Blends
Note: Blends is a Patron-only feature. Learn how to become a Patron here.
With Blends you can automatically make line, triaxial and biaxial blends.
To learn more about blends, please see “Blend Testing”.
Line Blends
Example Silica Line Blend
Let’s create a line blend that shows the effect of adding silica to a glaze:
| “Left”: No Silica | ”Right”: With Silica |
|---|---|
| 40 Potash Feldspar | 40 Potash Feldspar |
| 0 Silica | 40 Silica |
| 20 Whiting | 20 Whiting |
| 10 Kaolin | 10 Kaolin |
- Select “Line” from the Blend dropdown.
- Select the number of columns you want in the blend. In this case, we will use 5 columns.
- Select the “Left” and “Right” recipes.
Starting a Line Blend
- Click the Blend button. Glazy will create the blend recipes named “A1”, “A2”, “A3”, “A4”, and “A5”. You can see the recipes represented in the Glazy Chart on the left. The blend recipes are not saved until you click the Save button.
The resulting line blend showing the blend recipes “A1”, “A2”, “A3”, “A4”, and “A5”.
Example Colorant Line Blend
Let’s create a line blend that shows the effect of adding cobalt to a glaze:
| “Left”: No Cobalt | ”Right”: With Cobalt |
|---|---|
| 40 Potash Feldspar | 40 Potash Feldspar |
| 30 Silica | 30 Silica |
| 20 Whiting | 20 Whiting |
| 10 Kaolin | 10 Kaolin |
| 0 Cobalt Oxide | 0.4 Cobalt Oxide |
Fired result of the colorant line blend showing the effect of adding cobalt oxide to a glaze.
- Select “Line” from the Blend dropdown.
- Select the number of columns you want in the blend. In this case, we will use 5 columns.
- Select the “Left” and “Right” recipes.
- Click the Preserve Additional checkbox to ensure the blends preserve cobalt as an additive.
Starting a Line Blend
- Click the Blend button. Glazy will create the blend recipes named “A1”, “A2”, “A3”, “A4”, and “A5”. You can see the recipes represented in the Glazy Chart on the left. The blend recipes are not saved until you click the Save button.
The resulting line blend showing the blend recipes “A1”, “A2”, “A3”, “A4”, and “A5”.
Triaxial Blends
Let’s create a triaxial blend that shows the effect of adding red iron oxide and rutile to a glaze:
| “Top”: Reitz Purple Base | ”Left”: With Red Iron Oxide | ”Right”: With Rutile |
|---|---|---|
| 50 Cornwall Stone | 50 Cornwall Stone | 50 Cornwall Stone |
| 25 EP Kaolin | 25 EP Kaolin | 25 EP Kaolin |
| 20 Dolomite | 20 Dolomite | 20 Dolomite |
| 5 Whiting | 5 Whiting | 5 Whiting |
| - | 5 Red Iron Oxide | 5 Rutile |
The resulting triaxial blend showing the effect of adding red iron oxide and rutile to a glaze.
- Select “Triaxial” from the Blend dropdown.
- Select the number of rows you want in the blend. In this case, we will use 6 rows.
- Select the “Top”, “Left” and “Right” recipes.
- Click the Preserve Additional checkbox to ensure the blends preserve the additives.
Creating the triaxial blend in the Glazy UI.
Biaxial Blends
Let’s create a biaxial blend that shows the effect of adding red iron oxide and chrome oxide to a glaze:
| “Bottom Left”: Tangerine 4 Base | ”Top Left”: Add Chrome Oxide | ”Top Right”: Add Chrome Oxide & Red Iron Oxide | ”Bottom Right”: Add Red Iron Oxide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37 Nepheline Syenite | 37 Nepheline Syenite | 37 Nepheline Syenite | 37 Nepheline Syenite |
| 25 Silica | 25 Silica | 25 Silica | 25 Silica |
| 20 Wollastonite | 20 Wollastonite | 20 Wollastonite | 20 Wollastonite |
| 10 Zinc oxide | 10 Zinc oxide | 10 Zinc oxide | 10 Zinc oxide |
| 8 Kaolin | 8 Kaolin | 8 Kaolin | 8 Kaolin |
| - | 0.15 Chrome Oxide | 0.15 Chrome Oxide | - |
| - | - | 2 Red Iron Oxide | 2 Red Iron Oxide |
The resulting biaxial blend showing the effect of adding red iron oxide and chrome oxide to a glaze.
- Select “Biaxial” from the Blend dropdown.
- Select the number of rows you want in the blend. In this case, we will use 4 rows.
- Select the number of columns you want in the blend. In this case, we will use 3 columns.
- Select the “Top Left”, “Top Right”, “Bottom Left” and “Botom Right” recipes.
- Click the Preserve Additional checkbox to ensure the blends preserve the additives.
Creating the biaxial blend in the Glazy UI.