this recipe is third generation, and after several attempts to 'breed' a dark crystalline glaze, I stumbled on this;
this would be a good example of cobalt and nickel competing for crystal coloration. it's a greener hue in person, but with so much refraction going on, photographing it has been difficult. another stable glaze, in terms of crazing and keeping up with the porcelain.
when soaked in acid to leach excess oxides;
quite different!
trying to think of a good name for this result...
and still trying to get a fully deep/dark crystalline glaze. already have some ideas from this result though, testing that out next firing!
Characters are Rilda (the morally gray calico) and Crystalline (the always supportive but tired griffon).
Been experimenting with some vertical comic strips, aka the webtoon style. I would really like to start a comic there someday, but so far it’s still a dream. Expect some more short comics like this, though!
probably redid this recipe 5x to fine tune the chemistry according to all the research available before trying this. quite happy. here's how it keeps the porcelain translucency