Mid-Range Glazes for Beginners

You bought the clay, mixed a glaze recipe off the internet, fired it at cone 6 exactly as written - and got crawling, crazing, or a color that looked nothing like the photo.

• Read a glaze recipe like a potter, not a chemist - what silica, alumina, and flux are each doing, and why their balance decides whether a glaze runs, crazes, or holds
• Use colorants and oxides with real confidence, from iron and cobalt through the full palette, with an accurate feel for how small a "small amount" actually is
• Build a genuine test-tile practice, including line blends, so every glazing decision rests on a fired result instead of a guess
• Apply glaze the way working studios do - dipping, pouring, spraying, and layering - and know when each one is the right call
• Diagnose and fix the defects that stop beginners cold: crazing, pinholing, crawling, and blistering
• Glaze functional ware safely, with a clear understanding of what "food-safe" actually requires
• Work within real constraints, with guidance on community studios and shared kiln access for potters without a kiln of their own

If you're ready to stop guessing at cone 5-6 and start understanding it, open Mid-Range Glazes for Beginners and run your first test tile today.