Mason 6022 Shrimp Pink Stain Brushes You can influence the direction

You can influence the direction of the flow or create a pattern by how you apply the glazes

'Dolomite matte' stoneware glazes

Fired color intensity can be altered by increasing or decreasing the amount stain added

Actual fired results will vary according to choice of clay body

Fire to cone 06 thru 04

Mason 6022 Shrimp Pink Stain Brushes You can influence the directionStains 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