15.3
EPK   16.5
Whiting  16.87
Silica   28.5   
Strontium  1.11
Bentonite  2%

+ 7% Red Degussa Inclusion Stain #27496

Nan's Clear Base + 2% Nickel Carbonate

Nan's Clear Base + 2% Nickel Carbonate

Recipe:
Ferro Frit 3195   7.63
Gerstley Borate  14.04
Custer Feldspar   15.3
EPK   16.5
Whiting  16.87
Silica   28.5   
Strontium  1.11
Bentonite  2%

+ 2% Nickel Carbonate

Nan's Clear Base + 6% Zircopax

Nan's Clear Base + 6% Zircopax

Recipe:
Ferro Frit 3195   7.63
Gerstley Borate  14.04
Custer Feldspar   15.3
EPK   16.5
Whiting  16.87
Silica   28.5   
Strontium  1.11
Bentonite  2%

+ 6% Zircopax

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Nan's Clear Base
Nan's Clear Base + 2% Yellow Iron Oxide
Nan's Clear Base + 0.5% Chrome Oxide
Nan's Clear Base + 1% Copper Carbonate
Nan's Clear Base + 3% Copper Carbonate
Nan's Clear Base + 0.25% Cobalt Carbonate
Nan's Clear Base + 3% Chartreuse Stain
Nan's Clear Base + 7% Red Degussa Inclusion Stain #27496
Nan's Clear Base + 2% Nickel Carbonate
Nan's Clear Base + 6% Zircopax

There were many hands that went into the making of this resource!  Please let us know if you find typos, so we may amend them.  Hope you enjoy all the variety!  And check back, as this will be built up continually...

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