Crystal Nebula
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Crystal Nebula is a glossy brush-on glaze from Coyote's Crystalline line, fired cone 5 to cone 6.
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What this glaze does
A beautiful translucent glaze with pale blue tones and gold colored crystals. Check out Ivory Crystal for a similar look without the blue.
Crystals grow in these as the kiln cools slowly. Coyote say they are less runny than traditional crystal glazes, so they do not need a drip tray, and they can be fired alongside ordinary glazes.
Clays that suit Crystal Nebula
Crystals need somewhere clean to grow.
Crystals need somewhere clean to grow.
Applying this glaze to your work
These are slow cool glazes: the crystals form on the way down, not on the way up.
Coyote say they are less runny than traditional crystal glazes and do not need a drip tray, but they add that these do still run. Take care near the foot.
These are slow cool glazes: the crystals form on the way down, not on the way up.
Coyote say they are less runny than traditional crystal glazes and do not need a drip tray, but they add that these do still run. Take care near the foot.
Layering
Coyote say these can be fired alongside non-crystal glazes, which is unusual and makes them much easier to schedule than a traditional crystal glaze.
Coyote say these can be fired alongside non-crystal glazes, which is unusual and makes them much easier to schedule than a traditional crystal glaze.
From The Clay Hole University
More info about Crystal Nebula 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
Firing Crystal Nebula
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 do not recommend the Crystalline glazes for foodware.
They have all their recipes reviewed by an independent toxicologist and none use lead, but the surface here is not one to eat from.
Coyote do not recommend the Crystalline glazes for foodware.
They have all their recipes reviewed by an independent toxicologist and none use lead, but the surface here is not one to eat from.
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 Crystalline pot.
- 2Find the tile This one is tile #5. 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 Crystalline Family
Six glazes that grow crystals while the kiln cools.
Coyote made these easier to live with than traditional crystal glazes: less runny, no drip tray, and they can be fired alongside ordinary glazes. They are not for foodware.
Six glazes, fired between witness cone 5 and witness cone 6. The crystals form on the way down rather than the way up, which is why Coyote call them slow cool glazes. They are less demanding than a traditional crystal glaze, though Coyote are clear that these still run.
More ways to pick a glaze
Membership levels that may use this glaze: 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.