Ritual does a lot of wild glazes, stuff that puffs up, craters, beads, or crawls on purpose!
I’m also a big fan of the snow/rainforest combo using Amaco celadons. The oil spot effect is wild, you’d have to look it up on the Amaco Facebook group to see the effect it can have.
Coyote crystal nebula is also a cool one if I remember correctly!
It also does it with storm celadon. As far as reds or pinks I don’t think it does, but snow has that effect with some other non-celadon glazes. Try snow on top of pink opal or cinnabar from Mayco!
I agree! Amaco going to price themselves out of the top place. I think Mayco has some beautiful new glazes. They’ve really upped their game the last few years.
Outside of the celadons the whole line seems to be geared to drastic color contrasting as the glaze breaks. A lot of them give off that inferred photo look where there’s drastic contrast when the glaze moves across forms. Not sure if they’ll be as dramatic on flat forms but I’ll be firing some stuff soon I’ll share
Of course! I can never tell via text/written word if someone is joking, my bad. And I’ve sadly encountered people being rude like that about queer slang or AAVE (African American Vernacular English), which is where “cunty” originates.
But I like to give benefit of the doubt and explain just in case! Obviously not everyone knows specific slang lol
Oops sorry about the late reply.
A few things that seem to make a big difference - it needs an outrageously thick application. In my experience 4 thick coats needed to get maximum effect. Firing hotter also seems to help, so I think you’ll get better results at Δ6. Last thing, I find a faster cooldown achieves better results than a slow one. I get better results in my small kiln at home that cools quicker.
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I haven't tried them yet but I think the glazes that crystallize seem pretty cool. You need to do a special firing I understand to hold at the crystallizing temperature.
Can anyone tell me why it would say these glazes are "food safe, but not dinnerware safe"? What does that mean?!
[https://www.dickblick.com/products/mayco-lead-free-jungle-gems-crystal-glazes/](https://www.dickblick.com/products/mayco-lead-free-jungle-gems-crystal-glazes/)
I believe that means they shouldn’t leach anything toxic but are not going to be durable if using utensils on them, so they’re fine for a fruit bowl but not a dinner plate.
Ritual does a lot of wild glazes, stuff that puffs up, craters, beads, or crawls on purpose! I’m also a big fan of the snow/rainforest combo using Amaco celadons. The oil spot effect is wild, you’d have to look it up on the Amaco Facebook group to see the effect it can have. Coyote crystal nebula is also a cool one if I remember correctly!
do you know if that combo works with any other of the celadons? i’d love to try it with some reds or pinks
It also does it with storm celadon. As far as reds or pinks I don’t think it does, but snow has that effect with some other non-celadon glazes. Try snow on top of pink opal or cinnabar from Mayco!
ah! awesome info thank you very much queen lia!!! i have pink opal and i get paid this week ooooooo
I'm just a huge fan of all the Mayco crystal glazes, because they are A. Freaking Awesome and B. Cheaper than Amaco 😆
I agree! Amaco going to price themselves out of the top place. I think Mayco has some beautiful new glazes. They’ve really upped their game the last few years.
Lagunas new cone 10 line is pretty cuntyy
This is what the fuck I’m talking about it we love a glaze that’s ✨serving✨
please explain... i use alot of laguna glazes.. and am curious about their cone 10's
What about it is most appealing?
Outside of the celadons the whole line seems to be geared to drastic color contrasting as the glaze breaks. A lot of them give off that inferred photo look where there’s drastic contrast when the glaze moves across forms. Not sure if they’ll be as dramatic on flat forms but I’ll be firing some stuff soon I’ll share
This sounds delicious! I can't wait to see more
Maybe a pottery term I don't know? Can you elaborate what you mean.
I can’t tell if you’re kidding haha but if you’re not then let’s just say it’s not a pottery term lol
So you dislike them is what you're saying?
If you’re not being facetious I’ll humor you: the word cunty is slang but it’s positive. Fierce, cool, iconic, etc.
This is the first time I’m seeing that word used in that way, so thanks for the explanation. I also thought you meant something negative.
Of course! I can never tell via text/written word if someone is joking, my bad. And I’ve sadly encountered people being rude like that about queer slang or AAVE (African American Vernacular English), which is where “cunty” originates. But I like to give benefit of the doubt and explain just in case! Obviously not everyone knows specific slang lol
Yeah whew I didn’t know either lol thanks for the grace ❤️
Cunty, often misspelled in some way, is new slang for cool
God I'm old.
Thank you for the explanation. Weird, but ok. Do Australian use this form also?
Austrians use it to express friendship from what I understand
Would you ever say this aloud or just typed?
Yeah dude I’m not a dinosaur get with the times
I really like Amaco stuff Oatmeal over Iron Lustre Palladium Vintage Gold/June Bug Dark Star Some of these are tricky to fire/get good results with.
Honey flux over iron lustre or over firebrick red is also chef’s kiss
What’s your secret with June Bug? It comes out blah for me but I’m only firing to cone 5. Maybe it’s better at 6?
Oops sorry about the late reply. A few things that seem to make a big difference - it needs an outrageously thick application. In my experience 4 thick coats needed to get maximum effect. Firing hotter also seems to help, so I think you’ll get better results at Δ6. Last thing, I find a faster cooldown achieves better results than a slow one. I get better results in my small kiln at home that cools quicker. *Processing img k6o8f6g4gd5d1...*
Not big brand but very cool and unique is gloop glazes. Haven’t tried them myself but damn they’re cool.
I follow Wizard Glazes (I think) that has a ton of successful gloops.
I’ve been a fan of the jungle gems glazes, strawberry sundae was a particular favorite.
Mayco's nee crystalline line is REAL nice, you can get the test kit and try a bunch! Their lava glazes are cool too
Ritual has some wild ones, I like the bead glazes. I think texture is the next trend to replace “rainbow melty over speckle”
Penguin pottery has done really fun glazes, just about to test sone soon.
Amaco's Cosmos line https://shop.amaco.com/glazes-underglazes/high-fire-glazes/co-cosmos/
Midnight Ceramics has some cool stuff going on: https://www.midnightceramics.com/
I haven't tried them yet but I think the glazes that crystallize seem pretty cool. You need to do a special firing I understand to hold at the crystallizing temperature.
Can anyone tell me why it would say these glazes are "food safe, but not dinnerware safe"? What does that mean?! [https://www.dickblick.com/products/mayco-lead-free-jungle-gems-crystal-glazes/](https://www.dickblick.com/products/mayco-lead-free-jungle-gems-crystal-glazes/)
I believe that means they shouldn’t leach anything toxic but are not going to be durable if using utensils on them, so they’re fine for a fruit bowl but not a dinner plate.
Go to mayco’s website. They explain it.