15+ tried & true

cone 10 glaze recipes

recipe cards for our

favorite high-fire pottery glazes
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Good news cone 10 potters! We’ve gathered more than 15 of our favorite cone 10 glaze
recipes together in a convenient recipe-card format, perfect for printing and taking to the
glaze lab or pottery studio. Whether you are interested in trying out some of the beautiful
high-fire glazes that have been used for generations, or if you want to try something new,
you’ve found the perfect resource.

Use the beautiful images here as a guide to the cone 10 surfaces you’ll get, but be sure to
always start out with small batches and have fun testing and tweaking! Now get out there
and mix up some new high-fire glazes for your pottery!

15 Tried & True High Fire Glaze Recipes

Martin Swart’s Steady Green
Cone 8-12 Oxidation or Reduction

Martin Swart’s Opaque Green

Cone 8-12 Oxidation or Reduction

HAA2
Cone 9-10

Oatmeal White
Cone 10

Malcolm Davis Shino Glaze

Cone 10, reduction

Hank’s Shino Glaze

Cone 10, reduction

Rhodes Crackle Slip

Cone 10, redduction

Mark Nafziger’s Gold Glaze

Cone 10, reduction

Jim Brown’s Blue Glaze

Cone 10, reduction

Peach Black Temmoku Glaze

Cone 10, reduction

Celadon Liner Glaze

Cone 10, reduction

Magnesia Matt Glaze

Cone 10, reduction

Coleman Vegas Red Glaze

Cone 8–10, reduction

JVM Orange
Cone 10, reduction

Blue Jay
Cone 10, reduction
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Martin Swart’s Steady Green

cone 8–12 Oxidation or Reduction
Whiting (Kulu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 %
Potash Feldspar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Kaolin (G1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Silica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
100 %
Add: Copper Oxide . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 %
Red Iron Oxide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 %

Test using whiting, potassium feldspar (like

Custer feldspar), and kaolin (like EPK kaolin)
available from local supplier. To make gray/
blue glaze, substitute cobalt oxide at 0.5% for
the copper oxide.

Above: Steady Green with gray/blue substitute

Right: Steady Green

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Martin Swart’s Opaque Green

cone 8–12 Oxidation or Reduction
Whiting (Kulu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 %
Potash Feldspar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Kaolin (G1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Silica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
100 %
Version 1
Add: Copper Oxide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 %
Tin Oxide or Zirconium . . . . . . . . 5 %

Version 2
Add: Copper Carbonate . . . . . . . . . 0.5 %
Tin Oxide or Zirconium . . . . . . . . 5 %

Add 8–10% zirconium for a very opaque green.

I prefer zirconium because it’s much cheaper
than tin oxide in South Africa.

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Caterina Roma HAA2 Caterina Roma Oatmeal White

Cone 9–10 Cone 10

Dolomite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Whiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Potash Feldspar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ball Clay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
China Clay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Silica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
100 %
This opaque white matte glaze verges
on being grayish blue. It breaks black on
ridges, and is great to accentuate texture
and facets.
It’s sensitive to thickness and temperature:
completely matte when fired at cone 9,
and has a more satin finish at cone 10, with
a light crackle surface. Thickness gives a
whiter look and tends to go black if applied
too thin. I use a thick mixture, brush it on,
and fire it in the hot spots of my electric kiln
at cone 9–10.
I discovered this glaze in the book, Oriental
Glazes, by Michael Bailey. It is recommend-
ed for once-firing, but I’ve always used it on
bisqued pieces.
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20 % Bone Ash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 %
7 Dolomite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.7
48 Whiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
10 Potash feldspar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.5
10 Kaolin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.7
5 100.0 %
Add: Tin Oxide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 %
This glaze is a bit shinier than HAA2. It can
be fired over a broader temperature range,
but it can be a bit runny if fired over cone
10. It breaks brown on edges and gives
better results when thin. I use it for dipping
in a thin mixture but, with care, it can be
also brushed on.
The interaction with the impurities found
in the clay I collect gives a rough finish.
When I want a white satin glaze, I use a
combination of the HAA2 and Oatmeal
White glazes in different coats, which
results in a deep and interesting surface.
This glaze is also useful when refiring with
HAA2, to lower the melting temperature.

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Malcolm Davis Shino

Glaze

high-fire
(Cone 10, reduction)
Soda Ash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.27 %
Kona F-4 Feldspar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.82
Nepheline Syenite . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.91
Edgar Plastic Kaolin . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.18
Kentucky Ball Clay (OM 4) . . . . . . . 13.82
100.00 %

For use on porcelain,

add 6% Cedar Heights Redart
From Mel Jacobson,
Ceramics Monthly,
December 2000.

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Hank’s Shino Glaze

(Cone 10, reduction)

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Cryolite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 %
Nepheline Syenite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.4
Low-Melt Spodumene . . . . . . . . . . . 18.0
McNamee Kaolin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.0
100.0 %

Add: Veegum T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 %

White where thick; red where thin. Best with

early reduction and a long, concluding period
of oxidation, or an oxidation soak during cool-
ing. Yields a very soft and fat surface with
crawling. Crawls more strongly if fired soon
after glazing.
From Hank Murrow,
Ceramics Monthly, September 2001.

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Rhodes Crackle Slip
(Cone 10, reduction)
Borax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 %
Zircopax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Custer Feldspar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Calcined Kaolin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Edgar Plastic Kaolin (EPK). . . . . . . . . . . 15
Kentucky Ball Clay (OM 4) . . . . . . . . . . 15
Flint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
100 %
For use on green- or bisqueware
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Mark Nafziger’s Gold Glaze Jim Brown’s Blue Glaze
(Cone 10, reduction) (Cone 10, reduction)
Bone Ash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 % Whiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.00 %
Dolomite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Custer Feldspar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00
Whiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Edgar Plastic Kaolin (EPK). . . . . . . 12.00
Custer Feldspar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 100.00 %
Kentucky Ball Clay (OM 4) . . . . . . . . . . 25 Add: Cobalt Carbonate . . . . . . . . . . 0.75 %
100 % Rutile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.00 %
Add: Rutile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 % From Tony Winchester,
Ceramics Monthly, November 2001.

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Peach Black Temmoku Glaze Celadon Liner Glaze Magnesia Matt Glaze
(Cone 10, reduction) (Cone 10, reduction) (Cone 10, reduction)

Whiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 %
G-200 Feldspar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Edgar Plastic Kaolin (EPK). . . . . . . . . . . 10
Flint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
100 %
Add: Tin Oxide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 %
Red Iron Oxide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 %
Macaloid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 %
Tom Turner Porcelain Body
(Cone 10, reduction)
Custer Feldspar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.5 %
6-Tile Clay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Kaopaque 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.5
Kentucky Ball Clay (OM 4) . . . . . . . . . 4.5
Flint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Veegum T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5
100.0 %
Dolomite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 %
Whiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.9
G-200 Feldspar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2
Grolleg Kaolin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.9
Flint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.3
100.0 %
Add: Tin Oxide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 %
North Fork Stone. . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 %
Macaloid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 %
North Fork Stone is a native basalt material;
Alberta or Albany slip can be substituted.
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Dolomite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 %
Lithium Carbonate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0
Talc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0
Whiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.9
G-200 Feldspar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.2
Grolleg Kaolin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.9
Flint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.3
100.0 %
Add: Tin Oxide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 %
Macaloid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 %

From Craig Martell,

Ceramics Monthly, May 2002.

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Coleman Vegas Red Glaze

high-fire
(Cone 8–10, reduction)
Barium Carbonate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.55 %
Dolomite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.61
Gerstley Borate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.18
Whiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.68
Custer Feldspar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.57
EPK (Edgar Plastic Kaolin). . . . . . . . 2.55
Silica (Flint). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.86
100.00 %

Add: Copper Carbonate. . . . . . . . . 0.41 %

Tin Oxide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.04 %
Titanium Dioxide. . . . . . . . . . 0.10 %
Yellow Iron Oxide. . . . . . . . . . 0.10 %

oxblood with purple undertones

From Tom & Elaine Coleman,

Ceramics Monthly, January 2003.

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JVM Orange
Cone 10 Reduction

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Bone Ash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.87 %
Dolomite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.66
Talc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.87
Whiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.16
Minspar 200 Feldspar. . . . . . . . . . 32.65
Georgia Kaolin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.79
100.00 %
Add: Zircopax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.61 %
Red Iron Oxide . . . . . . . . . . 2.64 %
Mix the glaze to a half-and-half consistency. I use slip
under JVM Orange to achieve a yellow color.

From Jo Severson
Ceramics Monthly, June/July/August 2018.

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Blue jay

high-fire
Cone 10 Reduction
Bone Ash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.87 %
Dolomite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.66
Talc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.87
Whiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.16
Minspar 200 Feldspar. . . . . . . . . . 32.65
Georgia Kaolin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.79
100.00 %
Add: Zircopax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.61 %
Cobalt Carbonate. . . . . . . . 1.08 %
Black Nickel Oxide . . . . . . . 1.08 %
Mix the glaze to a half-and-half consistency.

From Jo Severson
Ceramics Monthly, June/July/August 2018.

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