The colour of the clay itself when fired is quite a good stony buff colour and although once fired the stoneware is as good as impervioue to moisture, I still wanted to put a layer of glaze on it.
The glaze I used is one formulated with yellow ochre as the colourant which for some reason offers a few more of the brighter red tones than the Red Iron Oxide which at the same level goes more brown.
Not wanting to mix up a large quantity of glaze to dip it, I painted the glaze on, which wasn't easy with all that surface texture. That said I could have used a little more glaze. Even with glazes which are formulated to produce a matte surface, where it is applied thinly it will often darken in tone towards the browns and develop a more shiny surface. So there is a little more shine here than I wanted but all those nooks and crannies will soon catch a little patina. I've got it out in the weather now, just waiting for my tube planted ficus to develop a little more this season.
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