AMACO Underglazes Creating Fantastic Underwater World by Kelsey Schroeder

AMACO Underglazes

This is a handmade underwater-themed mug with amazing 3D details. The mug shows colorful sea life, including a shark, fish, coral, and a turtle. The background has a deep blue top that fades into a lighter, greenish bottom, just like the ocean. The coral at the base is textured and bright orange-yellow. The fish and shark are carefully painted, and the turtle’s shell is green with brown accents.

The mug was glazed with different colors to make it look like an ocean scene: Rainforest Celadon for the bottom, Deep Sea for the top, Seaweed on the rim, and Honey Flux where they meet. The details are finished with a clear glaze, and special glazes were used on the turtle and coral. This mug was fired at cone 6 on stoneware clay, making it strong and beautiful – perfect for anyone who loves the sea

• Clay body: Sheffield Pottery t6b stoneware
• AMACO underglazes with HF9 clear for all the detail work
• Turtle is AMACO Emerald Falls and AMACO Albany Slip Brown on the shell
• Background is AMACO Rainforest celadon 2x on the bottom half
• AMACO Deep Sea 3x top half
• AMACO Seaweed x1 on the rim
• AMACO Honey Flux x2 where they meet
• AMACO Iron Lustre is the brown inside the octopus cove
• Fired to Cone 6

Credit: Kelsey Schroeder