​ At the back of the showroom at Armadillo Clay, there lives a rack of small packages of Mason Stains . The rainbow of powders is eye-catching, but what are they even for? Though they draw many a...

I've added some simple slip recipes to illustrate how one can use the Mason Stains added yesterday. These slip recipes use a material called "English Porcelain", which is simply an analysis of a typical high-fire porcelain body, as well as 8-10% added Mason Stain.&nb

Here is a simple STEP by STEP guide to how to work out how much stain to use in colored slip. With IMAGES, a VIDEO and a FREE percentage guide chart.

Would you like to see what 16 different Masons stains do when added to a clear glaze? Would you like to know what percentages are needed. This picture will show you.

All of the following Blue Celadon recipes and more can now be found on my new open-source ceramics recipes website, Glazy: https://glazy.org/search?base_type=460&type=510&cone=high Complete Guide to High-Fire Glazes These are tests of some of the Blue Celadon Recipes found in Hi

A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Colored Clay Media & Techniques % %

Overglaze enamels, as their name implies, are made to be applied over other enamels. They act much like paints or inks. While my experience is in enameling steel, I believe this information should be useful to enamelists who work on other metals as well.