Ash glaze

Ash glazes are made from the ashes of different types of wood or straw. The only ingredients are water, clay and ash. We’ll never know for sure, but it is likely that this type of glaze was discovered by accident when ash from a wood-fired kiln fell onto pottery. Eureka!

The colour of an ash glaze depends on the type and amount of ash it contains. You can mainly use it to achieve organic colours, such as shades of brown and green. Because you can’t control the exact proportions of the components in ash, you’ll never get the same result twice. The result depends on the whims of nature…