How to make your own glazes for ceramics
The easy way to understand what you are doing
I have made some articles about how to make and understand to make glazes for ceramics. Both guides for beginners and some on more specific topics and thoughts I have had. All with an easy to understand approach.
But also guidance on other aspects of ceramics. For example, slips and more aadvanced techniques.
I will translate them to english in the future (autumn 2025). For now you must use automatic translation. But many of the tables at graphics can be understood without translation
Often I will address things I am pondering myself or questions I receive. In the long term, my plan is for this site to become a large resource of knowledge about ceramics and glaze making.
And remember, I am happy to come and teach courses.
Articles on how to make your own Glazes
Make Your First Own Glazes
An introduction to making glazes for ceramics. Some basic reciepes, and a list of basic materials available in most of the world. Materials for the basic glaze and for the colors.
Start with only a few materials. It is cheaper and makes it easier to understand and learn.
Basic Properties of Ceramic Glazes
About some of the properties that glazes have, both before and after firing. Not only temperature, but also mattenes, brush-glazes and a lot more. Important knowledge for understandig what to do.
4 groups of materials in glaze
A bit of chemistry. Explained easy simply so everyone can follow. Good knowledge if you want to vary a glaze. Whether your own, others’, or commercial ones.
Articles about slips, engobes
Slips – The boundary to glazes is actually fluid. But here about slips in their pure form.
Slip (DK)
About the production of slip and adjusting slip to clay and application method
Slip Methods (DK)
Different ways to use slip. Currently only a draft.
Other sources for making your
own ceramic glazes
If you want to learn more about glazes nd find reciepes, there are especially two websites that contain a wealth of knowledge:
Glazy.org.
A fantastic collection of recipes not only for glazes, but also many other things. And hawe a tool for analyzing your own glazes if you have reached that stage.
Digitalfire.com
A huge knowledge database about all kinds of raw materials for glazes as well as the oxides in glazes. Also quite a few recipes. But it requires some knowledge to understand.
Books
I have written a little about various books I own or have come across.