The Clay Hole

The Glaze Bible

Every glaze and underglaze we stock, fired on our own tiles, in our own kilns, at our own cone. Start with what you came for.

Every glaze and underglaze we stock, by name, family, brand or tile number.

  • 611Glazes
  • 105Underglazes
  • 42Families
  • 8Makers
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A potter in a clay spattered apron hugging the spiral bound Glaze Bible from The Clay Hole to her chest

What are you here for?

Six ways in. Pick the one that sounds like your afternoon.

I'm not after anything in particular

The whole Bible is on this page. Start at either end and wander, nothing here opens a new tab.

Start with glazes Start with ideas

I'm at the glaze wall right now

Type a name and we will show you exactly which shelf, row and slot it is sitting in.

Open the Glaze Finder

I'm picking glazes for a piece

Filter every glaze and underglaze by color, finish and behavior until the wall is a shortlist, then save or print it.

Open the Mega Glaze Tool

What can I use at my level?

21 at Green, 90 at Yellow, 449 at Purple, 624 at Black. Sorted by what each level opens.

Glazes by membership level

I want to understand glazes

Lessons and guides on why glazes break, run, pool and change their minds in the kiln.

The Clay Hole University

I just want to look

Real pieces our members pulled out of these kilns, glazed with the jars on these shelves.

Member Show and Tell

The same glaze wall, sorted 16 ways

These all pull from the same wall, sorted different ways. Some by what a glaze does on a pot. Some by what your level includes. Some by what we reach for ourselves. Open the one that matches the question you actually have.

Glazes by Membership LevelEvery glaze sorted by the level that opens it, and what each jump actually buys you. Test Tile FinderHolding a test tile pot? Find it here and read every tile on it in order. ❤️ Studio FavoritesThe glazes we keep coming back to, chosen on behavior rather than looks. Owner's FavoritesThe glazes the owner actually reaches for, including the ones nobody else picks up. Good for TextureThe glazes that show your carving instead of filling it in. Layering GlazesOne glaze over another. Twenty five pairings worth firing, and how to get them right. Metallic GlazesMetal rather than glass. Spectacular when they land, and the least forgiving glazes we stock. Satin and Matte GlazesEverything that is not shiny. Soft light, real texture, and the surface people want to touch. All the CeladonsEvery celadon we stock. The shelf to reach for when the carving is the point. All the ShinosEvery shino we carry. Warm, broken, and almost never the same twice. Translucent GlazesThe glazes you can see through. The clay underneath stays part of the finished pot. All the UnderglazesEvery underglaze on the shelf. The range you draw with, and it holds an edge. Raku GlazesEvery raku glaze we carry. Not shelf glazes, and never in the regular kilns. Our Flux GlazesNot colors. Solvents. They melt further than what is under them and take it with them. Food Safe GlazesSearch any glaze we carry to see whether it is food safe, and the maker source behind it. Liner GlazesMade for the inside of the pot, so the outside can be as wild as you want.

The rabbit hole

8 makers, 42 families of glazes and underglazes. Open one to see its families, or go straight to the brand.

Amaco Potter's Choice46 Amaco Kiln Ice6 Amaco Shinos12 Amaco Celadon33 Amaco Satin Matte18 Amaco Cosmos5 Amaco Phase4 Amaco Raku6 Amaco Velvet Underglaze57 Amaco Flux1 All of Amaco
Coyote Shinos16 Coyote Satin12 Coyote Mottled5 Coyote Archie's11 Coyote Celadon18 Coyote Constellation8 Coyote Copper & Iron8 Coyote Crawl1 Coyote Crystalline6 Coyote Enduro-Color3 Coyote Fantasy17 Coyote Gloss19 Coyote Vibro-Color6 All of Coyote
Mayco Raku6 Mayco Stroke & Coat60 Mayco Stroke & Coat Speckled20 Mayco Matte20 Mayco Low-Fire22 Mayco Various Families67 Mayco Flux2 All of Mayco
Spectrum Raku28 Spectrum Flux1 Spectrum Floating24 Spectrum Texture19 Spectrum Various Families6 All of Spectrum
Speedball Underglaze48 Speedball Mid-Fire38 All of Speedball
Spectrum Raku28 Amaco Raku6 Mayco Raku6 Georgies Raku6 Laguna Raku Dipping8 All of Raku Glazes
The Ceramic Shop Pro Series4 All of The Ceramic Shop
The Clay Hole Dipping Glazes7 Laguna Raku Dipping8 All of The Clay Hole

What came out of these kilns

Real pieces our members brought to Show and Tell, glazed with the jars on these shelves.

The whole wall

Learn it properly

15 lessons and guides on why glazes break, run, pool and change their minds in the kiln.

GuideGlaze Brushing Techniques, Coat by Coat GuideGlazing Big and Intricate Pottery Faster GuideGetting the Most Out of the Mega Glaze Tool GuideMaking, Logging and Dialing in Test Tiles GuideGlaze Problems, Causes and Fixes GuideGlazing on the Wheel for Even Coats and Clean Bands GuideBubble Glaze with Dish Soap GuideMixing Your Own Glazes: What It Actually Involves GuideMaking a Glaze Catcher GuideOxide and Carbonate Washes GuideWhen to Use Celadon Glazes GuideHow to Use Dipping Glazes UnderglazeHow to Use Underglaze: Techniques, Rules and Firing UnderglazeMishima: How to Inlay Slip and Underglaze into Carved Lines UnderglazeWipe-Away Texture: Underglaze and Oxide Washes on Bisque
All of The Clay Hole University

Before you fire

Leave an offering for Icarus

Kiln god. Takes nothing but a kind word, and every potter needs the odds on their side.

Make an offering
About these images and what your pot will actually look like

We have done our best to represent every glaze here accurately, and you should still expect your pot to look different from what is on this screen.

Our glaze tile images are digitally created. They are built to show the character of a glaze, not to be a color match.

A screen is not a printout, a printout is not a test tile, and a test tile is not a finished pot. Each step in that chain shifts what a glaze looks like, sometimes a lot.

On top of that, the pottery itself changes the result: the clay body, how thick the glaze went on, whether it was brushed, dipped or sprayed, what was layered under or over it, where the piece sat in the kiln, how hot that spot ran, how fast it cooled, what was fired next to it, and how much texture the surface had. Two pots glazed from the same jar on the same day can come out different.

Treat every image here as a starting point, and treat a test tile fired on your own clay as the real answer.

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