Mason 6088 Dark Red Stain Non Hardening Clay As a glaze component

As a glaze component

Binders are used in ceramics to harden unfired ceramic glazes

or glass forming agents in a clay body that allow the material to fuse together

Cobalt carbonate produces vibrant shades of blue in glazes

Smooth in texture

Mason 6088 Dark Red Stain Non Hardening Clay As a glaze componentStains are a mixture of ceramic oxides and coloring metal oxides that are melted in kilns, quenched, ground to specific mesh size (some are acid washed), and colored with organic dyes to simulate the fired color. Essentially they are fritted colorants. They are made and manufactured for several reasons: to provide a consistent and stable form of colorant that doesnt dissolve in the glaze melt as easily as coloring metal oxides; to make colorants safer