Brooklyn Mom Posted August 28, 2022 Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 Hello!! Does anyone know a pearlescent glaze? Or luster if glaze does not exist?. I’d love to make something like the picture. I know there are commercial lusters available but I’ prefer to make my own. It needs to be food safe. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted August 28, 2022 Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 Its a opalescent luster sometimes called mother of pearl-and yes its still out there as an overglaze on a shiny glaze fires to cone 017 Pres 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooklyn Mom Posted August 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 Thanks Mark. I found the Duncan one. How would you suggest I make it a color if I apply it over a clear glaze? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted August 28, 2022 Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 If you’re firing MOP, it will look like a pearlescent version of the (shiny) glaze underneath, whatever that happens to be. You did mention it needing to be food safe. That term can be a bit vague, because there’s no legal or technical definition of it when you’re making your own glazes. To simplify for this thread, the usual concerns are with leaching and durability. While MOP probably won’t poison you off, Duncan does say in their guide that it is safe to apply to food surfaces, but it will wear away over time, or with hard scrubbing. It is only a very thin layer of material that’s on the surface of the glaze, not integrated with it. https://www.overglazes.com/PDF/Overglaze-Guide.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooklyn Mom Posted August 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 Thank you so much for this info Callie! Callie Beller Diesel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 Claer shiny glazes show it off best As mentioned it will wear off and should not be put in a dishwasher I think of lusters as not food safe but they are to some degree-they just wear off easy-think gold lines on china that wear thin fast with use. They are a top coat just barely fluxed I have some gold on a flask that wore off in my 20s pretty fast. Pres and Rae Reich 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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