Refer to this page when choosing your urns colors on our order form.

This should help you to better distinguish between our colors and should show some of the variations possible within each color choice.

Not all of our color choices are listed on this page.

Our digital camera doesn't really accurately capture the true colors, the deep blue looks almost black in a lot of the photos we have of it, and the green is a nice glaze but doesn't photo well. If you look around our website you should see enough examples to get an idea of what our glazes look like, here I chose only a few examples of each glaze to keep it simple.

STAINED

 The urns below are two samples of our stained finish. This is a matte finish. The paw print colors will vary depending on on what style you order. If uncertain, leave it up to us, we know the best combination for your urn. 

RUST

   Below are two samples of our rust glaze. This glossy glaze blushes from brown to red, on thin areas it is glossy black. It is difficult to control, but can be very beautiful.

WASHED WHITE

   Our washed colors can vary greatly from one urn to another depending on how thickly they are applied. It "breaks" over edges and raised surfaces to a deep brown. When urns are dipped, the excess glaze runs off the pot and back into the glaze bucket and this sometimes leaves runs or washed areas that can dramatically effect the appearance. Not all people like this effect. If we apply it thickly we can minimize this from happening, we like to apply it so that some of this washing shows up, but achieving the perfect balance every time is tough, and sometimes we have to re-glaze and re-fire a piece if it is too light. Sometimes, even if it's really light with runs or lots of brown, washed areas, we like it and leave it that way. If you're ordering a washed color (unless you specifically mention that you want it thickly applied on the urn order form in the box supplied for writing additional instructions at the end of the form), let go of what you think it will look like exactly. Even if you don't like it at first, give it a little time, you might change your opinion, this happens to us, and to other potters, all the time, really.

    These two samples of our Washed White glaze show the variation possible, the one on the left being very washed and streaked, the urn on the right being a thickly applied, more opaque white. If you prefer the thickly applied of any of our washed glazes, be sure to tell us so on the urn order form.

WASHED BLUE

WASHED GREEN

DEEP BLUE

Deep Blue is a cobalt blue that can be a deep, solid, clear midnight blue or turn a lighter, matte-steaked blue for a nice effect like on the urn with the sunflowers, below and second from the left. If you have a preference, we can try to achieve it, just be sure to mention it to us in the box asking for additional information on our urn order form.

DEEP GREEN

    A deep emerald green that "breaks" to brown on thin areas. Not a lot of urns have been ordered with this glaze, I think because we don't have many good photos of it. If you're a green fan, and prefer a deeper look to the lighter green of the washed green, this glaze is for you.

LIGHT TAN & DARK TAN

The urn on the left is done in light tan (actually a clear glaze) with a rust heart, the one on the right is the dark tan...bad photos, we'll try and get better ones soon.

It's important to remember that glazes are not paints. Basically, they are powdered minerals that are applied as a whitish, chalky paste to the bisqued urn and then, when fired in the kiln to over 2,000° Fahrenheit, they melt and fuse together and to the urn to become a brilliantly colored and durable surface.

 Glazes and glazing is a delicate art and is well known to be unpredictable. That is one of the elements which can add to a piece's appeal, or can ruin it. Glazes run while in their liquid state in the kiln. Glazes look slightly different from batch to batch, and from firing to firing, and even can be dramatically different just when places in different locations inside the kiln.

We fire many pieces in the same kiln, and a kiln is not fired until it is completely loaded. The firing cycles themselves are changed from firing to firing depending on what's inside. Potters learn to let go of expectations when they fire, and there's usually a surprise of some kind.

OPAL

 A pretty glaze, jazzier than our White Glaze, with slight overtones of purple and pink.