Smokey Pearl
MBG233
Smokey Pearl is a satin brush-on glaze from Coyote's Fantasy line, fired cone 5 to cone 6.
Search results
Results
The quick version of Smokey Pearl
What this glaze does
Coyote have not published a description for this one. On our shelf it is recorded as black, yellow, teal, blue, satin and opaque, and the tile photo above is a fired sample from our own kiln.
Coyote say these vary dramatically depending on the clay body, how thickly they go on, and in some cases the firing. They can be runny, and Coyote ask that you test carefully.
Clays that suit Smokey Pearl
Coyote name the clay body as one of the three things that change a Fantasy glaze, alongside thickness and firing.
Coyote name the clay body as one of the three things that change a Fantasy glaze, alongside thickness and firing.
Applying this glaze to your work
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.
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.
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.
From The Clay Hole University
More info about Smokey Pearl 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 Smokey Pearl
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, and given how much this line varies that is worth doing.
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.
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 Fantasy pot.
- 2Find the tile This one is tile #15. 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 Fantasy Family
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.
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.
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.