Sunset Pink

MBG021

🟨 Yellow Level

Sunset Pink is a satin brush-on glaze from Coyote's Mottled line, fired cone 5 to cone 6.

SatinOpaqueTexture-friendlyCone 5/6
Available at The Clay HoleYes
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Mottled family
Find it on the glazes shelves Shelf 2, Row 8Tile #3 on the Mottled pot
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The quick version of Sunset Pink

TypeBrush-on glaze
FinishSatin
OpacityOpaque
Shows textureYes, good on carving
Glaze fire toCone 5/6
Bisque toCone 04

What this glaze does

An intense mottled pink with a paler pink haze where thick. Smoother and glossier than the rest of this shelf.

Coyote built the Mottled series to give variegated color without any technique on your part. Applied thick, it does the work itself.

Clays that suit Sunset Pink

These are doing their own thing on the surface, so the clay under them matters less than how thickly you brush.

Any body worksCoyote calls the line suitable for all types of ware, and everything from #16 Porcelain to Berlin Gray will carry it.
Light bodies#16 Porcelain, B-Mix and Half & Half read closest to Coyote's own tiles, which matters most for the two pinks.
On textureThe mottling comes from the glaze rather than the pot, so this line does not need carving the way a shino does. It will still sit happily on a textured piece.
Worth knowingCoyote says crystals can form in the liquid glaze if it is stored below 65F.
Blocks of clay in the studio at The Clay Hole The complete guide to clay bodies What each body is made of and how it behaves under a glaze. The clay bodies we stock at The Clay Hole The clays we carry Every body on our shelf, with bag sizes and prices.

Applying this glaze to your work

Apply these thick. Coyote says so outright: the Mottled glazes may look thick in the jar, and they are meant to go on that way.

That is where the variegation comes from. A thin coat gives you a flat version of the color and none of the mottling you picked it up for.

Across the Mottled line

Thick. Coyote says the Mottled glazes may appear thick in the jar and are meant to go on that way.

A thin coat gives you a flat version of the color and none of the variegation, which is the whole reason to reach for this shelf. If it feels like more glaze than you would normally brush, that is about right.

Layering

Coyote describes the Mottled glazes as good on their own or combined with other glazes. Pam's Green over their Archie's Base is the pairing they name most often.

Before you commit a pot

Coyote describes these as good on their own or combined with other glazes.

The pairing they name most often is Pam's Green over their Archie's Base, and they list Fire Opal as combining well with both the Gloss and Archie's series.

From The Clay Hole University

More info about Sunset Pink 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.

Glaze Brushing Techniques, Coat by Coat GuideGlaze Brushing Techniques, Coat by Coat Glazing Big and Intricate Pottery Faster GuideGlazing Big and Intricate Pottery Faster Getting the Most Out of the Mega Glaze Tool GuideGetting the Most Out of the Mega Glaze Tool Making, Logging and Dialing in Test Tiles GuideMaking, Logging and Dialing in Test Tiles Glaze Problems, Causes and Fixes GuideGlaze Problems, Causes and Fixes Glazing on the Wheel for Even Coats and Clean Bands GuideGlazing on the Wheel for Even Coats and Clean Bands Bubble Glaze with Dish Soap GuideBubble Glaze with Dish Soap Mixing Your Own Glazes: What It Actually Involves GuideMixing Your Own Glazes: What It Actually Involves Making a Glaze Catcher GuideMaking a Glaze Catcher Oxide and Carbonate Washes GuideOxide and Carbonate Washes When to Use Celadon Glazes GuideWhen to Use Celadon Glazes How to Use Dipping Glazes GuideHow to Use Dipping Glazes How to Use Underglaze: Techniques, Rules and Firing UnderglazeHow to Use Underglaze: Techniques, Rules and Firing Mishima: How to Inlay Slip and Underglaze into Carved Lines UnderglazeMishima: How to Inlay Slip and Underglaze into Carved Lines Wipe-Away Texture: Underglaze and Oxide Washes on Bisque UnderglazeWipe-Away Texture: Underglaze and Oxide Washes on Bisque
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Firing Sunset Pink

Coyote fires these between witness cone 5 and witness cone 6, which is where our glaze kilns run.

If you are a member here

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.

Common problems with Sunset Pink

Why is mine flat with no mottling?

Almost certainly too thin. Coyote says these should be applied thick, and the variegation only appears when they are.

Why does the jar look so thick?

That is expected. Coyote notes the Mottled glazes may appear thick in the jar.

Why did my jar look crystallized?

Coyote says crystals can form in the liquid glaze if it is stored below 65F.

Food and function

Coyote lists this glaze as containing cadmium, and says it passes FDA cadmium release guidelines for food safety in its testing. Cadmium is what makes the bright reds and pinks possible.

Coyote asks that you test your own finished ware. If a piece is going to hold food or drink daily, that is worth doing rather than assuming.

Across the Mottled line

Two of these five contain cadmium: Fire Opal and Sunset Pink. Coyote says both pass FDA cadmium release guidelines for food safety in its testing, and cadmium is what makes those bright pinks possible at all.

The other three carry no such note, and Coyote has all its recipes reviewed by an independent toxicologist with no lead in any of them. Coyote asks that you test your own finished ware, and on a daily use mug that is worth actually doing.

Test tile pots lined up on the glaze shelves at The Clay Hole

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.

  1. 1Find the pot The brand and family name are written on the rim. This glaze lives on the Coyote Mottled pot.
  2. 2Find the tile This one is tile #3. The numbers match the ones in the Glaze Bible.
  3. 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

Broad vertical textureA broad open surface. Shows the color at full strength, and whether the glaze travels down it.
Shallow textureA shallow swirl stamp. Shows whether light carving still reads once the glaze is on, or fills in and vanishes.
Deep textureCut lines. A deeply rough texture stripe. Shows where the glaze pools, how it breaks, and how dark it goes in the recesses.
Wipe-away textureGlaze wiped back to bare clay. Shows what the edge does where the coat runs thin. Find this wiped away on the tile's number.
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 the Coyote Mottled Family

Five glazes that give you a variegated, broken-up surface without doing anything clever.

Coyote built the Mottled series so the color does the work: brush it on and it comes out of the kiln with depth and movement in it. It only happens if you put it on thick.

Five colors, fired between witness cone 5 and witness cone 6. Coyote describes them as simple to apply and suitable for all types of ware. The one instruction that matters is thickness: they say these may look thick in the jar and should be applied thick. That is not a warning, it is the recipe.

All Mottled glazesAll Coyote glazes
Mottled family

More ways to pick a glaze

The Mega Glaze Tool Every glaze we carry, filtered by level, color, sheen and more. The Glaze Finder Type a name and see exactly where it sits on our wall. Clay Hole University Glazing lessons, from brushing to dipping to layering. Download the PDF The whole printed Bible, in one file.

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.

How membership levels work Back to the Glaze Bible
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.

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