One of the dubious benefits having a baby nearby is the vast number of little glass jars that pile up. They look useful, but they're generally not. (I'd make one of those under-shelf old-man nail-and-screw toolboxes, but we've already got a spot for nails and screws and brads and staples and tacks.)
I finally realized that we could use those jars to mix up test glazes. I've got to measure more carefully than usual, since a gram one way or the other can make a huge difference in an ounce or two of glaze. (We cheerfully mix units of measurement.) But I can get a sense of what a glaze might look like before we mix up a couple of gallons.
We ran just a few experiments in our last firing. Several of those were ash glazes. As I said in an earlier post (in which the pictures are now broken), ash glazes can get out of hand easily.
Our new mixes went well, though, and gave us some idea of what we want to mix up. We should have some excellent new colors before too long.
Current pictures are forthcoming, with any luck.
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