I never imagined when I first mixed this glaze that it would become the most versatile and best loved glaze in my palette. Who would have guessed that simply mixing ash (from our cedar boughs) with clay would result in such a beautiful and varied glaze. In the front where it sits in the blasting heat from the firebox it tends to be a rich, red-brown with the greeny-yellow rivulets - more red at the bottom of the stack and more greeny-yellow when placed at the top. At the top of the 2nd stack this glaze becomes transparent and glossy and in this last firing, seeming to trap carbon! The further from the firebox and at a regular cone 10 temperatures this chameleon glaze becomes a satin matte yellow - brighter yellow on whitish clay - that is just beautiful to the touch. Did I say I loved this glaze?!
In the next firing I'll test the glaze with woodstove ash to see if the results are the same because there is only enough cedar ash left for 2 or 3 more batches.
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