Glazes & Glazing

Club Glazes

Club glazes are available to members who have paid the small annual subscription

STONEWARE:

We have NINE standard 1280°C club glazes currently available to use.

  • Clear

  • Woo Blue

  • Matt Grey

  • Not-so-shiny White

  • Mid-Green Matt

  • Black Gloss

  • Satin White

  • Blue Gloss

  • Pink Beige

There are other limited edition small batch 1280°C   glazes.

  • Yellow transparent gloss

  • Leaf Green gloss

  • Peacock satin

  • Leach Copper gloss

EARTHENWARE:

Please be reminded we only use stoneware clays at the studio, no earthenware clay bodies are permitted.

Earthenware underglazes are available to use until they are depleted.  These will not be replenished. There are two wall tiles that have underglaze colour tests fired to 1280°C.   These underglazes are located in the cupboard labelled ‘Club Glaze Members’. 

We also have ready-made bottled brush-on stains that are available for glaze members to use and can be found in the two plastic pull out drawers in the glaze cupboard. Once these are depleted, they will not be replaced.

GLAZE RAW MATERIALS:

Raw glaze materials, powdered stains, labelled class underglazes are NOT for members use. If you are unsure, please contact a committee member.   Alternatively follow the labels in the glaze/wet room which will direct you.

GLAZE FOLDER:

The SORPC regular glaze recipes, their descriptions and application tips are available to view in the glaze folder in the club glaze cupboard.  Please do not remove.

APPLICATION:

If you are doing a glaze combination (layering two different colour glazes to create an effect), please ensure your first layer of glaze is dry before you consider dipping your piece for a second time into a different colour glaze to create an additional layer (pouring included). 

Failure to allow glaze to dry thoroughly between each dip/pour, will result in the wet glaze seeping off into the glaze bucket which will consequently alter the colour of the glaze which will have disappointing results for others.

The glaze buckets are all clearly labelled, please ensure they are stowed away in the correct place at all times.

If you have any feedback please feel free to leave a note in the communications book found in the library.

Glaze Boards

We have a fabulous set of glaze demonstration boards in the glazing wet room. 

The combinations are achieved by layering two different club glazes on white stoneware clay PB103. 

All our glaze buckets are labelled cone 9/10 glazes. This means they are fired between 1260-1285 degrees Celsius. You'll find a toilet brush inside the bucket for mixing.

On the glaze board, the glaze tile label can be found on top of each hanging tile;

1. First line on label is the first glaze applied

2. Second line on the label is the second layer glaze applied.

You will note, top side of glaze tile is textured, back side of tile is smooth.  Glaze behaves differently depending on surface.

Glaze Application

General glaze application rules are:

Your first layer of glaze must be dry before attempting a second layer of glaze.

The second layer of glaze is dipped NOT more than half way, this does not include Leach Copper (max thin rim dip only)

Leach Copper is thin rim dip or applied on the inside of a bowl only. It is very fluid when layered with other glazes and will run off pot if applied incorrectly.

Pink beige must be applied thinly (quick dip) as this glaze can be fluid when layered with other glazes. 

Word versions of these notes are available here:

Glaze Recipes

There are an almost infinite number of glaze recipes. Those standard glazes outlined above and used by the Club have been tweaked over time.

Here are some scanned images of the non-so-secret recipes which have been used at SORPC for some years and continue to be modified.

June 2024

Glaze Recipes