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Mixing glazes

We talked about our favorite commercial glazes but who here also mixes some of their glazes? Where do you find your recipes for them? What’s your favorite that you mix?

I love John Britt’s glaze book and I also use Glazy.org. Joe Thompson has really good glaze recipes on Glazy.. If you’re just starting out, his first five series is a good place to begin - five basic ingredients plus a colorant. And Glazy is free!

I think my favorite that I mix is John’s Floating Blue 2 from John Britt’s book. Whenever I do a show, those are usually the first pieces to go. And if anyone requests a specific glaze, that’s usually it.

Don’t get me wrong - I still buy a lot of glazes. But I also have a shelf of glazes I’ve mixed.

So let me know. Do you mix any of your glazes? If not, why don’t you try? (That’s a question - why not?)

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