Archie's
11 glazes / Coyote
The difficult, spectacular end of the Coyote shelf. These flow, react with whatever is underneath, and change again depending on how the kiln cools.
Coyote describe the series as challenging to use and say it rewards skill, which is a fair warning and a fair promise.
Cone 5/6Bisque to Cone 042 studio favorites
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Archie's by the numbers
11glazes on our shelves
5at Purple Level
6at Black Level
3good on texture
2studio favorites
5carry an up-charge
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Coyote call this line challenging, and they are the ones selling it.
These glazes flow and react with whatever is under them, which is where the results come from. It also means a thick coat near the foot ends up on the shelf, and the same jar gives a different pot in a different firing.
One thing to take seriously: Coyote ask you to test for shivering on your clay. Do a tile first.
Every Archie's glaze we have in house
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How the Archie's line works
Eleven glazes, fired between witness cone 5 and witness cone 6.
Coyote say these create finishes unlike anything else possible in an electric kiln, and that they are strongly affected by slow cooling. They also ask you to test for shivering on your clay, which is worth doing before a pot you care about.
Coats
These move. Coyote describe them as flowing and interacting with other colors, which is the point and also the risk. Keep them up off the foot and think about what is underneath before you brush.
Slow cooling affects this line strongly, so the same glaze out of a different firing is a different pot.
Layering
This is the line Coyote built to interact. Their Gloss series is recommended under the Archie's, and several of the Satins are recommended under them too.
Food and safety
Coyote warn that the Archie's may not fit all clay bodies and ask you to test for shivering on your clay. Shivering is the glaze flaking off under tension, and it is the one glaze fault that makes a pot genuinely unsafe to use.
They have all their recipes reviewed by an independent toxicologist and none use lead. Test your own finished ware.
Clays that suit Archie's
Coyote say plainly that the Archie's may not fit all clay bodies, and ask you to test for shivering.
Test firstThis is the one family on our shelf where the maker asks for a test tile before you commit a pot. Shivering is a fit problem between glaze and clay, and it is worth ten minutes to rule out.
Any body, with a checkWe stock #16 Porcelain, B-Mix, Half & Half, 52 Buff, Speckled Buff and Berlin Gray. Try your combination on a tile before a large piece.
On textureThese flow, so they pool in carving and thin on the ridges without any help from you.
Worth knowingCoyote say crystals can form in the liquid glaze if it is stored below 65F.
From The Clay Hole University
More info about Archie's below, but first... Everything we teach about glazing, written down and taught properly. These are the glaze lessons, and they are a small corner of a library that runs from centering your first pot to selling your work.
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
The Archie's test tile pot
Every glaze family on our shelves has its own test tile pot, and it is the fastest way to decide what to put on a piece. It is a fired pot wearing the whole family, one numbered tile per glaze, on a surface built to show you what that glaze actually does rather than just what color it is.
Look for Coyote Archie's written on the rim. Each glaze on this page carries its tile number, and the numbers run around the pot.
One trick worth knowing
Some glazes tell you loudly that they run. Others hide it. Look at how the brushed lines fired: crisp edges mean a stable glaze, and edges that went soft and fluid mean it moved, and it will move on your pot too.
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.