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3 Beautiful Green Glaze Recipes Made with Recycled Copper Verdigris

Episode 56 Published 1 year, 8 months ago

Did you know that you can actually make your own green pottery colourant called Verdigris?

Verdigris is an ancient pigment that has been used for thousands of years, and you can make it yourself by recycling scrap copper!

In this episode I share 3 beautiful pottery glazes I've made using Verdigris. Green Stoneware / high-fire recipes below:

Learn how to fire these stoneware glazes in an electric kiln in this free workbook.

Recipe 1:

Cornish Stone - 50

Quartz - 25

Whiting - 15

Dolomite - 10

5% Verdigris

Recipe 2:

Cornish Stone - 40

Quartz - 20

China Clay - 15

Whiting - 10

Dolomite - 10

5% Verdigris

Recipe 3:

Feldspar - 56

Quartz - 22

Whiting - 13

Plant/Wood Ash - 9

5% Verdigris

Recipe 4: (just in case you like this glaze?! / are making a sculpture of an amphibian and need a good glaze for the skin!)

Cornish Stone - 40

Plant/Wood Ash - 40

Quartz - 20

10% Verdigris

Learn how to make your own Verdigris and use it in your pottery in this video mini-course.