Well, I just got my latest batch of glazed test tiles back. Always exciting. Remember, they’re a batch of old glazes that I got from Minneapolis potter Emily Murphy. They were all made with the same clear base glaze, with a colorant added to each batch. This round was fired in a cone 10 reduction kiln… as that’s what Emily told me they were originally mixed made for! So here they are “before” the firing…

And after… sadly, I kinda like them better before the firing?! Is that so wrong?…

Glaze #1 – clear base with 2% ivy green

Glaze #2 – clear base with 4% celadon

Glaze #3 – clear base with 6% deep salmon

Glaze #4 – clear base with 4% saturn orange

Glaze #5 – clear base with 6% bright purple

Glaze #6 – clear base with 6% violet

Glaze #7 – clear base with 6% titanium

Glaze #8 – clear base with 2% jade green

Glaze #9 – clear base with 6% dark purple

Glaze #10 – clear base… with nothing added!!!

So now I have a whole ‘nother batch of test tiles to brood over. None of them knocked my socks off. But the more I keep looking at them, I might be started to like a few of them. They do seem very stable. So I’m not giving up on them yet…