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Glaze Lab

Discover glazing in our GlazeLab. Here we brew up our own Studio Glazes and this is where we experiment with rock and glass to come up with new materials for the ceramic skin.

So even if you still think of glaze as a layer of paint (yikes!), we welcome you to our GlazeLab to find out it is far from that. Understanding glazing will improve your ceramics and work proces. Take out some time to widen your knowledge and grow awareness of the minerals that we use. Getting familiar with a glaze’s characteristics and potentials is key to good glazing.

Our Glazes

Lynette’s Opal

Glaze Lab

Finish: Gloss/Iridescent
Transparency: Semi Transparant
A personal favourite. As expected we got some very fun, fluid and soft glazes.
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Studio White

Glaze Lab

Finish:  High Gloss
Transparency: Transparant
This mixture is a very forgiving white glaze, creamy and brilliant… Will accept underglazing applied over to produce a type of Majolica effect
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Cork

Glaze Lab

Finish: Semi Matte
Transparency: Opaque
Warm, medium brown with a pleasingly soft finish.
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Kittens Clear

Glaze Lab

Finish:  High Gloss
Transparency: Transparant
We call it the bullet proof. It’s clear, thin works, thick works, overfire, underfire, hard to get this clear wrong.
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Vals Torquoise

Glaze Lab

Finish: Gloss
Transparency: Semi transparant
Always a big favorite and handles well even with haphazard application.
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Heath Iron

Glaze Lab

Finish:  Semi Gloss
Transparency: Semi Opaque

Deep red/black with lighter red coming through.

Glossy if thick, more orange peel if medium

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Tin White

Glaze Lab

Finish: High Gloss
Transparency: Semi Opaque
A nice, glossy white glaze that works good on both light and dark clays. Good for Majolica. May run if applied thickly
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Strontium Blue

Glaze Lab

Finish:  Semi Gloss
Transparency: Semi Opaque
Tends to run, especially when combined with other glazes. Must be applied thickly to get best color results. On stoneware the color shifts towards green.
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Sea Foam

Glaze Lab

Finish: Semi Gloss
Transparency: Opaque
tends to run especially when applied thickly
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Celadon Green

Terra Color

Finish:  Gloss
Transparency: Opaque
Pale green, matt to glossy glaze. Reddish, matt brown beige in a thin layer. From 1230 ° C and with thick layers, pale green with craquelure.
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Matte White

Terra Color

Finish: Matt
Transparency: Opaque
White matt, covering glaze with a smooth surface. Doesn’t run off. Even application is advantageous.
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Amaryllis

Terra Color

Finish:  Satin
Transparency: Opaque
Satin-gloss, wine-red glaze with fine, light effects. The higher the firing temperature, the more enhanced the effect.
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New Bronze Matte

Terra Color

Finish: Silky Matt
Transparency: Opaque
Satin to matt antique bronze glaze with golden precipitations. Uniform bronze effect in the lower firing area, crystal formation at higher temperatures.
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Gallena Effect

Terra Color

Finish:  Satin
Transparency: Opaque
Shiny silver metallic with a mirror look. In a thicker layer with dark segregations with antique effect.
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Blue Marble

Terra Color

Finish: Silky
Transparency: Opaque
Delicate grey-blue, matt precipitation glaze. Double, overlapping application advantageous. Can crystallize in the glaze slip if stored for a long time.
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Matte Black

Terra Color

Finish:  Matte
Transparency: Opaque
Matt anthracite black with a fine effect surface. From 1240°C semi-matt with slight metal effect separation.
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Transparant

Terra Color

Finish: Glossy
Transparency: Transparant
Glossy, colorless glaze with very good color rendering of pigments, decorative colors, etc.
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China Red

Terra Color

Finish:  Glossy
Transparency: Semi Opaque
Shiny China red. Normal to thick application advantageous. Transparent in thin stock.
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Cherry red

Terra Color

Finish: Glossy
Transparency: Opaque
Shiny, intense red glaze. Can contract if layer is too thick.
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Dromedary

Terra Color

Finish:  Matte
Transparency: Opaque
Effective beige with a satin finish. At 1250°C in two layers bright with matt crystalline precipitates.
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Meadow Green

Terra Color

Finish: Semi Matte
Transparency: Opaque
Matt to semi-matt soft grey-green. At 1250°C in two layers bright with matt crystalline precipitates.
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Marcasite

Terra Color

Finish:  Glossy
Transparency: Opaque
Silky gray with brown spots. Uniform gray with a slight bluish cast in the thicker layer.
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South Pacific

Terra Color

Finish: Silky
Transparency: Opaque
Silky matt to matt, iridescent blue. From 1250°C, there is a tendency towards a dark blue, satin-gloss surface.
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Potpourri

Terra Color

Finish:  Glossy
Transparency: Opaque
Effective red with a light iridescent surface that is emphasized with thicker application. Particularly attractive when applied in different thicknesses.
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Grace

Terra Color

Finish: Glossy
Transparency: Opaque
Glossy, delicate turquoise green with light iridescent eliminations when applied thickly. Apply thicker.
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Saturite

Terra Color

Finish:  Silky
Transparency: Opaque
Matt reddish brown with shiny, thicker black secretions. Overlapping, thinner basting is beneficial.
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Tuquoise Ice

Terra Color

Finish: Glossy
Transparency: Opaque
Brilliant turquoise blue with pale segregations creating a lively surface.
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Solar orange

Terra Color

Finish:  Glossy
Transparency: Opaque
Brilliant, intense orange with yellow to red play of colour. If applied thinly and the temperature is too high, the glaze can burn out blackish! Optimum firing range: 1180 – 1230°C.
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