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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
Wright's Water Blue Base

Wright's Water Blue Base

Recipe:
Lithium   3
Strontium  9
Ferro Frit 3110   59
EPK   12
Silica   17
Bentonite   2%

Wright's Water Blue Base + 2% Yellow Iron Oxide

Wright's Water Blue Base + 2% Yellow Iron Oxide

Recipe:
Lithium   3
Strontium  9
Ferro Frit 3110   59
EPK   12
Silica   17
Bentonite   2%

+ 2% Yellow Iron Oxide

Wright's Water Blue Base ​+ 0.5% Chrome Oxide

Wright's Water Blue Base ​+ 0.5% Chrome Oxide

Recipe:
Lithium   3
Strontium  9
Ferro Frit 3110   59
EPK   12
Silica   17
Bentonite   2%

+ 0.5% Chrome Oxide

Wright's Water Blue Base + 1% Copper Carbonate

Wright's Water Blue Base + 1% Copper Carbonate

Recipe:
Lithium   3
Strontium  9
Ferro Frit 3110   59
EPK   12
Silica   17
Bentonite   2%

+ 1% Copper Carbonate

Wright's Water Blue Base + 4% Copper Carbonate

Wright's Water Blue Base + 4% Copper Carbonate

Recipe:
Lithium   3
Strontium  9
Ferro Frit 3110   59
EPK   12
Silica   17
Bentonite   2%

+ 4% Copper Carbonate

Wright's Water Blue Base + 0.25% Cobalt Carbonate

Wright's Water Blue Base + 0.25% Cobalt Carbonate

Recipe:
Lithium   3
Strontium  9
Ferro Frit 3110   59
EPK   12
Silica   17
Bentonite   2%

+ 0.25% Cobalt Carbonate

Wright's Water Blue Base + 3% Chartreuse Stain

Wright's Water Blue Base + 3% Chartreuse Stain

Recipe:
Lithium   3
Strontium  9
Ferro Frit 3110   59
EPK   12
Silica   17
Bentonite   2%

+ 3% Chartreuse Mason Stain #6236

Wright's Water Blue Base + 7% Red Stain

Wright's Water Blue Base + 7% Red Stain

Recipe:
Lithium   3
Strontium  9
Ferro Frit 3110   59
EPK   12
Silica   17
Bentonite   2%

+ 7% Red Degussa Inclusion Stain #27496

Wright's Water Blue Base + 2% Nickel Carbonate

Wright's Water Blue Base + 2% Nickel Carbonate

Recipe:
Lithium   3
Strontium  9
Ferro Frit 3110   59
EPK   12
Silica   17
Bentonite   2%

+ 2% Nickel Carbonate

Wright's Water Blue Base + 6% Zircopax

Wright's Water Blue Base + 6% Zircopax

Recipe:
Lithium   3
Strontium  9
Ferro Frit 3110   59
EPK   12
Silica   17
Bentonite   2%

+ 6% Zircopax

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Wright's Water Blue Base
Wright's Water Blue Base + 2% Yellow Iron Oxide
Wright's Water Blue Base ​+ 0.5% Chrome Oxide
Wright's Water Blue Base + 1% Copper Carbonate
Wright's Water Blue Base + 4% Copper Carbonate
Wright's Water Blue Base + 0.25% Cobalt Carbonate
Wright's Water Blue Base + 3% Chartreuse Stain
Wright's Water Blue Base + 7% Red Stain
Wright's Water Blue Base + 2% Nickel Carbonate
Wright's Water Blue 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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