https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-08-13 https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/controlling-crystals-crystal-glazes monthly 0.5 2026-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/fc54d559-66e1-4e9e-b3b5-8d992a23289c/IMG_20260413_153143.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Controlling crystals - application and heat is key (crystal glazes) - Make it stand out Prototype glaze. (I got rid of the crazing in the non prototype version) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/afc1e234-1d8f-4956-881b-3fe6e8eaf0e9/IMG_20260720_145340.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Controlling crystals - application and heat is key (crystal glazes) - Dontes crystal base 2% nickel oxide Same specific gravity, same clay, same kiln load; The only difference is how long I dipped each one. Can you guess which one was dipped for a shorter time? That’s right, the one on the left. You: “The matt glaze?” me: yes, that’s what most people say but let’s unpack that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/a399a1d9-fc6f-4589-a17b-06eb1ff2ab92/IMG_20260720_145410.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Controlling crystals - application and heat is key (crystal glazes) - Make it stand out Here you can clearly see this is not matt glaze. Just a poorly fired/applied crystal glaze with so many crystals in one place the crystals can’t grow . Too many crystals in one place bump in to each other making it hard for them to spread out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/532155cb-38cf-4d67-b7ea-d3743b0d545a/IMG_20260720_145400.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Controlling crystals - application and heat is key (crystal glazes) - Make it stand out Vs the correctly applied 4 second dipped cup. Plenty of room to see an grow the crystals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/24bded27-5cf8-42f0-a222-e654e612f586/DSC07904.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Controlling crystals - application and heat is key (crystal glazes) - Make it stand out source: https://www.puttgarden.com/moly/index.html https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/aaf3fca7-43b8-4a8f-a384-a62f347a8ce5/IMG_20260703_142523.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Controlling crystals - application and heat is key (crystal glazes) - Metal Garurumon Fired to cone 5.5 with a 2.5 second dip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/f59174da-0593-4d60-a55b-a06b087393fb/IMG_20260703_142525.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Controlling crystals - application and heat is key (crystal glazes) - Metal Garurumon Fired to cone 6 with a 2.5 second dip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/56c9c6f3-4eda-44aa-91be-c328ac80d1ec/IMG_20260703_142530.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Controlling crystals - application and heat is key (crystal glazes) - Metal Garurumon Fired to cone 7 with a 2.5 second dip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/225e2ae0-ae9c-414c-b90f-a07d06ea9039/IMG_20260703_142517.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Controlling crystals - application and heat is key (crystal glazes) - Make it stand out You can see the yellow crystals disappear as I fire it hotter. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/rein-red-cone-6-tin-chrome-red-glaze monthly 0.5 2026-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/4e0d0822-8620-44c9-acc0-a348d5c96e9f/Rein+red+test+1+S+1.5%2C+application++4+second+dip%2C+clay+porcelain.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Rein red (cone 6 tin chrome red glaze) - Rein red test #1 SG: 1.5 Cone: 6 ox Application: 4 second dip Clay: Laguna porcelain Notes: ok…. That was easy. I like it, I like it a lot infact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/7c5b52d9-b070-4487-9a78-aa45176e9922/Rein+red+test+1+S+1.5%2C+application++4+second+dip%2C+clay+porcelain++close+up+.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Rein red (cone 6 tin chrome red glaze) - Same tile but the back Notes: I can’t quite figure out of the white is because of the melt “a hotter firing” or if the SG is too high. Generally people aim for a solid color. Of course, I want the versatility of lowering the SG for white/ red but we have to establish a base of color before tuning. At the time of this test I was using 6 tile because EPK go bye bye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/c95fad69-e036-432b-b20f-de9f717afc4a/IMG_20260502_173030.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Rein red (cone 6 tin chrome red glaze) - Red rein (still test #1) Sg 1.4 Application : 4 second dip Clay: porcelain Cone : 6 ox A lighter SG with this type of glaze will = more white if you do it right. Compare this glaze to the 1.5 SG with the same application test you can see it easily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/9f3b5c8a-737c-448e-9f20-0e28f527cc1c/IMG_20260502_173042.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Rein red (cone 6 tin chrome red glaze) - Rein red test #2 Now here is the strange one SG: 1.5 Application: 4 second dip Clay: laguna porcelain Cone: 6 ox Notes: the strange thing about this one is that this was 0.5 iron chromate. its damn near purple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/2c691115-2bff-4594-b8da-03c19ba04042/Mochimon+pink+Sg+1.5+tin+9.8+iron+chromate+0.07.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Rein red (cone 6 tin chrome red glaze) - Mochimon pink . 9.8% tin 0.07% iron . Sg: 1.5 application: 5 second dip cone: 6 ox clay: laguna porcelain This was a great surprise. I see lots of potential in this glaze. A little phase separation, Breaking where thin, Love it. It’s right on the cusp here. I think 0.065 would also be fine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/3e579990-5ad3-4519-a9e0-2342d1976ef3/IMG_20260701_164600.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Rein red (cone 6 tin chrome red glaze) - Rein red test #6 Sg: 1.5 clay: porcelain cone: 6 ox application: 4 second dip I added 2.5% talc to this recipe to introduce a little magnesium and look….. the pink it having a hard time coming through. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/my-own-crystal-glaze monthly 0.5 2026-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/b8112de8-e4a8-4a99-9099-43bc80eaa29e/m_777606.69dd7fd0c040f.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Developing my first cone 6 oxidation crystal glaze - Anti lemon Anti lemon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/2f7c6e7c-5f69-486a-99b9-85b3006ab2cc/m_777606.69dd80963d0fc.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Developing my first cone 6 oxidation crystal glaze - Make it stand out Anti lemon crystal glaze close up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/bf7b3269-84f1-41b3-b156-715687fc3439/m_777606.69dd80f3d6b6f.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Developing my first cone 6 oxidation crystal glaze - Anti Lemon +2% black nickle oxide. Sg: 1.5 Application: 4 second dip cone: 6 ox clay: Bmix slipcast This was great. The only thing wrong with it was the crazing. By this point I can fix crazing with a few tests. Knowing it’s about thermal expansion tells me I can fix it easily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/2f1070ec-d294-44a8-940b-add83b0435a7/m_777606.69dd81551d602.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Developing my first cone 6 oxidation crystal glaze - Make it stand out Here is a little mogg close up for you https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/03ef0d77-864c-467e-98af-b70cb68a536a/m_777606.69f3e8db8d14c.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Developing my first cone 6 oxidation crystal glaze - Anti Lemon test #2 SG: 1.5 application: rolled in for about 4 seconds cone: 6 ox Clay: bmix Easy claps, gents. No crazing, no tidi, no lithium carb, nerf or nothin’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/edcd9244-ea70-4435-86b7-b7aa71d4b596/m_777606.69f3e9ff77fed.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Developing my first cone 6 oxidation crystal glaze - Make it stand out This was only with a 20min hold at 1800f. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/messing-with-stains-part-1-mason-stain-6097 monthly 0.5 2026-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/7817d6c4-d5b5-4555-a551-2006c0e32634/Screenshot+2026-03-08+at+15-29-43+6097+-+Red+Mason+Stain+Industrial+Minerals+Co.png Earth Nation Blog - Messing with stains (part 1 Mason stain 6097) - Note: Food safty This is an encapsulated stain. Encapsulation (or inclusion) means the cadmium pigment is coated with a zirconium silica shell, which prevents the cadmium from interacting with the glaze. How? I don’t know. The process? I don’t know. Does this make it food safe? I Don’t KNOW! I do know the FDA cares about lead and Cadmium in glazes. Some of these stains do have Cadmium in them but are still supposedly food safe. I want to be clear here. I am not saying these types of stains are or are not food safe. These tests are just me playing with it in a base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/a14a3b83-0e0b-4074-83db-c85e72b822f0/IMG_20260329_161321.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Messing with stains (part 1 Mason stain 6097) - Phase B + 15% red 6097 Clay: B-mix slip cast SG 1.5 application: 3 second dip cone: 6 ox with 30 min hold at 1800f Note: I put it in a phase separation base hoping i would get color other then red but I think I put too much stain. If you look closely you can see tiny little bubbles forming in the glaze. I do not know if this is because I put too much stain in or something else. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/726defce-394b-459a-912c-9d5b7c5f998a/IMG_20260329_161311.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Messing with stains (part 1 Mason stain 6097) - Make it stand out Another picture of the same glaze but with a 5 second dip. Everything else the same. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/calcium-cone-6-liner-glaze-part-1-crystal monthly 0.5 2026-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/2100ea66-abf2-4235-8b29-2777c273bfb7/m_794012.69e56e9e3ada6.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Calcium cone 6 liner glaze part 1 (crystal?) - Calcium liner glaze 1 SG: 1.48 3-4 second dip clay: porcelain cone: 5 (hot) Notes: Had some luck with this even though it’s under fired. I think I just made a semi matt glaze. This has about 0.5 calcium in the UMF. I like it but I do not call these “crystals” in the way that we think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/a62fd498-ae21-45ee-8013-ae2673d5de07/m_794012.69e56eed8c840.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Calcium cone 6 liner glaze part 1 (crystal?) - Make it stand out Close up of last pic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/2635171c-5d19-462b-b148-0a1914c1595d/m_726904.694b1cda90d2c.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Calcium cone 6 liner glaze part 1 (crystal?) - Bristol test 2 Admittedly…. I’m bad at Bristol glazes. The only reason I am doing one is because I saw that Old Forge has a calcium crystals Bristol glaze and that means it can be done this way. His had low silica and alumina with a Bristol effect. Very little boron. The glaze I made came out fine ( I did not copy his recipe, I take pride in not trying to copy other people) but no crystals . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/852f438a-abcc-4acd-b34d-350f30250657/IMG_20260413_154638.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Calcium cone 6 liner glaze part 1 (crystal?) - Make it stand out Wait…… Did I do it or are those just “matt crystals”…….I CAN’T TELL BY LOOKING AT THEM! that’s the problem! I would not have been able to see these without the back ground color. I also put it in a bowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/82429db3-26d6-4a31-a227-366aa84eb5b3/m_695320.69dd8360270b1.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Calcium cone 6 liner glaze part 1 (crystal?) - Matt crystal 3 Application: poured in for about 3 seconds SG 1.5 cone : 7 ox clay: IMCO porcelain It is crazed to all hell but you can see it too right? https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/im-into-crystal-glazes-now monthly 0.5 2026-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/f3c0bb8a-423e-43ff-983e-ffa900823cce/m_563439.681d06c75ec53.jpg Earth Nation Blog - I’m into crystal glazes now ( Tenmoku gold rework) - Newten 7 (7th try) SG 1.5 Cone 6 ox Frost porcelain clay 4 second dip Look at how many yellow spots I'm getting. Over nucleated . Lets look at another one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/39703108-fe17-4cf8-9163-6d5eac8c35c3/m_563439.67b3ec70909cb.jpg Earth Nation Blog - I’m into crystal glazes now ( Tenmoku gold rework) - Newten 1 Still so many yellow crystals even with a dark back ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/894de036-cdb1-495c-bb42-abff3c246824/m_563439.6802f2be09d6b.jpg Earth Nation Blog - I’m into crystal glazes now ( Tenmoku gold rework) - Newten 6 On the 6th try I upped the metal flux high enough for the glaze to melt. I worried that the glaze was not getting a fully melt. But now I only have crystals in the lower melty part. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/b8352f40-7dfd-4acf-ab08-0865824e69b9/m_563439.6840dfcf285fb.jpg Earth Nation Blog - I’m into crystal glazes now ( Tenmoku gold rework) - Newten 7 + 3% Titanium dioxide. 3% was just enough to kill off the crystals, making them more visible . Notes: In almost all crystal glazes I have made the TIDI kills crystals. Allowing them to spread out and grow more or at least making them visually distinct. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/19e40486-9496-4f63-89a9-4e393b072ef3/m_695320.68eea1e8c06ba.jpg Earth Nation Blog - I’m into crystal glazes now ( Tenmoku gold rework) - Matt crystal base +1% black copper oxide SG: 1.5 Application : 4 second dip Clay : B-mix with grog Cone : 6 ox . I already had a semi matt base, the TIDI pushed it in to the Matt region of the stull chart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/92a25b36-ccf6-4947-ae23-f79db871bf19/m_695320.68eea229be1d7.jpg Earth Nation Blog - I’m into crystal glazes now ( Tenmoku gold rework) - Matt crystal glaze + 1% black copper ox SG: 1.5 Application : 4 second dip Clay : B-mix with grog Cone : 6 ox Viscosity tuning + 4 drops of epsom salt solution per every batch. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/bismuth-part-3-a-closer-look monthly 0.5 2026-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/d01051c0-ebc2-4f5f-b8e8-6d9326e0543f/Red+lotus+zenith+Sg+1.35+cone+6+oxidation+4+second+dip+x+10+close+up.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Bismuth Part 3 (A closer look) without https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/811caae0-375d-44b6-8ae6-a7db517431b2/Red+materia+cone+5.5+big+kiln+4+layers+burshed+sg+1.4+x+10.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Bismuth Part 3 (A closer look) with https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/e7e17b3a-efe1-4001-801f-fd365de4fdf2/IMG_20260212_143001.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Bismuth Part 3 (A closer look) see the little bubbles? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/351cbf71-64ea-43ea-b86b-2aca6c999279/IMG_20260212_142942.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Bismuth Part 3 (A closer look) more bubbles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/0f68b188-5c76-4b41-93c1-0e9e7a0773af/IMG_20260212_142937.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Bismuth Part 3 (A closer look) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/e03c57c7-393f-40c0-8d36-d399dbc11f56/IMG_20260212_142948.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Bismuth Part 3 (A closer look) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/060038e5-cfd2-49d2-a953-fffa2dc25ba5/IMG_20260212_143025.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Bismuth Part 3 (A closer look) Work boots swag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/ead0d39a-79d6-469e-8a65-a1b257eb9f84/1000066862.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Bismuth Part 3 (A closer look) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/f72ab147-a4e2-4268-bef5-2e04ed80b198/1000066857.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Bismuth Part 3 (A closer look) bubbles under the microscope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/0abcd21a-a774-4756-80e9-0fbda6de5e9b/1000066856.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Bismuth Part 3 (A closer look) bottom of the cup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/6c90cc71-438c-46d0-a627-b8f84e798cb5/1000066860.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Bismuth Part 3 (A closer look) wall of the cup https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/new-semi-matt-green-glaze-in-development-gargomon monthly 0.5 2026-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/63bd8d47-02c1-4d21-9136-1a2c093c9e56/Screenshot+2025-09-20+at+20-17-33+Gargomon+DigimonWiki+Fandom.png Earth Nation Blog - New green glaze in development (Gargomon) - That’s right, Another Digimon name. That’s right, Another Digimon name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/f85dbaba-77d7-4093-923b-b5ffdf7ce0b5/IMG_20250918_100331.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New green glaze in development (Gargomon) - Gargomon test 1. Semi matt base + 4% black copper oxide. SG: 1.5 temp ^6 ox clay: b-mix with grog Application : 5 second dip on top/ 3 second tip on bottom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/0fc2c05c-a0af-4d63-bd9e-940f3cbdabff/IMG_20250920_090432.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New green glaze in development (Gargomon) - Same test tile Ok, well…. We can’t have this. 20 hours with a little lemon slice on top. Not good. I have never had this happen before throughout all of the glazes. I assume amount of copper is too much. Next test we lower the copper to 3%. Once we get within acceptable ranges we are going to start playing with the color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/0efaa20d-8f29-4624-b658-8349f605564c/IMG_20251118_093926.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New green glaze in development (Gargomon) - Donte’s phase base + 0.75 chrome ( now renamed Gargomon green) Application: 4 second dip Clay: bmix with grog Sg: 1.45 cone: 6 ox Viscosity tuning: none needed Notes: Good thing about this glaze is that is has great phase separation, bad news is it’s thickness sensitive. To think. it was as simple as less then 1% chrome in a good base…. All that work and leaching for it all to turn in to such a simple recipe. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/playing-with-bismuth-in-cone-6-part-2-my-apology-to-bismuth monthly 0.5 2026-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/fa4b7e60-6463-4f7d-a2cd-985ca299230d/m_693607.68f82e565adc9.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 part 2 (my apology to bismuth) - BZ SG: 1.4 Clay: bmix Application : 4 second dip Cone : ^5 ox ( small kiln) Noes: Notice anything? I have been working with this type of glaze for a long time (oxidation iron reds, not bismuth) My theory is that iron reds are just crystal glazes in disguise. See the little clumps of dots? That’s the red. But look at how clean that glaze line is…. Little to no movement…. Stiff…. Some would say. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/4835b0ce-0389-4c26-ac4b-20ec2b53f115/m_693607.68f82ec42ae04.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 part 2 (my apology to bismuth) - BZ SG: 1.4 Clay: bmix Application : 5 second dip Cone : ^5 ox ( small kiln) Notes: Still no movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/4f4d9e6f-1831-42ec-9d83-7d9c4c69c7eb/Red+lotus+zenith+cone+6+ox+SG+1.3+.+3+second+dip.++Close+up+.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 part 2 (my apology to bismuth) - Make it stand out See it? The iron crystals in my usually recipes are not stars, they are streaks. This is normal for me. I can get the color red all day every day from cone 5-7. I could not figure out how to make the iron take round form instead of streaking or crying like this. Here, lets take a look at some more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/9b74243e-a73b-4104-9b72-7603f27b5b98/IMG_20250820_102718.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 part 2 (my apology to bismuth) - Make it stand out Iron Streaks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/d8604c6f-4852-4ec5-91d9-ba160f0de730/Red+lotus+cone+6+hot+ox+on+porcelain.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 part 2 (my apology to bismuth) - Make it stand out Still a little streaky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/13ec5688-7642-409e-a496-c9e47ac7300d/IMG_20251225_084714.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 part 2 (my apology to bismuth) - Donte's Red materia See he iron circles? No streaking ! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/fd1f442e-3d99-4c7d-b93e-d7d5ab79098c/IMG_20251225_084759.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 part 2 (my apology to bismuth) - Donte's Red materia Application : 5 second dip SG 1.3 clay: b-mix slip cast cone : 6 ox Viscosity tuning: none https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/307984a7-544e-459a-96ad-74c902f40360/IMG_20251225_084729.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 part 2 (my apology to bismuth) - Make it stand out A closer look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/b5086329-b49c-4a13-b0dd-0879f0e573e1/IMG_20251225_084551.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 part 2 (my apology to bismuth) - Donte's Red materia on b-mix tile Application : 3 second dip SG 1.3 clay: b-mix slip cast cone : 6 ox Viscosity tuning: none https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/bdcbd1a3-8129-45ba-bdb5-eb0610a36bc7/IMG_20251225_084557.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 part 2 (my apology to bismuth) - Make it stand out Do you see how the iron bursts are now round? Take a closer look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/6c361259-48ff-4aa4-8d3a-84a96fe75fc4/Red+materia+test+%232+cone+6+ox+thick+piece+SG+1.3++light+.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 part 2 (my apology to bismuth) - Make it stand out Less crystal nucleation, still getting stars instead, not streaks. Imagine a bunch of little crystals like this together at cone 5…… spoiler alert… it was the first test tile you saw in this blog ;) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/e0f6259b-eb81-4ece-b7b1-aa847f394449/IMG_20260106_092415.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 part 2 (my apology to bismuth) - Make it stand out Donte’s red materia on recycles clay. 4 layers, cone 5.5 in large kiln. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/ff094c99-bee1-405c-99ca-cf1987a9ea5d/IMG_20260106_114606.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 part 2 (my apology to bismuth) - Make it stand out Super close up of Donte’s red materia on porcelain clay. Cone 6 ox. 3 second dip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/9f342f3b-86e0-408b-a472-032512293e9d/Donte%27s+Palmon+green+on+red+clay+cone+6+ox+.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 part 2 (my apology to bismuth) - Make it stand out Donte’s palmon green. Sg 1.45 . 3 second dip. recycled clay. cone 6 ox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/9c728ba3-9d2b-47d2-89ae-2b3f69c56ec8/IMG_20260122_145022.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 part 2 (my apology to bismuth) - Make it stand out Same glaze on dragon fruit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/17608b19-0b3a-447a-b0d7-7ea5734e88ee/IMG_20260122_145045.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 part 2 (my apology to bismuth) - Make it stand out Look closer. You see that?! See the little crazing! I have used this glaze on this clay body before and it has never crazed like this. The problem with crazing is that it’s insidious. You would have never known adding a little bismuth changed the thermal expansion so slightly that is caused crazing because the color of the glaze itself is in the way. You need to look very very close to even know it’s there. This is less of a problem with bismuth and more of a warning. Do not just add 2-4% bismuth by weight and assume it’s all good. It will change things and you ought to note these changes closely. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/glaze-calculator-confusion monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/af5808a9-5b9a-4248-aeb4-a8051bc0ce1b/Screenshot+2025-12-05+at+16-21-28+laogai+green+Glazy.png Earth Nation Blog - Glaze calculator confusion - Make it stand out Laogia green for cone 6 ox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/9fd26381-df66-442c-8c54-a8c338040231/l_138032.606fe46ec3b56.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Glaze calculator confusion - Make it stand out Laogia green on a bmix bowl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/3793d6bd-ebf6-465c-8e9e-44fe437cca8b/Screenshot+2025-12-05+at+16-22-24+laogai+green+Glazy.png Earth Nation Blog - Glaze calculator confusion - Make it stand out The molar amounts for the Laogia green recipe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/9ca63aad-2f56-49d9-96a8-ff36a4ddacd9/sdfvedv.png Earth Nation Blog - Glaze calculator confusion - Make it stand out The for Laogia green from the Ceramic Materials Workshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/0dcfaa45-9a03-4ff6-a9cc-a8e811a0e2c9/Screenshot+2025-12-05+203434.png Earth Nation Blog - Glaze calculator confusion - Make it stand out 1/3 of CMWs chemical analysis for each mineral as of 2025. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/playing-with-bismuth-what-are-you monthly 0.5 2026-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/e31a8562-6906-4dec-a6a3-d46bdaa7ab5c/IMG_20251201_130912.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 glazes prt.1 (What are you!) - Make it stand out Page 25 from The potters dictionary by Frank and Janet Hamer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/63cebf8b-3f39-47fc-9b5c-67f8ba96debb/Screenshot+2025-11-09+at+15-44-37+Recipe+Calculator+Glazy.png Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 glazes prt.1 (What are you!) - Make it stand out Only this different is the Yellow iron oxide. Original recipe has Red iron oxide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/7b78ec14-4990-492a-97d2-316192872630/IMG_20251101_160941.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 glazes prt.1 (What are you!) - Van Gilders Kaki Red +2% bismuth oxide Cone 5 SG: 1.3 Application: 5 second dip Clay : bmix Notes: little to no change. Keep in mind I have my own version of this glaze that usually has Gerstly borate. This one does not have as much as my version. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/c763a1dc-c429-490d-831b-a4cdf99c62b0/IMG_20251101_160944.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 glazes prt.1 (What are you!) - Van Gilders Kaki Red + 2% bismuth Cone 5 SG: 1.3 Application: 3 second dip Clay : bmix Notes: had to test a 3 second dip just to make sure. Still nothing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/a112efbb-7263-46bb-8b47-162619a5e3ed/IMG_20251101_160946.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 glazes prt.1 (What are you!) - Van Gilders Kaki Red + 5% bismuth oxide Cone 5 SG: 1.3 Application: 4 second dip Clay : bmix Notes: I see a little red now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/ec8201f0-da98-46d5-b00b-0889af122e66/IMG_20251101_160949.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 glazes prt.1 (What are you!) - Van Gilders Kaki Red + 8% bismuth oxide Cone 5 SG: 1.3 Application: 5 second dip Clay : bmix https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/13681862-7efe-445b-8913-a0970609e177/IMG_20251101_160956.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 glazes prt.1 (What are you!) - Van Gilders Kaki Red + 8% bismuth oxide Cone 6 SG: 1.3 Application: 5 second dip Clay : bmix I retested it and held it at cone 6 for 10min. Now we see red but not the kind I like. Usually If i fire a glaze hotter or it reacts better with more heat, I can tell it needs more flux or lower silica and alumina levels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/55d944db-6da8-4cc7-926a-9a06d953a86f/l_670235.68b0c905d0abf.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 glazes prt.1 (What are you!) - Red XIII Cone 6 ox Application : 4 second dip SG: 1.32 Viscosity : not tested mostly stable. Notes: good glaze tbh, I just never use it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/f9be976f-6d6a-4a15-9aec-8f16542f8c3c/l_670235.68b0ca2563e25.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 glazes prt.1 (What are you!) - Red XIII on dragon fruit Cone 6 ox Application : 4 second dip SG: 1.32 Viscosity : not tested Clay: dragon fruit mixed with blue porcelain. mostly stable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/544e4818-53d8-41c7-b844-a4982f35eaa7/l_670235.68b0c95ccbd8c.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 glazes prt.1 (What are you!) - Red XIII Cone 6 ox Application : 2 second dip SG: 1.32 Viscosity : not tested clay: b-mix tile mostly stable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/4f246a6a-8b66-4416-a080-ebdf3e8790dd/l_693607.68f82e565adc9.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 glazes prt.1 (What are you!) - Red XIII + 11% bismuth SG: 1.4 Clay: bmix Application : 4 second dip Cone : ^5 ox ( small kiln) Do you see the color shift? and if i’m not mistaken I see…. crystals? over nucleated but still, way more iridescent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/430cd348-610f-4295-aa84-d649442f0cbf/l_693607.68f82e91c249c.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 glazes prt.1 (What are you!) - Red XIII +11% bismuth SG: 1.4 Clay: bmix Application : 3 second dip Cone : ^5 ox ( small kiln) Notes: Ignore the word lotus, I mixed up the tile. This is Red XIII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/97192c10-d5b5-4d7c-a0c6-3b8185e04a61/l_693607.68f82ec42ae04.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Playing with bismuth in cone 6 glazes prt.1 (What are you!) - Red XIII + 11% bismuth SG: 1.4 Clay: bmix Application : 5 second dip Cone : ^5 ox ( small kiln) https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/new-glaze-greymon-v2 monthly 0.5 2025-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/d2561e38-a5d5-4642-9d05-e39b7ea23118/Screenshot+2025-08-11+at+15-00-01+Greymon+Glazy.png Earth Nation Blog - New glaze (Greymon V.2) - Greymon v.1 Greymon v.1 on frost porcelain - 4 coats - Sg 1.4 - cone 6 ox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/db49efe2-5ac4-4e8b-9abb-f76c6026d2b5/m_307741.63edc139d5e69.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New glaze (Greymon V.2) - Greymon v.1 on Dragon fruit clay from IMCO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/6be76a30-c1f7-4d03-a688-b61b504e5a7f/m_307741.63edc57e16c70.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New glaze (Greymon V.2) - Greymon v.1 on recycled clay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/4f9e7bc3-9875-489c-938c-de51e87aee39/Screenshot+2025-08-11+at+14-59-01+Greymon+Glazy.png Earth Nation Blog - New glaze (Greymon V.2) - Make it stand out The recipe to Greymon v.1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/54c9e89e-a2be-46ca-a4fa-cfcce2070f42/Screenshot+2025-08-11+at+14-59-31+Greymon+Glazy.png Earth Nation Blog - New glaze (Greymon V.2) - Greymon v.1 Clay: Frost porcelain Application: 2 second dip Sg: 1.2 Cone 6 ox (25 min hold at 1700f) Thissssssss was the result that other people were getting. People were either getting crawling or just brown. The problem with this is that the glaze likes to be thick. Too thick and it will crawl. Too thin and it wont yield the colors we are looking for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/90ca09cd-8260-46f3-af1d-3f1e20231bf9/Screenshot+2025-08-11+at+15-23-13+Greymon+Glazy.png Earth Nation Blog - New glaze (Greymon V.2) - Make it stand out Clay: Frost porcelain Clay: Frost porcelain Application: 3 second dip Sg: 1.4 Cone 6 ox (25 min hold at 1700f) For the next test I wanted to see how high we would take the SG and application. I bumped it up by 0.2 Sg and 1 more second of application. Oh good! we got it! That’s what we wanted. Lets make a triple batch of it at 1.4 Sg and apply it on 2 Porcelain cups for a 4 second dip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/69440625-ec6a-42af-afc7-972b18b1d39a/processed_IMG_20250811_122133.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New glaze (Greymon V.2) - Greymon v.1 … CRAP!. That’s not even close to the original color, that’s brown. Clay: Frost porcelain Clay: Frost porcelain Application: 4 second dip Sg: 1.4 Cone 6 ox (25 min hold at 1700f) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/967e81f3-25de-44b8-81e6-dbb81104b2e6/processed_IMG_20250811_122123.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New glaze (Greymon V.2) - Greymon v.1 Oh great… Now we have crawling and the color is just turning brown Clay: Frost porcelain Clay: Frost porcelain Application: 5 second dip Sg: 1.4 Cone 6 ox (25 min hold at 1700f) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/3f37dfce-feb9-46c8-9d8e-faae0072bfb6/processed_IMG_20250730_112643.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New glaze (Greymon V.2) - Greymon V.2 Oh, this glaze fucks. It is stable, reliable, easy to make, works on different clay, it just fuuuuuuucks. Sg: 1.4 cone 6 no holds or slow cool Application : 4 second dip Clay: B-mix slip cast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/b418ff16-fc65-4b0b-aaae-658fb2e376ac/processed_IMG_20250730_105011.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New glaze (Greymon V.2) - Greymon V.2 on IMCO porcelain (carved) The main thing that seems to change with application here is the amount of yellow. If the temp it a little higher the yellow decomposes. This means any holds or slow cools will get you less yellow. You can also control that with application though. Sg: 1.4 cone 6 no holds or slow cool Application : 3 second dip Clay: IMCO porcelain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/57e01211-06bc-4016-8814-0e3af3d5e540/processed_IMG_20250730_110330.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New glaze (Greymon V.2) - Greymon V.2 Sg: 1.4 cone 6 no holds or slow cool Application : 3 second dip Clay: AMACO white chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/fbcff31a-449f-4b6a-81ef-4208c6193065/processed_IMG_20250730_112234.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New glaze (Greymon V.2) - Greymon V.2 Sg: 1.4 cone 6 no holds or slow cool Application : 3 second dip Clay: AMACO milk chocolate and dark chocolate mix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/2fc6ee04-ab88-4e49-b51f-c1a5c551b779/Screenshot+2025-08-11+at+15-45-34+Donte%27s+Greymon+%28Zenith%29+Glazy.png Earth Nation Blog - New glaze (Greymon V.2) - greymon V.2 Sg: 1.35 cone 6 (30 min hold at 1800f) Application : 3 second dip Clay: IMCO porcelain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/ef578714-ade2-4b88-95bd-31a1223beae1/Screenshot+2025-08-11+at+15-46-01+Donte%27s+Greymon+%28Zenith%29+Glazy.png Earth Nation Blog - New glaze (Greymon V.2) - Greymon V.2 Sg: 1.4 cone 6 (30 min hold at 1800f) Application : 3 second dip then a 2 second dip from the half way up point. Clay: IMCO porcelain https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/a-good-clear-glaze-for-cone-56-oxidation-recipe-test-examples-included monthly 0.5 2025-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/d1268c22-d4a0-4aff-99d8-d46818b16311/Screenshot_20250529-102805.png Earth Nation Blog - A good clear glaze for cone 5/6 oxidation. (Recipe + test examples included) - Make it stand out I want to make something clear (lol) here. This is not my recipe. This recipe was developed by Tony Hansen, I got it from Digital fire, it’s just been working really well for me. I can no longer find the recipe as Digital fire is such a deep website. But I want to make sure credit is given. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/919745d5-52b5-4c5d-841a-03630ff5fe50/Screenshot_20250529-102820.png Earth Nation Blog - A good clear glaze for cone 5/6 oxidation. (Recipe + test examples included) - Make it stand out The glazy UMF and extended UMF. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/ab17b94e-8ec4-4824-bdae-8e1b11dabc67/IMG_20250529_083216.jpg Earth Nation Blog - A good clear glaze for cone 5/6 oxidation. (Recipe + test examples included) - Transfer test: Digital fire clear cone 6 ox with an Elan transfer (applied in the greenware phase) 2 coats brushed on in the bisque phase. Fired to cone 6 ox. The tan glaze on top is coastal blue from Clayscapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/60075460-59e4-4919-834f-2575615e557d/IMG_20250527_102859.jpg Earth Nation Blog - A good clear glaze for cone 5/6 oxidation. (Recipe + test examples included) - This is how it looked in the bisque right after I glazed it. You can’t even see the image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/99280449-cf18-4fd6-b48b-ea2d16f5ca4d/IMG_20250529_083427.jpg Earth Nation Blog - A good clear glaze for cone 5/6 oxidation. (Recipe + test examples included) - Undergalze test: D igital fire clear cone 6 ox on frost porcelain. On the right, a fish that has black underglaze applied and whipped off. 2 coats brushed on in the bisque phase. Fired to cone 6 ox. The three lines, rom left to right are: 1, 2, and 3 coat of underglaze brushed on before applying the clear glaze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/ebff4224-db34-4ea5-bb3f-42f266cd4ba1/IMG_20250529_083444.jpg Earth Nation Blog - A good clear glaze for cone 5/6 oxidation. (Recipe + test examples included) - Glaze Writing test: Digital fire clear cone 6 ox on frost porcelain.2 coats brushed on in the bisque phase. Fired to cone 6 ox. From let to right: 1,2, and 3 coats applied with a laze pin tool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/e9b85b49-994b-4cfc-a3d1-73774e028544/IMG_20250527_093615.jpg Earth Nation Blog - A good clear glaze for cone 5/6 oxidation. (Recipe + test examples included) - The test tiles before applying the clear glaze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/044010b2-9955-486e-a539-a15bcf58b409/IMG_20250529_081027.jpg Earth Nation Blog - A good clear glaze for cone 5/6 oxidation. (Recipe + test examples included) - Digital fire clear cone 6 ox with black under glaze applied in the greenware phase. This one was interesting because it was the only test where I did sgrafito and just poured the glaze in. No brushing. It seems the laze will turn a little more opaque when applied to thick. Somewhere around 4 - 5 layers it will start to get cloudy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/bda154e8-9a34-4c2a-854b-280226e8c0b0/IMG_20250527_102740.jpg Earth Nation Blog - A good clear glaze for cone 5/6 oxidation. (Recipe + test examples included) - A picture of the plate before being fired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/772f2db8-29c2-4560-b185-fadd205f2faf/IMG_20250604_114856.jpg Earth Nation Blog - A good clear glaze for cone 5/6 oxidation. (Recipe + test examples included) - Make it stand out This is a porcelain bowl with mocha diffusion applied to it. Then a coat of this clear. I double dipped the top. See it? see the cloudy part where i double dipped? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/50796267-02ac-46ef-8a0e-6c0d9b199aba/IMG_20250604_114838.jpg Earth Nation Blog - A good clear glaze for cone 5/6 oxidation. (Recipe + test examples included) - Make it stand out This is a second bowl with the same technique. The double dip at the top is very obvious. You can see the line where I doubled up. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/viscosity-tuning-part-2 monthly 0.5 2025-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/444bdca1-27a5-43e3-9a51-fcdd848ec9cd/processed_IMG_20250530_151834.jpg Earth Nation Blog - What causes crawling in pottery? - Low S.G high Viscosity This is a previous line test with varying specific gravity. The S.G is relatively low but I added about 10 ml of Epsom salt solution in each one. See the cracking? guess what happened to most of them…. fired to cone 6 ox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/2a95b35c-4cf8-4dfc-aad7-08b7c978c847/processed_IMG_20250606_190437.jpg Earth Nation Blog - What causes crawling in pottery? - Results All of them crawled. It’s pretty obvious by the cracking we can see on application that this was going to happen. fired to cone 6 ox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/cbc4f167-8e5e-4303-b1a0-e354c1ec1061/l_636604.684b8005606ee.jpg Earth Nation Blog - What causes crawling in pottery? - Greymon v 2 Application: 3 second dip 1.4 S.G b-mix slip cast tile cone 6 30 min hold at 1800f Darvan added glaze good, color bad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/0eec3bc6-5ccc-40a4-8bd2-56ca11671c89/l_636604.684b805d93506.jpg Earth Nation Blog - What causes crawling in pottery? - Greymon v 2 Application: 4 second dip 1.4 S.G b-mix slip cast tile cone 6 30 min hold at 1800f Darvan added We can start to see some color in the glaze. I want that yellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/46fd0d8d-e36d-499e-8aaa-82261e5b361e/l_636604.6868192bc536f.jpg Earth Nation Blog - What causes crawling in pottery? - Greymon v 2 Application: 4 second dip 1.34 S.G b-mix slip cast tile cone 6 -30 min hold at 1800f Darvan added https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/1d4cbe0d-c0b2-4cda-83d5-c892365a2437/l_636604.68681990ed680.jpg Earth Nation Blog - What causes crawling in pottery? - Greymon v 2 Application: 3 second dip 1.34 S.G b-mix slip cast tile cone 6 - 30 min hold at 1800f Darvan added The difference between a 3 and 4 second dip is large to me. I see way more color in the above tile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/9bd95e80-1386-448c-b714-da83f6ea9ae5/l_636604.68681a3761f8d.jpg Earth Nation Blog - What causes crawling in pottery? - Greymon v 2 Application: 4 second dip 1.4 S.G b-mix slip cast tile cone 6 - 30 min hold at 1800f oh yeah. now were getting somewhere. It ran but that’s normal as I often overlap on the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/7fe5f9a6-6434-4828-9489-d12f6aa0fd6c/l_636604.686819f511223.jpg Earth Nation Blog - What causes crawling in pottery? - Greymon v 2 Application: 3 second dip 1.4 S.G b-mix slip cast tile cone 6 - 30 min hold at 1800f Almost perfect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/0edb9251-a599-45d2-904e-f9b6da2defa7/l_636604.68681ad013173.jpg Earth Nation Blog - What causes crawling in pottery? - Greymon v 2 Application: 3 second dip 1.34 S.G b-mix slip cast tile Added 10 ml of Epsom salt solution. That is the color I want. And at a lower S.G? Maybe next time I should add 3 ml or so of epsom salt solution while keeping the S.G at 1.35. You will note that this was the tile that had a little bit of cracking on application. the crawling happened just as we assumed it would. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/12339118-7bae-43fc-a144-7110bac65c38/l_636604.68681b13eea05.jpg Earth Nation Blog - What causes crawling in pottery? - Greymon v 2 Application: 4 second dip 1.34 S.G b-mix slip cast tile Added 10 of Epsom salt solution. Dear god look at that crawling. And with only 1 more second of application than the above tile. soo much worst. Note that this was the side of the tile that had more cracking on application. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/viscosity-tuning-glaze monthly 0.5 2026-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/143b2628-6a58-4024-b184-f5f6a44a0c30/processed_IMG_20250609_144318.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Tuning viscosity in glaze (thanks, I hate it) - ACC(?) on a redstone clay body. 5 Layers brushed on 1.4 Specific gravity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/e0cf3d67-a121-4f8d-aab4-2ea049cb82c0/processed_IMG_20250609_144303.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Tuning viscosity in glaze (thanks, I hate it) - ACC(?) Dipped for 3 seconds 1.4 Specific gravity Ignore the little bubbles, I assume it’s just oxygen escaping the pours of the glaze when applied. It will not hurt the glaze and is of no concern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/7b56c41d-3f0b-43bb-8445-4456077c011f/processed_IMG_20250609_134431.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Tuning viscosity in glaze (thanks, I hate it) - Red Lotus (clayscapes recipe) 4 second dip 1.3 Specific gravity Viscosity 18 seconds with a zhan #2 cup Do you see the cracking? even with lower specific gravity aka more water in the glaze? This is because I added sodium solution to this one. Effectively increasing the velocity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/1b228b53-0774-40d4-8831-cb19f616c044/processed_IMG_20250609_144252.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Tuning viscosity in glaze (thanks, I hate it) - Red Lotus (clayscapes recipe) 5 second dip 1.3 Specific gravity Viscosity 18 seconds with a zhan #2 cup The cracks got even bigger with a 5 second dip! Still have sodium solution added to the glaze) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/e4daf8df-2bc1-4590-99bc-db84dff2fe03/processed_IMG_20250609_144336.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Tuning viscosity in glaze (thanks, I hate it) - Ancient Greymon This is my personal version of the crystal glaze I developed. 4 second dip 1.25 specific gravity No cracks so far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/c5330b25-ceb7-4f26-ac37-53b50e02610f/processed_IMG_20250609_144240.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Tuning viscosity in glaze (thanks, I hate it) - Red Lotus (clayscapes version) 2 second dip 1.3 Specific gravity Viscosity 18 seconds with a zhan #2 cup Ok, so the cracks got smaller…. that’s good. but it doesn’t solve my problem. I need to test this thing out at 1.4 - 1.5 specific gravity. But we can see here that thickness and velocity does effect the cracking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/78f73246-e73e-4198-b2c5-251bf44fd5be/processed_IMG_20250609_190905.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Tuning viscosity in glaze (thanks, I hate it) - Red Lotus (clayscapes recipe) The tile on the left is the new batch while the right is the cracked batch that had Epsom salt solution and Darvan 7. I even raised the specific gravity up by 0.1 (which is that I wanted to test in the first place) All I wanted was a way to test Red lotus or Ancient greymon at 1.5 specific gravity…. of course were still going to fire all of these tests. One thing I have learned though, If the viscosity of a glaze or application is too high the glaze cracks. There seems to be a correlation between these cracks and crawling. I do not think one causes the other, but its’ not helping it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/c971ce8b-3b76-43b1-bb40-b859a526a56c/IMG_20250613_125024.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Tuning viscosity in glaze (thanks, I hate it) - ACC(?) on a redstone clay body. 5 Layers brushed on 1.4 Specific gravity Forced to cone 6 ox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/3add5caa-31b9-4fe5-aecb-b20ddc344b44/IMG_20250612_104133.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Tuning viscosity in glaze (thanks, I hate it) - ACC (?) Dipped for 3 seconds 1.4 Specific gravity Fired to cone 6 ox See, told you the bubbles would go away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/c83173f1-8489-4e3e-9a26-23547efad8dd/IMG_20250612_104022.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Tuning viscosity in glaze (thanks, I hate it) - Red Lotus (clayscapes recipe) 4 second dip 1.3 Specific gravity Viscosity 18 seconds with a zhan #2 cup Fired to cone 6 ox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/9a9c8a2b-d46e-43ac-a19f-6aba8b46d22f/IMG_20250612_103707.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Tuning viscosity in glaze (thanks, I hate it) - Ancient Greymon This is my personal version of the crystal glaze I developed. 4 second dip 1.25 specific gravity Fired to cone 6 ox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/23b7669f-cd18-46e3-ad83-32eab1f250dd/IMG_20250612_103301.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Tuning viscosity in glaze (thanks, I hate it) - Red lotus Zenith 3 second dip 1.4 specific gravity Fired to cone 6 ox This one has no viscosity tuning whatso ever; his is a new batch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/03fd16d9-0ce8-4779-b615-44cdbf85af85/IMG_20250612_103240.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Tuning viscosity in glaze (thanks, I hate it) - Red lotus 2 second dip 1.3 specific gravity Viscosity measured with a zhan #2 cup = 18 seconds This is the most surprising one by far. Tuned in with epsom salt solution and darvan 7 (I was going back and forth). A little cracking on application. Weirdly enough this tile turned out great. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/lets-talk-about-clay-bodies-and-absorption monthly 0.5 2025-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/0fd9ede3-8281-4d8d-94a6-30cb8e94a918/metal+garurumon+on+porcelain+cone+6+hot+bowls+4.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Lets talk about clay bodies and absorption + Hypothesis - Metal Garurumon cone 6 ox on porcelain Bowl 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/b190b359-12ad-4b5e-8f25-b3ea09fd2c9d/metal+garurumon+on+porcelain+cone+6+hot+bowls.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Lets talk about clay bodies and absorption + Hypothesis - Metal Garurumon on porcelain Bowl #2. Same kiln different bowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/7e643f38-c249-422d-a9be-44704e65dc2b/metal+garurumon+on+porcelain+cone+6+hot+bowls+5.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Lets talk about clay bodies and absorption + Hypothesis - Metal Garurumon on porcelain Bowl #2 (back) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/db1a583d-a65c-4a1b-a2d1-eb42a58e7e92/metal+garurumon+on+red+clay+cone+6+hot+ox.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Lets talk about clay bodies and absorption + Hypothesis - Metal Garurumon on red clay Notice even on different clay its still damn near the same color. Bowl #3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/a0308031-f804-42ae-b369-7d62ac50c744/metal+garurumon+on+DF+cone+6+hot.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Lets talk about clay bodies and absorption + Hypothesis - Getting a little louder Metal Garurumon on a dragon fruit clay body with massive texture! Same COLOR, different clay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/1e246395-904c-43a5-9dd1-661c2cbece9b/metal+garurumon+on+porcelain+cone+6+hot+cup.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Lets talk about clay bodies and absorption + Hypothesis - Almost yelling HERE IS THE GLAZE ON A PORCELAIN CLAY BODY WITH A LOT OF TEXTURE. Are you getting what I'm throwing down?! This Is a reliable consistent glaze on damn near everything between cone 5-7. Lets do one more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/788494c0-8043-401a-a860-d88c8cfcd008/metal+gurumon+porcelain+pendant+cone+6+hot.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Lets talk about clay bodies and absorption + Hypothesis - Full on yelling now THIS IF METAL GREYMON ON A Horizontal test TILE Whiteness How consistent IT . IS! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/d3c6aa57-58f9-4971-af16-0493d2f7ca3a/processed_IMG_20250314_120654.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Lets talk about clay bodies and absorption + Hypothesis - Metal Garurumon on a porcelain test tile cone 6 ox. This… keeps happening to me. I have tested about three glazes in this fashion. Reliable, good glazes that I know very well. Almost all of them come out way different on my super thin test tiles rather than and thrown product. Which for me are much more thick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/d83eb769-f47e-4417-a189-ccdc149e7a46/processed_IMG_20250314_110727.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Lets talk about clay bodies and absorption + Hypothesis - Way too thin in comparison to my handmade work. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/why-specific-gravity-is-so-important-to-your-glaze monthly 0.5 2025-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/53b09339-b4f0-4d45-9f0c-4eb9c1770042/Screenshot_20250418-193513.png Earth Nation Blog - Why specific gravity is so important to your glaze. Example. - This is Donte’s Greymon. A cone 6 oxidation phase separation glaze. This glaze is sensitive in that it gets much better color when held at 1800f for 30 min or so and must be a thick application at 1.4 S.G (specific gravity)or around that number. As long as you do the slow cool and use the right S.G it'll work. p.s Do not go below 1.3 S.G if you try this glaze Here is the problem. Most new people who come across recipes mix them with a random amount of water and what people call “the finger test”. They make a glaze and dip their finger in the glaze to see if they can see their hand texture through the glaze. If so it’s thick enough for them. This is Thinking……. A trash way to measure S.G a and viscosity .'; it will only get you so far. If you use S.G and treat the glaze correctly you can get great consistent results from glazes that others swear don't work. Glaze recipes in books you have tried before will have a higher percentage of working and life becomes easier. Here. Let me show you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/c2e31c4c-bdae-4308-837b-76d57c7be09b/IMG_20250110_151437.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Why specific gravity is so important to your glaze. Example. - Greymon on frost porcelain cone 6 ox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/9253f6e5-b909-4b16-a56f-8acc2d2e90b6/IMG_20250226_144946.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Why specific gravity is so important to your glaze. Example. - Greymon on IMCO porcelain cone 6 (hot) ox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/a563b1db-ee60-4b14-bc76-c2ca892c3654/Greymon+cone+6+ox+1hr+hold+at+1800f.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Why specific gravity is so important to your glaze. Example. - Make it stand out Greymon on a b-mix test tile cone 6 ox. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/d566dd86-339a-40ac-a363-b3c51e8e132b/Greymon+%5E+6+ox+on+b-mix+clay+body+%2840+min+hold+at+1800f%29-1.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Why specific gravity is so important to your glaze. Example. - Greymon on IMCO porcelain cone 6 ox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/f6ff625c-2df2-4da6-9485-8fcaf2f81033/IMG_20250418_135418.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Why specific gravity is so important to your glaze. Example. - Donte’s Greymon at 1.3 specific gravity, 3 second dip. This is trash. And it’s only 0.1 off from the density I prefer to use this glaze at. This was fired at cone 6 with no hold. Now let’s take some water out of the glaze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/083d6478-2a96-492e-82d7-52d2d8cccabd/IMG_20250418_135428.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Why specific gravity is so important to your glaze. Example. - This is the same clay as above (frost porcelain). Same kiln load. Fired right next to each other. Dipped for 3 seconds. I treated this tile the same as the one above, the only difference is that I took some water out so that the density of the materials that make the glaze increased in comparison to the amount of water. The only difference is that this tile is 1.4 specific gravity. Less water in the glaze. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/how-to-do-mocha-diffusion monthly 0.5 2025-05-17 https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/glaze-development-this-month-tenmoku-gold-cone-6-ox monthly 0.5 2025-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/262b5d65-d6ba-4727-8542-de4a5d94629d/m_563439.67b3ec70909cb.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Glaze development this month (Tenmoku Gold cone 6 ox) - Name: Newten Gold Specific gravity: 1.4 In my first attempt was replacing the Lithium with Frit 644 ( as I often do) and bringing down the Cornwall stone. The main issue here was the amount of little iron specks. Ill be honest, I do not know if the yellow specks in this type of recipe are a result of iron or magnesium and iron, either way it’s too much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/3fc1e176-6a1c-46e9-854c-0c6aaf793bcb/m_563439.67be20a7eadc3.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Glaze development this month (Tenmoku Gold cone 6 ox) - Name: Newten 2 Specific gravity: 1.4 Took away from the feldspar and added a few grams of Frit 64 to increase the metal flux https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/3bbaab70-5530-4646-a22d-12e3fe69fa47/m_563439.67c75baf39b1d.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Glaze development this month (Tenmoku Gold cone 6 ox) - Name: Newten 3 At this point I noticed that all of the Tea dust type recipes in glaze has suuuuuuuper high alkaline metal flux compared to the rest of the recipe. It was always 0.42:0.66 or 0.4:0.6 So I kept just pumping this number up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/dc5a0e56-7617-4b4f-ba98-cc256131b7a4/m_563439.67cd115f3ac6b.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Glaze development this month (Tenmoku Gold cone 6 ox) - Name: Newten 4 Specific gravity : 1.37 I tested this version of the glaze on both white and red clay. I only came out like this (the picture) on a red clay body. On white not only did it craze but it also had too many specks still. It is at this point that I revert back to my old crystal glaze training ( I may have forgot that Tenmoku Gold is really just an iron crystal glaze) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/a0e0b2c3-89bf-4da6-96f3-7e4425f358ea/m_563439.67fd8bd74e3c1.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Glaze development this month (Tenmoku Gold cone 6 ox) - Name: Newten 5 Specific gravity : 1.37 This was the test where I took the Silica and alumina lower than….. I should have. You can see some crystals in the middle but I clearly went too far. The next step is to increase the amount of Silica ( for the thermal expansion) to lock in the crazing and add a little more iron . I think We will have I by the next test. You can see a good amount of crystals in just the right way I want them in the middle. Our next goal is to make the glaze look like that all over while getting rid of this crazing. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/why-water-volume-in-glaze-matters monthly 0.5 2025-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/750ee2d2-d04e-4404-b561-23c40f39027f/IMG_20241203_102543.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Why Water should be treated as an ingredient in glaze composition. - Make it stand out This is a picture of one of my oxidation red recipes called “ Ancient Greymon”. These are the same clay body, same kiln load, both dipped in the glaze for 3 seconds. Notice the one on the left has 200 ml written on the tile, That's right, One batch of this glaze (around 100 grams) has 200 ml of water. The tile on the left has a standard 150 ml of water in the glaze. The tile on the left, while treated and glazed the same way, has much more water in comparison to the minerals. Notice how much less mineral and color we get as a consequence. This is purely a result of the amount of mineral that coated the tile in comparison to the water it was suspended in. Usually potters would call this specific gravity but regardless of S.G you should always keep track of the mount of water in your glazes and recipes you make. Every glaze is different, there is no one amount of water one must put into all glazes. But if you want consistency it is best you treat water like an ingredient and start keeping the ml per 100g amount in your notes. Doing this will eventually lead you to the concept of Specific gravity: the ratio of the density of a substance compared to the density of another substance (Usually water) . Its kind of like asking “What is the density of my minerals vs the water it’s floating in?” Which is a great question and honestly what you are doing. The tile on the right had a higher density of minerals int he glaze vs the water than the tile on the left. Which is why it received better color overall. This is a great place to start and a powerful tool in the fight for glaze consistency in your practice, and while it’s not the while story, keeping track of the water amount in your glazes is a prime first step. P.S A horrid mistake in the glaze world is to write down a glaze recipe or try one from a book without paying attention to or writing down the amount of water that ought to be used in the glaze. If it is your own creation you can write down your preference and keep notes for consistency. But never give out a recipe without AT LEAST giving an amount of water that ought to be used for the recipe per batch. Any glaze book that does not have this metric is trash. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/testing-iron-purity-in-glazes monthly 0.5 2024-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/09c93f49-e51b-4f4e-9882-aa32efecaec5/Screenshot_20241003-192403.png Earth Nation Blog - Testing Iron purity in Red Iron Oxide. How to do Loss on ignition test. - Make it stand out In the non potter scientific world LOI is used as a method to calculate the organic matter or loss of organic matter in the material, which we do not need in the glaze.. You can read more about it here: https://www.precisa.com/article/what-is-loss-on-ignition-loi/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/9d4e3544-a672-4f72-94f3-40e190e59550/Screenshot_20241003-184551.png Earth Nation Blog - Testing Iron purity in Red Iron Oxide. How to do Loss on ignition test. This is infact the whole reason I moved to Yellow Iron oxide. Iron, for us, usually comes in three colors. Red, Yellow, and black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/d8d8770e-7175-4582-9166-bb8d04ec3fc9/Screenshot_20241003-195733.png Earth Nation Blog - Testing Iron purity in Red Iron Oxide. How to do Loss on ignition test. - Make it stand out Here is a small list of things RIO is used for in the world. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/how-to-make-an-iron-saturated-red-at-cone-6-oxidation monthly 0.5 2026-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/ee6b9abc-0a21-432a-b02a-6b971dd53e78/Screenshot+2024-08-28+at+09-36-07+Donte%27s+Pur+Pur+Rain+Glazy.png Earth Nation Blog - How to make an Iron saturated Red at cone 6 oxidation. Normal glaze recipe. not red whatsoever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/633168fa-0e89-4a98-a2c1-e8f0cfe4281d/Screenshot+2024-08-28+at+09-57-37+Silica.png Earth Nation Blog - How to make an Iron saturated Red at cone 6 oxidation. silica is simple, one thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/21224303-52bf-4bbf-a73d-c1ef5e751efd/Screenshot+2024-08-28+at+09-58-06+Spodumene.png Earth Nation Blog - How to make an Iron saturated Red at cone 6 oxidation. spodumene as a material supplies a few things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/9ac86c76-eecf-4c23-825a-6a613db0952a/Screenshot+2024-08-28+at+09-36-46+Donte%27s+Pur+Pur+Rain+Glazy.png Earth Nation Blog - How to make an Iron saturated Red at cone 6 oxidation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/0aa7d2b7-126c-4e14-8c57-ee7ad51c9923/Screenshot+2024-08-28+at+09-36-23+Donte%27s+Pur+Pur+Rain+Glazy.png Earth Nation Blog - How to make an Iron saturated Red at cone 6 oxidation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/1dc3b1fc-be1e-41b2-9193-4a0e25420567/Screenshot+2024-08-28+at+12-47-57+Donte%27s+Ancient+Greymon+prime+testing.+Glazy.png Earth Nation Blog - How to make an Iron saturated Red at cone 6 oxidation. This one has very small iron crystals but turned brown. it was very stable. It needs more flux, boron, or less silica and alumina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/3bc65508-afa7-45d3-bd75-d6884e1fba51/Screenshot+2024-08-28+at+12-58-12+Rv4+Test+%28low+Mg0+high+Ca0+test%29+Glazy.png Earth Nation Blog - How to make an Iron saturated Red at cone 6 oxidation. This one has great crystals but started to turn yellow. added more iron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/d050b1b9-1710-426c-9265-951c82c67a46/IMG_20240828_132317.jpg Earth Nation Blog - How to make an Iron saturated Red at cone 6 oxidation. This was good but I can see brown. It’s no longer red. I hightened the metal flux. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/df89ddc7-9e5d-4ebe-ae27-535c2c88b71c/IMG_20240829_133925.jpg Earth Nation Blog - How to make an Iron saturated Red at cone 6 oxidation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/c3ba4c4f-a4a6-4eb7-b753-ee517519334f/IMG_20240829_133946.jpg Earth Nation Blog - How to make an Iron saturated Red at cone 6 oxidation. Raising the flux worked. but the edges are turning brown. Had to turn in the specific gravity here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/5b860c74-0d9d-4a0c-b9fe-c039abfd77c7/IMG_20240829_133957.jpg Earth Nation Blog - How to make an Iron saturated Red at cone 6 oxidation. Damn near perfect but still melting a little too much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/65f3f081-d0ad-4ddc-92e1-86460b33bf2e/IMG_20240829_134009.jpg Earth Nation Blog - How to make an Iron saturated Red at cone 6 oxidation. This was a layering test, the left was one coat while the right was 3 coats. Huge difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/11b5cc10-a7cc-41b7-8632-9ac1c8dd1bda/Screenshot+2024-08-28+at+12-16-50+Donte%27s+Red+Riot+%28test+%234%29+Glazy.png Earth Nation Blog - How to make an Iron saturated Red at cone 6 oxidation. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/new-glaze-in-development-garurumon monthly 0.5 2025-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/cc84f8a9-99e6-4869-87b2-3e1286bb00f7/IMG_20240917_085443.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New glaze in development (Garurumon Line) - Ruru 8% - 1% Donte’s base glaze with 8% black iron oxide + 1% black nickel oxide. This could honestly be a glaze on it’s own. While its not what were going for I’ll keep this in my back pocket. This could be a seaweed tenmoku type beat. At this point I am aware the my base glaze has a silica to alumina ratio of 10-11 : 1 so it’s obviously going to come out clear and not matt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/a73a507f-12e6-48ec-a131-45bace00077a/IMG_20240917_085455.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New glaze in development (Garurumon Line) - Backside of test tile. I like the little iron flakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/679e5c15-ee46-4353-8547-b88b7d79d08a/IMG_20240917_085633.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New glaze in development (Garurumon Line) - This is Donte’s base with 8% iron + 3% black nickel oxide. I like this. See where it’s thick you get more of these little iron flakes? That's what I like. This at 3% black nickel oxide. You can clearly see where I double dip the tile. The thicker part is the little iron flakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/510f0ba0-5841-4964-b31f-6a84a80684d0/IMG_20240917_085733.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New glaze in development (Garurumon Line) - The best result so far The best result so far has been this porcelain bowl with the final version of the glaze in this line. 8% black iron ox and 3% black nickel oxide. A very thick application of the glaze was rolled into the bowl and fired. Keep in mind this is one glaze. This is a banger.i think if I reduce the nickel to 2 or 2.5% and increase the temp to cone 6 I can make this happen every time, making a new glaze. What's more is the flux ratio is almost 03:07 and as long as it has no leaking problems in testing I think it’ll make a gret glaze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/71b90943-65a7-498d-9f6c-7a04652bdabc/IMG_20240917_085745.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New glaze in development (Garurumon Line) - Back side of the bowl. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/clean-your-bottoms monthly 0.5 2026-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/1bce9e7d-2c20-40f9-9c0a-708c60fec217/Screenshot_20240803-165348.png Earth Nation Blog - A (very) basic understanding of glaze and glaze running. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/12665d33-606d-4f83-b381-ca26c3d8dd5e/IMG_20240803_121322.jpg Earth Nation Blog - A (very) basic understanding of glaze and glaze running. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/f1c1b914-93bc-4d9e-b260-e3fe5067806a/IMG_20240328_084052.jpg Earth Nation Blog - A (very) basic understanding of glaze and glaze running. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/aca9dbf7-dcf4-496b-9a83-3d0bad6bd51c/images+%281%29.jpeg Earth Nation Blog - A (very) basic understanding of glaze and glaze running. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/fcca8d18-923c-4c26-babb-febe1248be8e/download.jpeg Earth Nation Blog - A (very) basic understanding of glaze and glaze running. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/beba9774-7439-4684-9df7-2b0c2e8988f4/images+%282%29.jpeg Earth Nation Blog - A (very) basic understanding of glaze and glaze running. Stilts: little prongs that hold up the bottom of the pot. Mainly to protect shelves. The piece will still get ruined. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/de7ac54d-b758-457a-a17c-b53c94bb310a/images+%283%29.jpeg Earth Nation Blog - A (very) basic understanding of glaze and glaze running. Wax resist: wax resist is an application tool. Wherever you brush this on before you glaze, the glaze will not get absorbed in to the pot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/67ccec11-9652-4d20-8381-e17eea467150/download+%282%29.jpeg Earth Nation Blog - A (very) basic understanding of glaze and glaze running. cookie : a round small ceramic plate. if your glaze runs it won’t touch the shelve, you’ll just ruin a little slab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/49d47cef-277f-432d-a916-d53f3d248fe3/IMG_20240801_084019.jpg Earth Nation Blog - A (very) basic understanding of glaze and glaze running. Even stilting a piece won’t save the pot. it’ll still get ruined but at least your shelve will be better off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/3fc3a048-c956-470d-9e64-cc0c1123ff9c/IMG_20240801_083540.jpg Earth Nation Blog - A (very) basic understanding of glaze and glaze running. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/b7da1346-d563-4a28-bc6b-5bd15b565ab9/images+%284%29.jpeg Earth Nation Blog - A (very) basic understanding of glaze and glaze running. Advancr shelves: These are silicone carbide shelves that reject glaze sticking to them and are much easier to clean if a run does happen. https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/c6df87af-d4f5-4ec2-98e0-f06dd0c7fa08/playlist.m3u8 https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/c6df87af-d4f5-4ec2-98e0-f06dd0c7fa08/thumbnail Earth Nation Blog - A (very) basic understanding of glaze and glaze running. Earth Nation Blog - A (very) basic understanding of glaze and glaze running. https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/273613a9-ba5d-46b5-a1eb-d91a63d2683a/playlist.m3u8 https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/273613a9-ba5d-46b5-a1eb-d91a63d2683a/thumbnail Earth Nation Blog - A (very) basic understanding of glaze and glaze running. Earth Nation Blog - A (very) basic understanding of glaze and glaze running. https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/514ff704-8ff2-4ffa-b470-5183413bbf0a/playlist.m3u8 https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/514ff704-8ff2-4ffa-b470-5183413bbf0a/thumbnail Earth Nation Blog - A (very) basic understanding of glaze and glaze running. Earth Nation Blog - A (very) basic understanding of glaze and glaze running. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/qco99m9ald5t0aczetu1aatpcu3rlt monthly 0.5 2024-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/77493767-ed3d-4a4d-b9ae-d5ececeaf4fc/images.jpeg Earth Nation Blog - Just before dawn. A.C - This is the stull chart The left y axis denotes how much alumina The right x axis denotes how much silica When you put a recipe into a calculator this will map where you end up on this chart and give you a ration of how much alumina to silica your recipe has in it. This ratio is almost always ?:1 (the 1 being alumina) For example 11:1 is 11 silica (really is groups of silica calles “moles” to every 1 alumina. Alumina is very hard to melt. It melts somewhere above 5,000f . So usually we have much more silica to alumina. The more silica in a glaze usually the more glossy is ends up being an visa versa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/cd57ce03-941e-4a60-b1c0-97c2416633d8/IMG_20240611_090957.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Just before dawn. A.C - Make it stand out This is a relatively matt glaze I developed. It falls under the part of the stull chart that is a little higher and to the left as that's where glazes are predicted to be matt and have less silica. This glaze only has about 8% silica. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/4a62124c-85e4-4061-b44e-ada5db8546cf/IMG_20240619_131217.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Just before dawn. A.C - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/46692a8a-18f5-4333-9bcc-e3747ba69cc6/IMG_20240619_131236.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Just before dawn. A.C - Make it stand out This is the melt, texture, micro crystals, and movement I'm looking for in this glaze….. I just need it to be red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/88cca13c-8334-4aee-88fb-fde58ca3dc59/randy%27s+red+original.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Just before dawn. A.C - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/6976417b-7d9c-401c-8fd8-d1ccf28a36a1/Screenshot+2024-06-23+at+10-54-00+Randy%27s+red+%28original+glaze+recipe%29+Glazy.png Earth Nation Blog - Just before dawn. A.C - Randy’s red original glaze recipe extended umf DOSENT EVEN HAVE PHOSPHORUS IN IT! and it has 0.29 Ca0 in it which is waaaaaay over the CaO, 0.03-0.06 the article states. It is still a very popular red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/4ea9a7cc-0675-499e-b979-73789bb21078/tony.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Just before dawn. A.C - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/9cc6357e-3a9f-4f16-bebc-4b479074a50b/Screenshot+2024-06-23+at+11-05-47+Tony+Hansen+Ancient+Copper+-+Plainsman+Iron+Red+Orange+Glazy.png Earth Nation Blog - Just before dawn. A.C - Tony Hansens red glaze cone 6 ox extended umf Has 0.36 Calcium and .08 phosphorus. Again way over the amounts the article states. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/real-matt monthly 0.5 2024-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/1fdb2d26-5070-4a53-aa09-846a59ad1731/Screenshot_20240803-162926.png Earth Nation Blog - How Matt is Real matt - Make it stand out Where this glaze falls on the stull chart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/6b67d57e-767e-4c02-b6b9-fc8ec4ad44e9/IMG_20240530_134718.jpg Earth Nation Blog - How Matt is Real matt - Make it stand out Revamp #2 base: Base test. The amount of red is fine but I need it a bit lighter. This is too deep red, almost brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/a003bb56-f46a-4ebe-84da-4998f400df5c/IMG_20240530_134749.jpg Earth Nation Blog - How Matt is Real matt - Make it stand out Revamp #2 base glaze + 1% titanium diox. The addition of TIDI usually makes things a bit lighter. ( I have a TIDI addiction) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/140dbc8b-3eff-405b-a03e-55b2429861b9/IMG_20240530_134804.jpg Earth Nation Blog - How Matt is Real matt - Make it stand out Revamp test + 3% titanium diox. Just made it more Matt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/7b448757-f837-4846-9b50-b174d7b6bb8b/IMG_20240530_134827.jpg Earth Nation Blog - How Matt is Real matt - Make it stand out Revamp test #2 + 3% titanium diox + 3% zinc ox This is where is gets interesting. See the color under the Matt surface? The zinc is having a great effect. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/hypothesis-or-no-duh monthly 0.5 2024-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/dc799e83-6ceb-497c-b889-0b068fd8d237/IMG_20240611_090957.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Strong arming zinc (It didn't work) - Make it stand out This is a high alumina / Matt base I made with no zinc. Essentially just iron and an alumina base. Fired at cone 6 ox on a b-mix test tile. It has 0.39 Al2O3 1.69 SiO2 Note: there will almost always be less alumina than silica in a recipe because alumina is so hard to melt in comparison to silica. So the Molar amounts of Alumina in a usual recipe will be something like 0.25 Al203 (Alumina) with something like 2.0 Si02 (Silica). The more Alumina, the more Matt a glaze will usually be in ratio to the silica. This is high in the alumina level. For example the recipe has 28% Epk (a good alumina supplier to a recipe) and 8% silica. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/a0ecaa92-3de1-4ee8-b3f2-36c6d570a8b1/m_407593.6584b3ab28ab0.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Strong arming zinc (It didn't work) - Make it stand out Crystal glazes often have far less alumina and silica than the normal glaze. For example this tester crystal glaze has 0.05 Al2O3 1.75 SiO2 See how much alumina is in this crystal glaze vs the Matt glaze from before? The little bursts of “crystals” your seeing in the glaze are really just bursts of zinc made easily seen by the low amounts of silica and alumina. This glaze has 22% Zinc oxide in it. I wanted to see if I could strong arm these little bursts of crystals by dumping a line test of zinc in the original matt glaze recipe above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/313033d4-5f6b-452a-830d-4c8e2802b7c9/IMG_20240611_091030.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Strong arming zinc (It didn't work) - Make it stand out Same base recipe but with 3% zinc added in. Fired at cone 6 ox on a b-mix test tile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/21089bec-eaa3-435a-a40d-9db5bcbf6d9b/IMG_20240611_091259.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Strong arming zinc (It didn't work) - Make it stand out Same base recipe but with 8% zinc ox. Fired at cone 6 oxidation on a b-mix test tile. The interesting part here is from 3 to 8% the color getting more white is very obvious. You can see the zinc making a shield of white to block out color where it’s not making color. Most of the time putting a high level of zinc (not that this is) in low alumina glazes would result in some type of crystal formation. But here its just blocking out any color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/cdc3bc2c-1c3d-43ae-9fa5-5cdbf2d66f28/IMG_20240611_091311.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Strong arming zinc (It didn't work) - Make it stand out Now here is the kicker - Same glaze with 15% zinc. b-mix with grog test tile fired at cone 6 ox Same base glaze but with 15% zinc ox. Look at the difference between the first and last tile. All from zinc. You can see the zinc on the top of the glaze resulting in the color quality. Just….. deflecting the crap out of any light like a shot gun. You can see instead of the Zinc being exposed to enough heat to burst into little crystals it just melts into the glaze making an opaque coat and diminishing color along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/1718131530032-SHT10JB21XL8TNYKLK49/IMG_20240611_090957.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Strong arming zinc (It didn't work) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/1718131529049-3DW4IZYOS7789URIBZEG/IMG_20240611_091311.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Strong arming zinc (It didn't work) https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/efficaincy-of-glaze-perfect-example monthly 0.5 2024-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/81bd295e-9234-463a-8404-ad6e3779b8e2/IMG_20240705_143029.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Efficaincy of glaze. Perfect example. - This glaze has a whopping 8% lithium in it!!!!. It was developed from a glaze I just threw together while playing with amounts of Mg0 and Ca0.Tha’s wayyyyyy too much lithium. I don’t know how o test for lithium limits outside of a leechability but I'm sure it wouldn't pass the test. And this is my second test. Technicallty there is some Boron in here to a very small amount. I took silica out of the original recipe. The alumina and silica molar amounts here (when put into the UMF) are 0.22 alumina 2.03 silica The glaze looks amazing but it’s too much lithium. It’s costly and inefficient. We start our tests here with 8% lithium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/d68d596c-b48c-47e7-af9a-aa0bf70dd671/IMG_20240705_143244.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Efficaincy of glaze. Perfect example. - Close up of high lithium glaze. Same picture as up above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/699ec125-a0c0-4fef-ab52-a40d29b0fdbb/m_10496.60e8f902ea615.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Efficaincy of glaze. Perfect example. - Van gilders Tenmoku for cone 6 ox has 4% lithium carb. 0.23 Al2O3 2.29 SiO2 A little too much silica. The test turned mostly brown and this is one of the more realistic goo pictures I found on glazy. The recipe from my previous test has less silica and more Lithium.the goal now is to see how low we can get the silica to make lithium and the other fluxes to more work with a lighter load. Picture credit to Robin M MacKay on glazy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/60bc5134-722c-460d-aa73-44fba9fc385a/m_493913.668af01a5cb5b.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Efficaincy of glaze. Perfect example. - This is my glaze reformulated to use less lithium , 4 % in total) by reducing the work load of the glaze by reducing the amount of alumina and silica to levels below .2 (alumina) and 2.0 (silica) 0.17 Al2O3 1.76 SiO2 Immediate success. With the same amount of Lithium as the original recipe I was about to reduce the amount of lithium carb I put into the recipe making the glaze melt at a lower temperature by taking out amounts of alumina and silica. My test is much more red and has way better crystal formation with near the same molar amounts of my previous glaze recipe and van gilders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/023c1679-abd5-44a0-84d2-194c7dded393/m_493913.668c3c1fa25eb.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Efficaincy of glaze. Perfect example. - Of course we have to make sure it’s repeatable. This is test #4 in my line of tests (I did about 8). This time the base recipe had 5% lithium instead of 4% like the last test but the amount of boron was increase to 0.13 molar amount. The other tests (the first picture in this blog) only has 0.4) Boron acts as both a glass former and flux (although it’s not as powerful as dumping lithium carb in) 0.17 Al2O3 1.71 SiO2 Look at that color. More Boron, less silica, 1 more gram of lithium and we have quite a good glaze here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/f74ee35e-6a38-4f90-a841-ca2cebd5ea08/IMG_20240710_103826.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Efficaincy of glaze. Perfect example. - The test here has 1% lithium (we need a base line for lithium carb) 0.22 Al2O3 2.56 SiO2 Clearly brown, even in the best lighting. Next test. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/6160797b-4916-4266-bccb-cd110d5a0736/IMG_20240710_103851.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Efficaincy of glaze. Perfect example. - Same recipe with 3% lithium carb added (3% in total now) 0.22 Al2O3 2.56 SiO2 Got a little lighter but still pretty brown. Let's go to 5%. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/f9983b68-38af-49b9-9dd5-7574aecc93c3/IMG_20240710_103921.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Efficaincy of glaze. Perfect example. - Same recipe with 5% lithium carb. On frost porcelain. 0.22 Al2O3 2.56Si02 Look how much harder the glaze has to work even with 5% lithium (which I still think is too much) just to get a little red and crystalization. I kept the water amounts all between 110 - 120 ml of water. I use Sacramento tap water, it’s the alumina and silica that’s making the glaze work so hard to melt at all if not at the proper cone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/165f31a9-3a49-4c8a-8d38-e9e7fd231022/IMG_20240710_104636.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Efficaincy of glaze. Perfect example. - This is the same glaze as on the porcelain cup above but double dipped from the top half up on a b-mix test tile. p.s: I don’t know how many people follow my work but if you continue to do so remember I almost always dip my tiles once, wait 10 seconds, the dip it again but only the top half. So your seeing less layers on the bottom then the top. This is only for the upright test tiles, not for cups, bowls, functional product. Look how hard it makes the glaze work to produce a good layer of red. Keep in mind this is in direct sunlight so it looks a little more brown in person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/72ff1917-13f1-477a-a9f2-8a4585305950/IMG_20240707_105919.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Efficaincy of glaze. Perfect example. - 0.17 Al2O3 0.13 B2O3 ( I put more boron in this) 1.76 SiO2 4% lithium carb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/7f8ba4a5-3461-4e6b-88a8-f1bae733231a/IMG_20240710_103915.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Efficaincy of glaze. Perfect example. - 0.22 Al2O3 0.14 B2O3 (has a little more boron just to drive the point in) 2.56 SiO2 5% lithium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/8d0bd418-1406-4f70-a693-a22f04bd2941/real+mlting+for+cone+6+starts+about+212+with+.15+-+boron.png Earth Nation Blog - Efficaincy of glaze. Perfect example. - 0.4 alumina : 4.0 silica would be designed to start “ developing at cone 4 0.5 alumina : 5.0 silica would be designed to start “ developing at cone 5 0.6 alumina : 6.0 silica would be designed to start “ developing at cone 6 P.sNotice all of the R20 : R0 rations are 03:07 That's not important for this blog but it is sexy. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/1st-try-growlmon monthly 0.5 2024-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/c8aa84a4-a8f9-41e0-a641-e93c2c85305f/IMG_20240523_154607.jpg Earth Nation Blog - 1st try (Growlmon) - Make it stand out This is the first shot at my red Matt glaze. I call it Growlmon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/e6f7d096-a802-45fc-aeff-8e92f8619aa8/IMG_20240523_153531_090321.jpg Earth Nation Blog - 1st try (Growlmon) - Make it stand out Back of test tile view. See that little orange bit on the bottom left? That's that color I want little more of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/1153e2ce-ce74-471a-80f4-997975f0a950/IMG_20240523_153654_090721.jpg Earth Nation Blog - 1st try (Growlmon) - Make it stand out Growlmon with 1% zinc oxide to see if I can increase the melt. I see no real difference here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/f3bbada3-22a6-4e97-bb0b-838fb1feffd6/IMG_20240523_153646_090522.jpg Earth Nation Blog - 1st try (Growlmon) - Make it stand out Back of test tile with 1% zinc oxide added to original recipe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/f9d3c5be-46e5-4bca-9df7-fe912d376bee/IMG_20240523_153713.jpg Earth Nation Blog - 1st try (Growlmon) - Make it stand out What a great surprise. Added 2% more zinc ox to the last test (making the recipe +3% zinc oxide) and got this. Amazing Greymon like glaze with little metallic Matt looking glaze. I think I'll call it….. Meta Greymon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/0fa25da3-6f79-457b-b5db-44ddf211a9a8/IMG_20240523_153724+%281%29.jpg Earth Nation Blog - 1st try (Growlmon) - Make it stand out Back of test tile really shows the color along with the metallic bits. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/ive-done-it-dontes-redrix-aka-ancient-copper monthly 0.5 2026-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/8acfe913-73fe-4583-90d5-376167b4bd9b/images.jpeg Earth Nation Blog - Making a kaki tomato red for cone 6 oxidation (what it is, what it is not) The stull chart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/0380711b-a8d8-4d05-98ea-decf6f871ce1/m_446650.66158ae017114.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Making a kaki tomato red for cone 6 oxidation (what it is, what it is not) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/92d6ca2f-b8a5-409c-9476-22de23a5a660/m_446650.66158d2d41a15.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Making a kaki tomato red for cone 6 oxidation (what it is, what it is not) I see some thing but nothing close to AC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/a02d89ef-dceb-403f-b0b6-58c0d8cf4803/m_446650.663124b356d9b.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Making a kaki tomato red for cone 6 oxidation (what it is, what it is not) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/fcbdd35c-c645-4bcc-9ab0-65272a50ecdb/m_413121.660c3fe838753.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Making a kaki tomato red for cone 6 oxidation (what it is, what it is not) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/c277af0b-22e6-4d09-afb0-5bd808e265a9/m_397298.6584bd9ae4255.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Making a kaki tomato red for cone 6 oxidation (what it is, what it is not) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/449f0bf9-5799-47a2-b0d1-9def38eb32f3/m_305100.643377bdda8e0.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Making a kaki tomato red for cone 6 oxidation (what it is, what it is not) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/b4e4e721-ebf8-4f5a-9254-94d9f7d510b0/m_489643.667da8e89af9d.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Making a kaki tomato red for cone 6 oxidation (what it is, what it is not) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/420e5f34-23ae-495f-b6f1-1c04c1337410/m_489643.667db05d00eca.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Making a kaki tomato red for cone 6 oxidation (what it is, what it is not) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/45714055-0a13-488e-9886-ca5e230c8cb2/m_489643.6680482e757f7.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Making a kaki tomato red for cone 6 oxidation (what it is, what it is not) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/67ca20d4-1328-49ce-968d-08fce5b87619/Screenshot_20240707-101406.png Earth Nation Blog - Making a kaki tomato red for cone 6 oxidation (what it is, what it is not) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/4f119ef7-efed-4b68-86e1-669a1af2409e/m_493913.6688796ebb758.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Making a kaki tomato red for cone 6 oxidation (what it is, what it is not) This was far more red than anything in that blog I noted earlier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/23e519b1-96a7-4194-ac11-14d73b474908/m_493913.66887e61c449d.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Making a kaki tomato red for cone 6 oxidation (what it is, what it is not) and now we have crystals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/50605889-16f9-4fec-9f01-8a6ef3e69be1/m_493913.66887fd596ce3.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Making a kaki tomato red for cone 6 oxidation (what it is, what it is not) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/5d3cafb4-423e-4b7b-82d5-947679a79a03/IMG_20240707_105628.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Making a kaki tomato red for cone 6 oxidation (what it is, what it is not) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/ff3c1bf2-0f60-491d-8ae4-976c10d6e77a/IMG_20240707_105746.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Making a kaki tomato red for cone 6 oxidation (what it is, what it is not) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/9b20c939-e1a8-4b8b-ac26-42becb359749/IMG_20240707_105844.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Making a kaki tomato red for cone 6 oxidation (what it is, what it is not) https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/r7vhfnuavqljpla489tj0ghyv0e8md monthly 0.5 2024-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/b61ad395-7463-4ba5-8b86-9cee2de6e035/IMG_20240409_103220.jpg Earth Nation Blog - I’m at your neck AC prt 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/789f6f77-d885-43b3-8a38-71fb574f9b1d/IMG_20240409_103233.jpg Earth Nation Blog - I’m at your neck AC prt 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/2ad335af-9a25-4643-a2fe-b5d0fe2593ba/IMG_20240409_103316.jpg Earth Nation Blog - I’m at your neck AC prt 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/482e1315-c42a-40c2-a000-273a94245106/IMG_20240409_103342.jpg Earth Nation Blog - I’m at your neck AC prt 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/5c811d91-3707-4881-8097-3891489d65cd/IMG_20240409_103407.jpg Earth Nation Blog - I’m at your neck AC prt 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/5d7287a6-fd6b-4d12-b521-9b24751cae41/IMG_20240409_103417.jpg Earth Nation Blog - I’m at your neck AC prt 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/e5f9f799-598a-46b9-8ed8-4674549babeb/IMG_20240409_103427.jpg Earth Nation Blog - I’m at your neck AC prt 2 https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/im-at-your-neck-ac monthly 0.5 2024-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/ccc00fd7-9c66-4ef5-ae58-8d34450737d4/IMG_20240401_142906.jpg Earth Nation Blog - I'm at your neck AC - Make it stand out Donte’s Guilmon on porcelain clay. This is as clean as it gets but it is too stable. In order to get AC crystalization I need the glaze to run. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/514ed335-ed95-439c-a468-fdbfa2c518ba/IMG_20240401_142852.jpg Earth Nation Blog - I'm at your neck AC - Make it stand out Donte’s Guilmon on a red stone clay body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/281f0e1e-ebe1-4edc-8ab9-cc5f62931d65/IMG_20240401_142923.jpg Earth Nation Blog - I'm at your neck AC - Make it stand out Donte’s Guilmon on Dragon fruit clay body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/8cfebab1-e0d1-4ca2-942e-1dd92b64649a/IMG_20240402_095812.jpg Earth Nation Blog - I'm at your neck AC - Make it stand out Donte’s Guilmon on stoneware clay body with texture. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/iron-chromate-breakthrough monthly 0.5 2024-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/d60e2e9a-eb81-4963-a2df-af2ba3823ce7/IMG_20240326_085118.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Iron chromate Breakthrough - Make it stand out This test tile (as are almost of my test tiles) is dipped twice. The first dip is all the way down while the second is about half way down to simulate what the glaze would look like if it were either thicker or double dipped. If I get better color this often means I should decrease the amount of water in the recipe. Notice the blue hues while I added no contact or anything of the sort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/108d8116-0aad-4b68-9f7c-06f3e122f91a/IMG_20240326_085710.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Iron chromate Breakthrough - Make it stand out - Back of test tile- Notice the hues of blue I'm getting just from 2-3% of the glaze. I forget how much work iron truly does in a glaze. Iron, in the right amounts, can make anywhere from green to blue to red, yellow, and so on. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/living-through-minimal-mineral-history monthly 0.5 2024-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/1711124455957-201EKM0K6RNSW76VLO3K/Screenshot_20240322-085129.png Earth Nation Blog - Living through minimal mineral history https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/1711124464566-DANG9KL2U8L5NB3UZLYH/Screenshot_20240322-085145.png Earth Nation Blog - Living through minimal mineral history https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/1711124482651-3MI4FVJ0YM3ZR8SG4VTQ/Screenshot_20240322-085213.png Earth Nation Blog - Living through minimal mineral history https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/1711124495104-ZS5JE7PR33VBT4MRO9N2/Screenshot_20240322-085252.png Earth Nation Blog - Living through minimal mineral history https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/0fd65e27-1971-4417-ade1-b0fb18301bd9/IMG_20240401_135529.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Living through minimal mineral history - Make it stand out Real Randy's red on a porcelain clay body. Original recipe. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/iron-chromate-line-test monthly 0.5 2024-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/d589bc9d-e3dd-4a4f-8344-cf2a6d4f4dc4/IMG_20240306_162726.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Iron chromate line test - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/3a365c01-d40e-481e-9482-a4d6d93dca2c/IMG_20240306_162954.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Iron chromate line test - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/c5f2088f-db2e-4b76-be1e-a72cb17124d8/IMG_20240306_163138.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Iron chromate line test - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/bd536a51-88a1-469e-8a4c-f13289ba83cf/IMG_20240306_163233.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Iron chromate line test - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/c567be0a-e64c-465d-b94c-0b21c1f1b724/IMG_20240306_163321.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Iron chromate line test - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/the-silicone-line-test monthly 0.5 2024-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/05c4a5b5-ab13-4165-82ff-8eb8dcd08c19/IMG_20240119_123805.jpg Earth Nation Blog - The Silicone line test - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/94e4095a-bedc-48fe-82ef-af3aa9744745/IMG_20240119_123840.jpg Earth Nation Blog - The Silicone line test - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/d86ddb41-f29b-4fe6-8e76-0c6b5bc5452b/IMG_20240119_123905.jpg Earth Nation Blog - The Silicone line test - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/3dd9ebc4-43b3-41b0-8e00-58768476da21/IMG_20240119_123927.jpg Earth Nation Blog - The Silicone line test - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/7295f3dc-7ebb-4a47-88ea-6531637c723d/IMG_20240119_123951.jpg Earth Nation Blog - The Silicone line test - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/8deb3f8f-8c3d-4ff3-a505-8600307d3f33/IMG_20240119_124159.jpg Earth Nation Blog - The Silicone line test - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/leaving-red monthly 0.5 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/8df236dc-9f59-48b4-992f-0a6034e929b4/Screenshot+2023-08-22+at+15-12-56+gara+-+Google+Search.png Earth Nation Blog - Leaving red - Make it stand out Gara of the sand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/4c158d12-6a67-41e8-989d-30e3e337f729/Gara+red+on+redstone+%5E6+ox+hold+40+min+at+1800f%281%29.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Leaving red - Make it stand out Gara’s red on porcelain. You can see the left over Y.I.O I was talking about. This will often not happen with R.I.O https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/998b124b-f008-4b5a-b8b3-2a026d8cd857/Garas+red+on+porcelain+2.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Leaving red - Make it stand out Gara’s red on porcelain. It has great stability even with texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/849858b2-afb9-48c4-8e3b-5de9978945fe/Gara+red+on+red+clay+body.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Leaving red - Make it stand out Gara’s red on redstone. Strangely enough it turns a little more red on a red clay body. I imagine this is because the iron in the natural clay enhances it. Notice the breaking lines are black instead of yellow on a red clay body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/7cf2ba11-be30-495f-a446-077d32cebe74/IMG_20230408_115537.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Leaving red - Make it stand out Gara’s red on red stone. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/searching-for-a-red-part-3 monthly 0.5 2023-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/bfa06627-2afe-4708-af7e-10abc2e3a253/Gara+red+hold+at+1800+f+%28+revision+of+red+jacket%29+b-mix+clay+body.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Searching for a red part 3 - Make it stand out Image 1 is Gara red at cone 6 ox with a 1 hour hold at 1800f . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/560a6600-c9a2-4388-a0ee-d2b42e3cad52/IMG_20230215_121853.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Searching for a red part 3 - Make it stand out Image 2 is Gara red reformulated to work at cone 6 with .15 boron. 1 hour hold at 1800f on a white clay body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/7e761f86-7172-4f03-8d25-40c996d2ebfe/IMG_20230215_121824.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Searching for a red part 3 - Make it stand out Image 3 is Gara red reformulated to work at cone 6 with .15 boron. 1 hour hold at 1800f on a red clay body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/656f466f-02cd-46dc-acba-ceea1d121fdf/IMG_20230215_121740.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Searching for a red part 3 - Make it stand out Image 4 is Image 1 is Gara red at cone 6 ox with a 1 hour hold at 1800f on a white test tile. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/finally-a-good-red monthly 0.5 2026-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/26d38d5d-9643-4cb5-8a45-54f3b5bb4418/red+jacket+30+min+hole+at+1800F+1.3+sg+lidded+jar.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Finally a good red - Make it stand out Image 1: Red jacket original recipe 40 min hold at 1800F in ox on a jar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/1d90b900-f270-41be-afd0-3e72e3f81f58/red+jacket+30+min+hole+at+1800F+1.3+sg+outside+bowl.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Finally a good red - Make it stand out Image 2: Red jacket original recipe 40 min hold at 1800F in ox on a bowl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/c4f51261-b78c-4d96-b53c-bd3591dbf9cd/IMG_20230105_151727.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Finally a good red - Make it stand out image 3: Red Jacket revised on a b-mix clay body with the 40 min hold in oxidation at 1800f https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/7fb5cb7b-10f6-4d5f-925f-9e98bcdcb211/IMG_20230105_151745.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Finally a good red - Make it stand out image 4: Red Jacket revised on a b-mix clay body with the 40 min hold in oxidation at 1800f https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/106a744c-c09a-4985-9089-0b5e70be15f3/IMG_20230105_151804-01.jpeg Earth Nation Blog - Finally a good red - Make it stand out image 5: Red Jacket revised on a red stone clay body with the 40 min hold in oxidation at 1800f https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/new-glaze-alert-dontes-greymon monthly 0.5 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/b3a3852b-4d6d-4f6f-b0e2-3f2beae0bbd0/m_111429.5fda7cc47c515.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New Glaze alert (Donte’s Greymon) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/ef0e44a6-0869-4f8a-824c-5f8b98d99d83/IMG_20230215_115358.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New Glaze alert (Donte’s Greymon) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/5aec9e99-d4da-482f-97af-23a39456d2a9/every-greymon-form-in-digimon.png Earth Nation Blog - New Glaze alert (Donte’s Greymon) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/dd08fd5a-3089-45d1-bbc5-af2e6464bfa1/IMG_20230215_114914.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New Glaze alert (Donte’s Greymon) - Make it stand out Greymon on b-mix medallion test tile. This really shows how well it can do even on a flat texture. Blues, yellow, clear brown with breaking on the edges. Fantastic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/ed609f10-c92c-4071-ba93-7a6cb4b711a7/IMG_20230215_114610.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New Glaze alert (Donte’s Greymon) - Make it stand out Greymon on a dragon fruit clay body (mostly porcelain) Notice it turns a bit blue where it pools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/39f99b27-67a7-46ce-87a4-d7644e5e6e1c/IMG_20230215_114659.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New Glaze alert (Donte’s Greymon) - Make it stand out Greymon on a redstone clay body. held at 1800f for 1 hr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/054ce780-e8e0-4e12-b25e-5cf2339ec6cd/IMG_20230215_114727.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New Glaze alert (Donte’s Greymon) - Make it stand out Greymon on a recycled clay body mixed with dragon fruit. I thought the little spots were pitting but they are just the texture of the clay coming through the glaze. held at 1800f for 1 hr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/cad6890d-78bd-4208-a2ef-93a0ebbe03d8/IMG_20230215_114831.jpg Earth Nation Blog - New Glaze alert (Donte’s Greymon) - Make it stand out Greymon on bmix clay body. very good representation of the glazes color on different lvls of texture. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/in-search-of-red-prt-2-the-lithium-problem monthly 0.5 2023-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/7aeb2e69-48c5-4500-bcf5-1d4754c184ff/red+jacket+30+min+hole+at+1800F+1.3+sg+lidded+jar.jpg Earth Nation Blog - In search of red Prt. 2. (The lithium problem) - Make it stand out Red jacket with lithium carbonate, credit recipe to Joseph Brazda- Recipe : https://glazy.org/recipes/68659 B-mix w/ grog at cone 6 ox with a 30min hold at 1800F. With an extra stroke of glaze after drying phase. Pic 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/42dbd957-515f-4768-bb74-5277a79521f0/red+jacket+30+min+hole+at+1800F+1.3+sg+bowl.jpg Earth Nation Blog - In search of red Prt. 2. (The lithium problem) - Make it stand out Red jacket with lithium carbonate, credit recipe to Joseph Brazda- Recipe : https://glazy.org/recipes/68659 B-mix w/ grog at cone 6 ox with a 30min hold at 1800F. Pic 2 (outside of bowl) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/fefe0652-110c-4c12-89fd-2e58f5f29367/red+jacket+30+min+hole+at+1800F+1.3+sg+2+inside.jpg Earth Nation Blog - In search of red Prt. 2. (The lithium problem) - Make it stand out Red jacket with lithium carbonate, credit recipe to Joseph Brazda- Recipe : https://glazy.org/recipes/68659 B-mix w/ grog at cone 6 ox with a 30min hold at 1800F. Pic 3 (inside of bowl) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/49ff3e5d-e6b8-4421-9472-017c06634e0c/IMG_20230105_151626.jpg Earth Nation Blog - In search of red Prt. 2. (The lithium problem) - Make it stand out This pot is on the same clay body, and the rim was dipped a second time to see if it could yield more red. There was no significant change in color with the extra layer, but it had a far more constant red than the original Red Jacket with lithium carbonate. Of course I tested this glaze on more than just this one pot. The glaze is very consistent with very little to no run. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/13475f62-e0a8-4bc7-87c0-bfa08366202d/IMG_20230105_151804-01.jpeg Earth Nation Blog - In search of red Prt. 2. (The lithium problem) - Make it stand out Red jacket revised on a red stone clay body. Cone 6 ox with 30 min hold at 1800F. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/be701b4f-4aab-4a08-a4d1-17249f6f0cff/IMG_20230105_151809.jpg Earth Nation Blog - In search of red Prt. 2. (The lithium problem) - Make it stand out A look of the inside of the red stone cup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/026f0d35-fe07-4e99-9511-76c853137c02/IMG_20230105_151726.jpg Earth Nation Blog - In search of red Prt. 2. (The lithium problem) - Make it stand out Textured mug with red jacket revised. Cone 6, 30 min hold at 1800F. This had a fantastic consistency. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/uv52vn7gkkc4u54yb40qiir5566sv0 monthly 0.5 2022-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/41c8fc0e-a6f1-42b6-9438-34349b43635e/IMG_20221231_012948.jpg Earth Nation Blog - In search for a true red - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/58b36904-34a3-43bd-b1b7-1c93970d672d/red+jacket+30+min+hole+at+1800F+1.3+sg+lidded+jar.jpg Earth Nation Blog - In search for a true red - Make it stand out Red jacket with lithium carb. 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Blending glaze? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.earthnationceramics.com/blog/van-gilders-crocus-martis-experiments-in-cone-6-oxidation monthly 0.5 2022-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/2f7c89d0-feda-4790-be2e-73c1838c3fac/IMG_20220217_121407.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Van Gilders Crocus Martis experiments in Cone 6 Oxidation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/18f2231d-c126-4deb-9be4-d8cd4aef2e34/IMG_20220217_121426.jpg Earth Nation Blog - Van Gilders Crocus Martis experiments in Cone 6 Oxidation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e044726bada7c55a6d8e2f0/3b89eabf-5b05-4ad1-b201-cade8a6ba5ab/IMG_20220217_121441.jpg Earth Nation Blog - 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