npstudios Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hi everyone, I am looking for a commercial (already mixed) cone 5 glaze that is a white speckled or white stoneware imitation glaze. Like to use it for a dinnerware set as my main base color. I'm using a white smooth clay body and would like to mimic a stoneware look on this.... Any suggestions... Started searching and so far saw: Amaco cone 5 PC glazes with a layered look that may work.... PC-43 over PC-29 and PC27 over PC29 (for images of these - see: http://www.amaco.com.../#layering-pc29 section: Layering with PC-29 Deep Olive Speckle as a Base Any other manufacturers? or other ideas????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npstudios Posted April 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Also, not interested in switching clay bodies for this (budget constraints here.....) So, i'm staying with my current inventory - smooth white clay body.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Campbell Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Amaco makes good products and their layering ideas are lovely. I would still encourage you to make a bunch of test tiles to try some combos on before you use it on your work. Like everything else in clay, your results may vary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate Donoghue Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Amaco's layering is lovely in the charts, but it's definitely not as easy to reproduce as it looks. Do follow Chris's advice Also, they glaze the whole cup in both glazes, and many combos I suspect are not stable or foodsafe, especially the Palladium and Saturation Metallic. Look closely at the pics - many are pinholed - so just don't assume they are good fits to all clay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venicemud Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 I like Coyote glazes although I have not comparison shopped a great deal. They have a cone 6 glaze called Oeatmeal which comes speckled and I found that it served as a great base glaze for overglaze decoration using Amaco Velvets and LUG's, (yes I'm getting a big commission from all of these companies). It even worked well with greens which can be difficult. I spoke to Martin Butts (Mr. Coyote) about this, and said that I wished that Oatmeal came unspeckled too, and he informed me that their glaze Eggshell was just that. Eggshell does work fine for midfire majolica-like use. They have another glaze, Alabaster Satin which is nice - but it doesn't work well with greens, and maybe other colors I havn't tested. Joan Klotz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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