Recipe: Glossy gray, blue and brown

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What are some stoneware glazes?

Recipe: Glossy gray, blue and brown

Crystal glazes: Glossy gray, blue and brown
A glaze based on zinc and lithium. Spray the glaze thinner near the bottom of the pot, or it will run a lot. 1260oC with 1/2-3/4 hour at the top temperature. Does not need a slow cooling
potash feldspar NR 29,00
quarts (flint) 34,50
dolomite 3,60
zinc oxide 18,50
barium carbonate 4,14
china clay 3,31
lithium carbonate 6,90
rutile 1,38
red ferric oxide 1,24
manganese carbonate 2,21
cobalt carbonate 0,22

   

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