Amazing Glaze Recipes and Combinations: 200+ Surefire Finishes for Low-Fire, Mid-Range, and High-Fire Pottery

by Gabriel Kline

Get inspired and get glazing! Amazing Glaze Recipes and Combinations provides a captivating collection of sure-fire glaze recipes and electrifying combinations for low-fire, mid-range, and high-fire potters. Hundreds of photos and technically-edited recipes ensure you'll get the best possible results.

Whether you're searching for excitement at cone 6 or looking for the perfect high-fire shino recipe, you've come to the right place. Join Gabriel Kline, author of Amazing Glaze and founder of Odyssey Clayworks, for page after color-filled page of glazes. Start by learning the keys to success when applying glazes , then choose the temperature range you want to explore first. Gabriel's collection of well-tested recipes draw on his decades of experience as an instructor and leader of a communal arts studio—including current and past student favorites as well as a few timeless gems.

Of course he doesn't stop there! In addition to plentiful tiles showing off two-glaze combinations, Gabriel shares multi-glaze combinations developed through years of trial and error . From waterfall blues to eye-popping bursts of red , there's a rainbow of options. Just as in Amazing Glaze , the recipes have all been technically edited and each one has a photo. By controlling specific gravity and application, the goal is always getting the perfect coat of glaze recipe after recipe.

Special topics like  majolica and raku firing   provide welcome detours, and a variety of artist features serve as launching points for new explorations . Stunning galleries from today's top artists provide even more glazing ideas.

Genres: Nonfiction, Art

176 pages, Hardcover

Published August 31, 2021

Reviews

[Linda Galella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok, so know absolutely nothing about glazing or pottery accept that I love the stuff. I do, however, have a sister who’s a potter and I got this book for her.

This text begins at the start of things by identifying TOOLS, BEST PRACTICES, TESTING & ALTERING and ends with a GALLERY of glazed items that are spectacular. There are many beautiful pictures throughout the book.

Chapter 2 Mid-Range (Cone 6) Glazes
Chapter 3 High-Fire (Cone 10) Glazes
Chapter 4 Low-Fire (Cone 5) Glazes
Chapter 5 Firing & Finishing

Also included are 7 Featured artists and their secrets, techniques, glaze recipes and examples of their artwork. Some of them defy description so it’s a good thing there’s photography. The series of glazes are displayed on a single style vase for comparison purposes. Even someone completely ignorant, like me, can see the subtle variations using this format. I got lost for over an hour, jaw dropped on my collarbone, completely mesmerized.

All things considered, looks to be a thorough text for all things glazing. Will update after my potter/sister has a chance to assess📚

[Annie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

Amazing Glaze Recipes and Combinations is a studio resource compendium with reproducible recipes for low-/mid-/ and high-fire pottery collected and curated by Gabriel Kline. Due out 31st Aug 2021 from Quarto on their Quarry imprint, it's 176 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats (ebook already available).

This is a well written and structured manual. The effects and glazes presented are gorgeous and colorful. The book's introduction includes a good overview over tools, supplies, ingredients, and safety. The following chapters group the recipes into mid range (cone 6), high fire (cone 10), and low fire (cone 5) glazes. Each section also provides a primer covering when and how to employ the glazes in specific situations along with good problem solving ideas, troubleshooting and tips for use. There are additional tutorials and recipes for specialty firing such as raku, salt & wood, and majolica. Each of the recipes includes general info on firing (cone), atmosphere, surface comments (matte, glossy, semi-gloss, other), ingredient composition (in %), and notes and tips specific to the glaze. Each of the recipes also has a color photograph showing the finished fired glaze by itself. There are also combination photos for glazes showing how they act and react with one another. Firing and finishing are covered in abbreviated form in the last chapter.

Scattered throughout are artist highlights with a gallery of each artist's work. The gallery photos are in color and are beautiful; full of inspiration and goal-worthy aspirations.

Five stars. This really is a classic reference work, full of beautiful glaze recipes, fully illustrated, with suggestions for use. The author has also included an abbreviated resource list with links to suppliers and a bibliography. The book is indexed, with glazes listed in all their appearances in the book, alone and in combination. This is quite useful for the artist, since it allows readers to see what the glazes look like under different applications (without blindly risking a beloved pot).

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was lucky enough to get a copy of the second volume of "Amazing Glaze" to review.
This is a book that every potter needs whether you are a beginner or an expert or somewhere inbetween. Not only does it have a wealth of tips, techniques and skills to draw from, it also has a massive choice of recipes for glazes for all types of firing.
On top of that, there are seven featured artist profiles to be inspired by. But my favourite feature in Amazing Glaze? The stunning photography featured on every page – you could lose hours gazing at the triple glaze combinations. Raku love was my favourite, but I was spoilt for choice.
Thank you to Gabriel Kline, Quarto Quarry publishers and Netgalley for the opportunity to review an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest opinion.

[Witch-at-Heart · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is an absolutely gorgeous reference of a variety of glaze recipes and color combinations. This reference book has a very detailed overview of needed materials, glazing history. Another thing I love is a covers a large variety of methods, and the amount of recipes is probably the largest I have seen. The stunning photography throughout the book is beautiful and almost mesmerizing. This would be a perfect guide for artists looking to expand their skills or improve their glazing techniques. I highly recommend this book it is absolutely fantastic!!!

[Tiffany Schank · Rating 4 out of 5]

I recieved a free copy of Amazing Glaze Recipes and Combinations: 200 Surefire finishes for low-fire, mid-range, and high-fire pottery in exchange for a review. The book was thorough and well written, it was amazing to learn and see more combination for different glazes. The Terra Sig recipe was a wonderful touch and I happened to be trying to locate one. I feel like there were less options for low fire than mid fire or high fire.

[roxi Net · Rating 4 out of 5]

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I am so underqualified to review this book but I loved it despite not understanding a lot. I wanted to read this book as research for the exciting day when I begin pottery (waitlists are annoying but give me time to research). Amazing Glaze has just renewed my excitement to begin and learn this beautiful craft. The photos of gorgeous glazes and gallery shots make me grateful to have this book as a resource for the near future!

[Emma E Frost · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is very limited in its scope. It repeats much of the material you can find in other books. He doesn't even provide many recipes. The most interesting part of the book was when he showed how different glazes combined, mixing two, three and even four different glazes. Borrow from the library, don't waste your money.

[ngọc · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book contains many good recipes for glazes — many don't require zinc which I personally try to avoid due to its toxicity. I find the answer to why mid/high/low-rang firing is not satisfactory. It might be an okay overview book but it definitely is not an in-depth, comprehensive one about glazes. For that, I'd recommend any book by Linda Bloomfield.

[OjoAusana · Rating 4 out of 5]

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* its been awhile since ive done any pottery/worked with glaze but i saw this book and figured it would be interesting and it was :)

[Mary Foxe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Skimmed.

Me: I am a rational human being and not distracted by shiny things.

Book: Shiny glazes.

Me: *gasps* Shiny glazes.

[Janet Frost · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a new potter, I found this rather heavily overweighted with chemistry. The pictures of examples was useful, but the text was overwhelming