Glaze Recipes

Note
The recipes shared worked for her at the time when she tested and mixed them and used them on her selected clay bodies. Raw materials constantly change due to the location where it is mined. Therefore, always test these recipes for your personal circumstances. Antoinette does not take responsibility for any errors in any of the glazes that you mix and used from this page.

HOW DOES ANTOINETTE OBTAIN COLOR IN THE CLEAR (TRANSPARENT), SATIN AND WHITE GLAZES THAT SHE USES ON HER PORCELAIN?

Mason stains

I seldom go exact with %. One of the reasons is because I change my color schemes with the seasons and fashions. When there is a little more blue in the next season's green, I will alter with a pinch of blue and add a sip of glaze to that.
A good rule of thumb is 2 - 10 %. I will seldom use more than 2 teaspoons of coloring in about a liter glaze when I start out a new glaze.
Transparent Glaze suitable for porcelain ^10 (1285C or 2345F)
Feldspar 50
China clay 15
Silica 15
Calcium carbonate 20

NOTES *
  • Remember calcium will bleach out brilliant colors.
  • Always test glazes first to make sure it works for your personal circumstances.
  • I did not mention specific name brands. It will differ from country to country, state to state and mine to mine
If this was my glaze to develop, I would use the following ingredients:
Potash Feldspar
EPK (Edkar Plastic Kaolin)
Silica # 325
P 54 (maybe Gerstly borate)
Clear porcelain glaze for cone 6
G-200 Feldspar 40
Gerstley Borate 18
Whiting 16
EPK 10
Silica (Flint) 16
Matt Transparent for Cone ^10
Custer Feldspar 50
Barium Carb 8
EPK 16
Silica 15
Whiting 11
Transparent base glaze for Cone ^10
Potash Feldspar 47.3
Silica 29
Whiting 10
Dolomite 6.2
Zinc 5.8
Bentonite 1.7
Shiny Transparent for Cone ^10
Feldspar 39
Silica 26
Zinc 8
Whiting 10
Dolomite (Dolowhite) 7
EPK 10
Strontium base for Cone ^10
Neph Sye 34
P Feldspar 5
EPK 12
Silica 7
Strontium carb 34
Whiting 5
Lith carb 3