I found Amaco Potter's Choice glazes that fire to cone 6 in the Nasco catalog. I wanted to test how the glazes look and react to the three Highwater clay bodies I am using: Desert Buff, Brownstone, and P-5 Porcelain.
To make test tiles I threw bowls without bottoms and sliced them into individual tiles. I set them out to dry in the driveway:
Glazing the test tiles was a long process, and I thank my lovely "studio assistant" Mrs. Merrell for spending time to help with the glaze work. The test tiles would be the first firing of the new kiln, and after a few struggled attempts at wiring the kiln, it was up and running!
The result was a lovely range of glaze colors:
Firing #1 was a success!
To make test tiles I threw bowls without bottoms and sliced them into individual tiles. I set them out to dry in the driveway:
I chose 8 glazes, so in order to have all the glaze combinations I needed 64 tiles of each clay body. In total, 192 test tiles!
Glazing the test tiles was a long process, and I thank my lovely "studio assistant" Mrs. Merrell for spending time to help with the glaze work. The test tiles would be the first firing of the new kiln, and after a few struggled attempts at wiring the kiln, it was up and running!
The result was a lovely range of glaze colors:
Brownstone Clay
P-5 Porcelain Clay
Desert Buff Clay
Firing #1 was a success!