These are the beads I had on the top shelf. The pendants with white and green centers were set on trivets (previous post) and had glass in the center and glaze on the edges and backs. The other three hung on a wire. The two larger pendants are glazed with Mayco's Bluesurf. I love the rich blue which breaks green in the design. It took 3 coats. It looks juicy but no drips.
This 4" bowl was also glazed with Mayco's Bluesurf. No green due to no designs to break the blue glaze up. It's a beautiful mottled blue just the same but something to keep in mind for next time.
With closer scrutiny, this crazy glaze test bowl reveals some interesting overlaps of 4 Mayco glazes: Alabaster, Bluesurf, Northwoods, and Maycoshino. More testing to be done!
I am very pleased with the results of this firing but also puzzled. I put in self supporting cone 5 cones just for the heck of it....one on the top shelf and one on the very bottom. The cone on the left was on the top shelf. The cone on the right did not look like it reached cone 5 but the pottery looked good, with a nice glaze melt...no blisters or pinholes. Maybe the glazes I used are very forgiving and have a larger firing range than they claim. Any thoughts?
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