Low Fire Glaze Recipes

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Welcome to the Kiln Goddess' Clay Pit of Low Fire Glazes. This lens is no way finished but I was getting so many visitors to my empty, unpublished placeholder lens I felt I needed to put up something while I worked on completing it. So happy glazing....

Low Fire Glazing 

Low fire glazing is a great way to get bright colors as the excessive heat of a high fire kiln eats away at the coloring potential of oxides, stains, underglazes, and glaze. Low fire does have its drawbacks. It is not as durable as higher fire work and more porous. Many advances in glaze chemistry has increased the pallet of colors and textures that are acheivable to low fire clay artists.

Low Fire Glazes 

Glazes - Cone 04-06
The Clayart archived posts on low fired glazes.
Earthenware Glazes (1000°C to 1150°C)
Three recipes
Programmable Low-fire Glaze Recipes
Cone 04 glazes
Augusta State University Glaze List-PDF
Mostly cone 06-04 glazes
C/04 Green Glazes
A pottery blog featuring a series of green cone 04 glazes, photos and recipes included.

Great Low Fire Glaze Books on Amazon 

Electric Kiln Ceramics: A Guide to Clays and Glazes

Great Book. Very complete. Highly suggested for all clay artist using an electric kiln.

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Exploring Electric Kiln Techniques

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Majolica Glazing 

Majolica Overview
A look at majolica by Linda Arbuckle, complete with glaze recipes.
Cone 06-04 Base Glaze
A discussion and recipe for Majolica.
Majolica & Lowfire Recipes
From Linda Arbuckle

Great Majolica Books on Amazon 

The New Maiolica: Contemporary Approaches to Colour and Technique (Ceramics)

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Raku Glazing 

Cone 06-08 Raku Glazes
Mary Humphrey's Raku Glazes from Michigan Mud 2005
Gary R. Ferguson Raku Glaze Recipes
Three pages of Recipes
Raku Glazes
Six Raku recipes
Raku Glazes
Four Raku Glazes used by potter John Lockett

Great Raku Books on Amazon 

Raku: Investigations into Fire

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Fired Up with Raku: Over 300 Raku Recipes

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Helpful Resources 

Pyrometric Cones (Orton Standard) Temperature Equivalent Chart
What cone is your clay? What cone is your glaze? What does this mean?

More Low Fire Glaze Information 

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    KilnGoddess KilnGoddess Sep 12, 2008 @ 3:10 pm
    That really wasn't a very professional answer you got. I low fire glaze may or may not be safe. Some low fire glazes contain lead, some don't. Some lead bearing glazes fall within safe guildlines for lead release some don't. I think i would want to know and get a better answer. Of course your mug might make a lovely pencil holder instead of a drinking vessel if you choose not to inquire. Until you get an answer i wouldn't drink an high acid liquid out of the mug such as O.J. or tomato juice.
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    Woody Kellum Woody Kellum Sep 11, 2008 @ 8:54 pm
    My daughter made me a beautiful ceramic coffee mug. As to the toxicity of the glaze, she was told that there "wasn't any more risk than any other low fire glaze". Do I need to ask her more specifically about the glaze ingredients (aka looking a gift horse in the mouth), or are "low-fired" glazes inherently safe?
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    kim kim Aug 19, 2007 @ 8:27 pm
    thank you for access to badly needed information,this site really helped,the info on majolica was just what i needed.thank you.

Underglaze on Amazon 

A CM Handbook on Underglaze Decoration: Methods and Original Designs

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Liquid Underglaze Decorating Color 12-Pack #1, 12 Assorted 2-fl. oz. Jars/Carton

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