Update; Glaze colour test no.2
In glaze test no.1 I tried the '
Desert' glaze on bisque figures in one, two and three coat thickness. The best in my opinion was two coats so this time I haven't bothered with any more than two coats. The only criticism I had of this glaze was the
ground is a little too pale and creamy so I ordered two more pots of pre-mixed glaze;
Caramel and
Brown Sugar.
For the new tests I started with one figure with two coats of
Caramel, then one figure with two coats of
Brown Sugar. Finally I decided to mix these new colours with the original creamy
Desert glaze so I did a figure with one coat of
Desert and one coat of
Caramel then another with a coat of
Desert covered by a coat of
Brown Sugar;
Well this has been a good day for deciding on the final glaze colour. I took the four new tests out of the kiln and this is the set I now have;
I'm really happy with the colour on figure #5 (which is a combination of colours from figures one and three above). That's one coat of
Brown Sugar over one coat of
Desert. It picks up the detail well and has good contrast. Because it's a mixed glaze rather than a 'pure' one it has a crackle effect (a bit like raku pottery without the dark edges) but that just makes it look more vintage and I'm cool with that if you guys are.