s w a t c h e s
a guide to designing your custom order
speckled / solid
I offer two types of clay for your pot to be made from and each type will interact with the glazes differently
please note that the test tiles in the numbered grid are shown on solid clay — if your pot is going to be made with the speckled clay, dark brown speckles will show through almost all of the glazes. see the photo to the left for an example
swatch shape
choose what shape you want the bottom of each color swatch to be
please note that the interior of the swatches will all be squared (what is inside the lip of the pot)
8 colors
each pot has a total of 8 swatch colors
choose all 8 colors of your own or choose from one of my preset palettes (shown below). you can also choose a preset palette and simply change 1 or more of the colors.
color labels
the most customizable part are the color swatch labels
Keeping it simple with 1-2 words per label works the best, but 3-4 short words can fit. You can customize all 8 or choose just a few. I can also leave the labels off entirely if the handwriting isn’t your thing.
If you are giving me the color names, anything you capitalize I will capitalize — otherwise it is all in lowercase.
preset palettes
the OG
from L to R: 11, 48, 49, 5, 27, 43, 40, 25
moody
from L to R: 25, 17, 50, 57, 15, 60, 49, 11
pink + yellow
from L to R: 14, 13, 38, 40, 46, 54, 47, 48
blue + green
from L to R: 19, 43, 35, 34, 25, 27, 28, 12
blues
from L to R: 36, 35, 43, 42, 50, 44, 18, 11
galactic
from L to R: 60, 40, 43, 21, 6, 17, 49, 44
how to read the test tile grid
the photos in the grid below are a zoomed in version of these test tiles from my studio
transparency
all of the test tiles have the texture on the right side. this won’t be added to your pot, but it does show how transparent a glaze is.
mottling
some glazes are mottled and contain more than one color. it can be a little unpredictable how much of each color will show up in a swatch
crystals
glaze 25 is an example of “crystals” in a glaze — sometimes there will be just a few, sometimes there will be a lot
texture
if a glaze has a texture, I have noted it in the glaze descriptions
matte
some glazes are matte (not shiny) and are labeled in the descriptions below
glaze colors
a quick note: some of these images are from the glaze manufacturer website so the colors may vary slightly. I am working to get all of my personal test tiles made for my studio. (number 4, 16, 20, 22, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 41, 52, 53, 58, 61, 62, and 64 are manufacturer images)
glaze descriptions
Since some colors can look a little confusing in a zoomed-in photo, I have added quick descriptions and some notes to each glaze below. If you have further questions or want to see more photos of each test tile please reach out! I’ve also added a “closeups and details” section to show more of the glazes.
all glazes are shiny/glossy unless otherwise noted!
all test tiles in the grid above are on SOLID (non speckled) clay.
If your order is in speckled clay, the glaze will likely show speckles through
1.white, sometimes has small flecks of brown/orange
2. matte white
3. white with multi-color specks
4. matte white with sage green/light brown crystals, textured
5. matte white/ivory with dark brown/black crystals, textured
6. matte white/ivory with purple/violet crystals, textured
7. cream that breaks into rust orange — often has more rust than this test tile shows
8. beige/tan
9. semi-transparent gray
10. matte gray, slight blue tint
11. solid medium gray
12. matte light green
13. mustard yellow, leans a little green
14. yellow/amber with lavender mottling
15. dark brown with floats of matte yellow
16. brown with light brown/orange specks, slightly textured
17. dark gray/brown with blue mottling and blue speckles - tends to lean much more brown than this tile shows!
18. light gray/blue with blue speckles
19. gray/blue that breaks into light green
20. ochre, green/yellow
21. neon chartreuse green
22. bright yellow
23. red brown with blue float
24. dark brown with blue float
25. dark emerald green with green/turquoise crystals
26. dark green
27. olive green with black speckles
28. sage green
29. light green
30.bright yellow
31. dark orange with speckles
32. dark brown
33. black with blue/green crystals
34, turquoise with black crystals, slightly textured
35. matte bright turquoise
36. light blue/turquoise, semi-transparent
37. turquoise with tan/blue crystals
38. beige/very light pink/orange
39. blush pink
40. matte beige/blush pink
41. black with pink/blue crystals
42. dark teal blue
43. matte gray/blue with black/green crystals, textured
44. light blue
45. lavender, leans blue
46. light purple
47. medium pink
48. bright pink with white mottling — much more hot pink than test tile shows, often runs/pools at bottom
49. matte black
50. matte dark teal
51. blue, semi-transparent
52. bright light blue
53. purple with blue crystals
54. bright purple/pink, has some mottling on the surface - often runs/pools at the bottom of the swatch
55. bright pink, leans slightly purple
56. bright red
57. true black
58. navy blue
59. medium/dark blue
60. dark purple with light blue and purple mottling
61. dark purple
62. medium purple
63. matte dark red
64. white that breaks into dark red areas
closeups + details :)
some glazes might get a little runny (especially taffy, #48)
colors from L to R - 43, 48, and 25
closeup of glazes with crystals
colors from L to R - 34, 25, 27
how the swatches mugs look without the handwritten color names
colors on top from L to R - 11, 48, 49, 5
colors on bottom - 17, 19, 43, 36
example of how the speckles from the clay can show through the glaze
colors from L to R - 38, 40, 46
rounded swatch shape will run/drip more than squared
colors in front from L to R -17, 18, 43
rainbow colors are an easy custom palette :)
colors from red around to black - 56, 30, 22, 26, 58, 61, 32, 57
if you capitalize a color label, I will capitalize it
colors from L to R - 54, 48, 12
some glazes will break and run in unique ways (black cherry, #60 often has white spots like this)
colors from L to R - 15, 60, 49
example of how mottled glazes can look so different (eucalyptus and still pond are the same glaze)
colors from L to R - 44, 19, 36
1-2 words is the best for the label, but 3-4 small words will fit
colors from L to R - 13 and 14
any word or phrase can go with any color - that’s the fun of swatches!
colors from L to R - 54, 47, 48