Following is a brief description and review of different stoneware glazes: Celedons- for example Hot Tea with Iron, or Celedon Leach Korean are well know recipes. Celedons are stoneware glazes that contain iron which produce green, gray and gray-blue colors in a reduction firing. Usually with many visible small cracks. Copper reds- for example Coleman's Copper #2, or Oxblood are well known recipes. Copper reds are stoneware glazes that go from white to bright red in a reduction firing. Shinos- for example shino can vary from white to orange in color. Shinos are stoneware glazes which when applied thin will be white and when applied thicker will be orange. Temmekous- for example temmekou is a stoneware glaze which can vary from a beautiful black to a rich brown.

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