Aqua Celadon
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Aqua Celadon is a glossy brush-on glaze from Coyote's Celadon line, fired cone 5 to cone 6.
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What this glaze does
A gentle, translucent blue-green color, similar to a traditional celadon. Easy to apply and reliable. Frank's Colored Celadons are a beautiful series of translucent glazes. They do not run and look great on their own or combined with other glazes.
Coyote call these Frank's Colored Celadons. They are translucent, they do not run, and because you can see through them they suit carving, fine detail and anything with underglaze under it.
Clays that suit Aqua Celadon
A celadon is see-through, so the clay under it is half the finished color.
A celadon is see-through, so the clay under it is half the finished color.
Applying this glaze to your work
Translucent glazes show what is underneath, so thickness controls depth of color rather than coverage.
Coyote say these do not run, which makes them unusually easy to place next to something that does.
Translucent glazes show what is underneath, so thickness controls depth of color rather than coverage.
Coyote say these do not run, which makes them unusually easy to place next to something that does.
Layering
Coyote point these at underglaze work: a colored celadon over underglaze instead of a plain clear gives you the detail and a tint at once.
Coyote point these at underglaze work: a colored celadon over underglaze instead of a plain clear gives you the detail and a tint at once.
From The Clay Hole University
More info about Aqua Celadon 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.
GuideWhen to Use Celadon Glazes
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
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
Firing Aqua Celadon
Coyote fire these between witness cone 5 and witness cone 6, which is where our glaze kilns run.
None of this is yours to manage. We handle everything on the kiln side, and every glaze on our shelves can be fired safely in our studio.
Food and function
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.
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.
Our test tile pots
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.
- 1Find the pot The brand and family name are written on the rim. This glaze lives on the Coyote Celadon pot.
- 2Find the tile This one is tile #4. The numbers match the ones in the Glaze Bible.
- 3Read it properly Look at what the glaze does across all four textures, not just what color it is.
What to look at on the tile
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 the Coyote Celadon Family
Eighteen translucent colors that stay where you put them. Coyote call them Frank's Colored Celadons.
Because you can see through them, they are the line to reach for on a carved pot or over underglaze, where a solid color would bury the work you already did.
Eighteen colors, fired between witness cone 5 and witness cone 6. Coyote say the celadons do not run, which is rare for a glaze with this much visual depth, and that being see-through makes them suited to fine detail, carving, or standing in for a clear over underglaze.
More ways to pick a glaze
Membership levels that may use this glaze: Yellow, Purple & Black
Not sure whether this glaze suits what you are making, or how it works with our system here? Ask an instructor. That is what we are here for, and a two minute conversation at the shelf beats a fired pot you did not want.
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.