Fantasy
17 glazes / Coyote
Seventeen glazes named after things that do not exist, and they behave about as predictably as that suggests.
Coyote say the Fantasy glazes vary dramatically with the clay body, the thickness of application and sometimes the firing, and that they can be runny. They ask you to test carefully, which is good advice.
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Fantasy by the numbers
17glazes on our shelves
5at Yellow Level
8at Purple Level
4at Black Level
2good on texture
2studio favorites
8carry an up-charge
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The newest and least predictable shelf we carry.
Coyote say the Fantasy glazes vary dramatically with the clay body, the thickness and sometimes the firing, and that they can be runny. That is three variables at once, which is why they ask you to test carefully.
Worth knowing before you fall for one: Coyote publish a full description for only some of these. Several of the newer colors have no write-up at all, so the tile photo on the page is the most reliable thing we can show you.
Every Fantasy glaze we have in house
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Nothing by that name.
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How the Fantasy line works
Seventeen glazes, fired between witness cone 5 and witness cone 6.
This is Coyote's newest line and the least settled. Some of these have a full description from Coyote and some do not, so where they have not published one we say so instead of filling the gap.
Coats
Thickness changes these more than most, and so does the clay under them. Coyote say to test carefully, which is unusually direct for a maker describing their own line.
They can run, so keep them up off the foot.
Layering
The variation in this line comes from the glaze, the clay and the firing rather than from layering. Test a tile before committing a pot to a combination.
Food and safety
Coyote have their recipes reviewed by an independent toxicologist and none of them use lead. They ask that you test your own finished ware for food safety, and given how much this line varies that is worth doing.
Clays that suit Fantasy
Coyote name the clay body as one of the three things that change a Fantasy glaze, alongside thickness and firing.
Test firstBecause the body matters this much, a tile on your clay is worth the ten minutes.
Light bodies#16 Porcelain, B-Mix and Half & Half read closest to Coyote's own photographs.
Dark bodiesBerlin Gray will change these more than any other choice on the shelf.
RunningCoyote say these can be runny. Keep them off the foot.
Worth knowingCoyote say crystals can form in the liquid glaze if it is stored below 65F.
From The Clay Hole University
More info about Fantasy 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 Fantasy 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 Fantasy 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.