Test tiles from the kiln

Well, I finally got my kiln repaired.  He needed to put in a whole new bottom in the kiln because the glass that had fused on it was too deep.  He also needed to replace the lower heating element.  So, I guess it's about as good as new as it can be. 

I made my first test glazes, 500g of 7 glazes: Randy's Red, Narragon White, Opal, New Blue, Floating Blue, Nickel Matt, and Cream Breaking Rust.  It was exciting to do my first kiln firing of some test tiles.  Here are the glazes:

 Left: Nickel Matt     Center: New Blue       Right: Cream Breaking Rust

Left: Randy's Red                Center: Narragon White           Right: Opal

Left: Opal over New Blue   Center: Opal over Randy's Red   Right: Narragon White over Nickel Matt

I made several other glaze combos....some were really ugly.  But, I figure it's best to save all of them.  Don't want to make the same mistake twice. :)

My favorites are Opal, Cream Breaking Rust and Narragon White. I made up 6000g batches of these three.  My Randy's Red doesn't look exactly like Pam's. It's a bit browner.  I gave her a test tile to fire in her kiln, so I will be able to tell if it is the glaze formulation or the kiln.