Low Fire Commercial Glazes   by KilnGoddess

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Welcome to the Kiln Goddess' Clay Pit of Low Fire Commercial Glazes

Open up any clay and pottery supply catalog and you are greeted with a huge collection of low fire glazes to choose from. This is great to have so many to choose from but what glaze should you pick? This lens will hopefully help you wade thru the sea of color and glaze choices so you can find the one that will be perfect on your creation.

If you woulds like to submit a glaze review please scroll to the 'Glaze Review' section towards the bottom of the page.

This is a growing lens, one day I hope to have it be a great resource for clay artist and teachers using commercial glazes.

Laguna Black Gloss/ EM-1131 Cone 06 

Brand: Laguna
Glaze Name/ #: Black Gloss/ EM-1131
Color: Black...tends towards Blue tinge where thin
Texture: Gloss
Clay applied to: Stan's Red
Cone Range: 06
Cone Fired: 06
Kiln Type: Electric
User Likes: A very black black where normal thick, worked well with other Laguna Glazes especially Maroon /EM-1008 and Blue Teal /EM-1116

Laguna Golden Aspen/ EM-1004 Cone 06 

Brand: Laguna
Glaze Name/ #: Golden Aspen/ EM-1004
Color: Translucent Dark Amber
Texture: Gloss Crackle
Clay applied to: Stan's Red
Cone Range: 06
Cone Fired: 06
Kiln Type: Electric
User Likes: Lovely crackle where thick, refracted light within the crackle very prettily.

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Laguna Teal Blue/ EM-1116 Cone 06 

Brand: Laguna
Glaze Name/ #: Teal Blue/ EM-1116
Color: Opaque Basic Medium Blue(not very tealy)
Texture: Gloss
Clay applied to: Stan's Red
Cone Range: 06
Cone Fired: 06
Kiln Type: Electric
User Likes: A nice stable color worked well with Laguna Gloss Black/EM-1131

Laguna Maroon /EM-1008 Cone 06 

Brand: Laguna
Glaze Name/ #: Maroon /EM-1008
Color: More of Fushia than Maroon
Texture: Gloss
Clay applied to: Stan's Red
Cone Range: 06
Cone Fired: 06
Kiln Type: Electric
User Likes: A nice color worked well with Laguna Gloss Black/EM-1131. Lighter pink where thin. 2 or 3 coats are a must.

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Laguna Super Clear/EM-1050 Cone 06 

Brand: Laguna
Glaze Name/ #: Super Clear/EM-1050
Color: Translucent Melted Marshmellow
Texture: Gloss Crackle
Clay applied to: Stan's Red
Cone Range: 06
Cone Fired: 06
Kiln Type: Electric
User Likes: Not what I expected from a glaze called Super Clear but it is nice over a textured surface becoming milky in the lower parts of the texture or where thick.

Laguna Sherwood/EM-1155 Cone 06 

Brand: Laguna
Glaze Name/ #: Sherwood/EM-1155
Color: Green
Texture: Gloss
Clay applied to: Stan's Red
Cone Range: 06
Cone Fired: 06
Kiln Type: Electric
User Likes: A nice darker tree green, very usable

Low-fire Glazing Books on Amazon 

Surface Decoration for Low-Fire Ceramics: Underglazes & Glazes * Maiolica * Slip Trailing * Grafitto * Terra-Sigillata * Photo Decals * Overglaze Enamels( A Lark Ceramics Book)

Surface Decoration for Low-Fire Ceramics: Underglazes & Glazes * Maiolica * Slip Trailing * Grafitto * Terra-Sigillata * Photo Decals * Overglaze Enamels( A Lark Ceramics Book)

by Lynn Peters

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Amazon Price: (as of 10/12/2008)
List Price: $24.95

Low Fire: Other Ways To Work In Clay

Low Fire: Other Ways To Work In Clay

by Leon Nigrosh

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Amazon Price: (as of 10/12/2008)
List Price: $22.95

Cone 04: Low Fire Pottery

Cone 04: Low Fire Pottery

by Charles A. Gillespie

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Amazon Price: (as of 10/12/2008)
List Price: $9.95

Electric Kiln Ceramics: A Guide to Clays and Glazes

Electric Kiln Ceramics: A Guide to Clays and Glazes

by Richard Zakin

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Amazon Price: $29.69 (as of 10/12/2008)
List Price: $44.99

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Exploring Electric Kiln Techniques

Exploring Electric Kiln Techniques

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Amazon Price: (as of 10/12/2008)
List Price: $28.95

Laguna Alabaster White/EM-1002 Cone 06 

Brand: Laguna
Glaze Name/ #: Alabaster White/EM-1002
Color: White
Texture: Gloss
Clay applied to: Stan's Red
Cone Range: 06
Cone Fired: 06
Kiln Type: Electric
User Likes:A nice stable gloss white, needs 3 coats for full coverage

Laguna White Satin/EM-1142 Cone 06 

Brand: Laguna
Glaze Name/ #: White Satin/EM-1142
Color: White
Texture: Dry Matte
Clay applied to: Stan's Red
Cone Range: 06
Cone Fired: 06 and 04
Kiln Type: Electric
User Likes: Not sure if I like this, it kinda reminds me of fired kiln wash but not quite as dry.

I decided to fire this glaze a bit higher than suggested. Since I bisque at ^04 I placed a glaze test in with my greenware. I like the surface of this glaze much better at cone 04. The surface became a bit more buttery and smoother, it is a much better glaze at ^04.

Glaze Review 

Have a commercial glaze you'd like to review please post it here. Here is the the info I'll need:

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Have a photo of a test tile, a pot or sculpture featuring that glaze please post your link to the image and I'll include a link to your portfolio(please post link to portfolio if not the same) on this lens if you allow me to use that image in your glaze review.

Reviewer Link List 

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The Kiln Goddess is an artist/potter. She loves working in clay as well as metals, mosaics, and nearly all mediums she tries. She especially loves wheel throwing and...  more
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