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Another Great Article from Ceramic Arts Daily

I've mentioned in the past that it can be very challenging to achieve glaze interest when firing to cone 6 in oxidation. Ceramics Arts Daily's featured article today was by glaze expert John Britt. John was generous enough to share some of his hare's fur and oil spot glazes in the article and the pictures are absolutely stunning. He achieves the beauty of his cone 6 recipes by layering two glazes.

 Layering glazes is often employed by ceramic artists who fire in this range and atmosphere and it's great to try different glazes in the process. Of course some combinations work and others don't so always use test tiles or larger pieces that didn't fair well in the bisque firing to experiment with new glaze combinations. I like using the larger pieces to get a good feel for how the glazes will react on different textures and will often throw small cups or bowls  for this purpose. Anyway, here is the link for John Britt's article on Ceramic Arts Daily