Over/Under Test Tiles for Your Glazes

This is a cathartic moment for me Anuja Lath, the weekend potter at Aura Pottery!
As mostly a self taught (weekend) potter, I knew next to nothing about glazing till less than a year ago. A potter friend recommended John Britt Pottery book on Cone 4 - 7 glazing and I gleefully bought it thinking it was all downhill from there. Apparently not!
Like an over-enthusiastic kid, I started out testing 80 recipes from his book. Minerals were bought, time and money was spent (lots wasted too) and 100s of test tiles were made. I experimented with 3-4 different tile designs in the beginning. I slowly narrowed down my palette to 20, then 15 and finally 12 glazes (which I am told is still too many!)
The video you see is my second attempt at building a 12x12 grid palette of glazes with over/under glaze experimenting. I now have a permutation-combination of all tiles with every other tile with this 144 tile grid.
I am quite pleased (actually thrilled) with the results, I think it will serve the studio well. A long-stay resident at Aura Pottery, Mona Gouda, had a blast because she saw the end-to-end process of this experiment LIVE and also got to help and learn. Happy for her, she escapes my struggles 🙂
Am very grateful to John Britt, love his detailing and explaining in the book. Thank you John Britt Pottery, hope to meet you someday!
Thanks to my Mon-Fri city job, I have only managed a fleeting analysis of these tiles laid out in the studio, but plan to spend the weekend gloating over them!
Please share your feedback and suggestions, would absolutely love it!
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[@micheledickey4066]

Can I do this by brushing on my glazes? They aren’t meant to be dipped but I love how you did this!!

[@lukabackiemorgandy1485]

Hey Aura Pottery!! Thanks for the video!! Would you please explain me the mixing plan you used here? There were 12 glazes..??? And you mixed them 3 times?? Or I'm wrong.. ?