Searching for New Pottery Glazes - Reduction Fired to 1290ºc 

Glorious reply! I like those a lot. I'll add them to my list. Thanks very much for watching Kim, and for the suggestions too.

all the random bits would look amazing as a kitchen counter backsplash or something.

It's just a little intense and doesn't fall into my colour palette, I've always been a sucker for neutral tones and it's just so vibrant! A lot like the Dutch, I'm probably the one missing out. Thank you very much for watching :)

Thank you Olaf, comments like that make my day. So happy to have you aboard and thanks for watching!

Oh my God it's exactly that! 'Ah maybe just a peek aaaaaaand I just watched the whole video.'

It looks just like Van Gogh's Starry Night I think but I'm glad you like it. I love what it does on the edges too, as it turns sort of metallic and shimmers.

@@floriangadsby I thought Starry Night the moment you showed the tile. It may be my favorite of the lot.

Hey! I’ve replied to this query already in the comments here somewhere but I’ll send it over again as it’s an interesting subject. Here's my usual copy and paste reply to that question. It's a big topic but I think there is quite a lot of misinformation that goes around surrounding it. Ultimately it comes down to a number of factors, but I'll put my longer response below. The linked article is well worth reading too! (Sorry for the wall of text that’s about to follow). Well, there’s a lot to say. I’ve been using crackle glazed ceramics for years and years. I use high fired stoneware with nothing toxic in my functional wares glazes that could leech, the crackling doesn’t stain too badly as long as it’s properly washed but of course it happens overtime. To the same degree, many of the potters I’ve worked for over the years who wood fire, soda fire and so on, all have work that crazes and crackles to some degree and it all stains with time, yet functional work is still made abundantly and is it completely usable. There can be issues if you’re using toxic materials and if you use a clay body that’s fired to lower temperatures and isn’t fully vitrified you can end up with pots that leak when combined with crackle glazes. I’ve never heard any stories of anyone getting ill from crackle glazed pottery, the clay is highly vitrified and unless you take terrible care of your ceramics you’ll be perfectly healthy. For industry it could be an issue, due to the surface of the pot having less strength, long-term staining with excessive use and fragility as it’s high fired stoneware with lots of iron, which makes it weaker and more susceptible to chipping on the whole, but that’s what you get with handmade ceramics, I don’t want to make pots that have perfect, uniform surfaces like you might find in a shop, I want each to be individual and interesting and handmade and I suppose the same goes for the generations of potters who’ve worked all over the world. Of course it depends on what materials you’re using in your glazes and/or if the you’re firing hot enough so that your clay is vitrified but if there’s nothing toxic and you’re firing very hot then there’s little that’ll hurt you. Here’s a good link to an article that goes into more depth about it, ceramicartsnetwork.org/ceramics-monthly/ceramic-glaze-recipes/glaze-chemistry/techno-file-dirty-dishes/, and clears up some of the misconceptions that are spread around. As long as you properly wash crazed pottery there is no bacteria left in the crackles. As long as you take time to care for your handmade ceramics after they’ve been used then they’ll be just fine.

@@floriangadsby Thank you so much for the in depth explanation. It makes a lot of sense. Unfortunately the link isn't working.

Ah wonderful, I’ll update my copy/paste. Thanks for finding that, I spent ten minutes searching but to no avail.

@@floriangadsby amazing info!. I always tought about functional wares that have crackles on it. For example many asian pottery do have such as tea pots or yunomi.

@@floriangadsby I just watched another pottery video where they said that the cracks go through to the clay body, and the crazing makes your pottery weaker overtime. There was a video of a baking dish that had crazing in it and the butter was leaching through the piece! I agree that it's not highly dangerous, and I love the beauty in something that most potters to be a flaw, but I would be worried about the longevity of the piece

"Probably ritual, probably sexual, definitely not gay"

They probably figured its a bunch of test tiles, after finding the other fully worked pottery around and given they all have different glazes

They will most likely make shit up like they do now.

Nah they would know. This process is what he said, very common. It’s also on the internet

sounds like your archeological training wasnt that good then

I love the sound of a glaze that never settles in the bucket! I'll test that recipe when I next get around to firing, sounds interesting. Thanks for taking your time to watch! 🙌🏼

Thank you so much Steffie, appreciate you taking the time to watch.

Cheers Mark!

Thanks for watching Jorge! Well, I don't get any real back pain, I can get a little sore after a day throwing or trimming though. As for my posture, I do hunch somewhat occasionally but I try my best to sit as straight as I can on the wheel/at home. I've seen potter's who have a bar they can hang from in the studio, which supposedly helps and my family are always telling me I should start doing yoga. Otherwise I do some weight training at home but nothing too serious. Appreciate you taking the time to watch as always 🙌🏼

Pleased you thought so! Thanks for watching, Rhea.