{"id":10367,"date":"2025-09-12T14:31:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/?p=10367"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:54:34","slug":"chun-plum-over-smokey-merlot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/?p=10367","title":{"rendered":"Chun Plum Over Smokey Merlot by Shelley McQueen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Purple AMACO combo by Shelley McQueen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Chun Plum over Smokey Merlot<\/strong> glaze combination by Shelley McQueen creates a fresh, vivid, and luminous purple with beautiful depth. Where the glaze thins at the edges, warm wine-red tones emerge, while the center pools into an intense, glowing violet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This combination is especially striking on bright white clay bodies such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackwattle.net.au\/BWCSNOMF\/Blackwattle-Snowhite-Clay-10kg-bag\/pd.php\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackwattle Snow White<\/a><\/strong>, where the colors remain clean and vibrant. The interaction between the cooler purple of Chun Plum and the reddish undertones of Smokey Merlot adds subtle warmth and visual complexity, resulting in a smooth, glossy surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fired to <strong>Cone 5 with a short hold<\/strong>, Chun Plum over Smokey Merlot delivers consistent, richly saturated results suitable for both functional and decorative ceramics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Glazing details: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_6628-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10369\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_6628-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_6628-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_6628-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_6628-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_6628-850x638.jpg 850w, https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_6628.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Clay body: <strong>Blackwattle Snow White Clay<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/?tag=smokey-merlot\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"64\"><strong>AMACO Smokey Merlot<\/strong> <\/a>x3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/?tag=chun-plum-2\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"407\"><strong><strong>AMACO<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Chun Plum<\/strong><\/a> x3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fired to&nbsp;<strong>Cone 5<\/strong>&nbsp;with a&nbsp;<strong>30-minute hold<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The result is a smooth, rich surface with a deep, almost glowing violet hue. The reddish undertones of Smokey Merlot seem to warm up the cooler purple of Chun Plum, giving the pieces a layered depth and subtle variation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credit: Shelley McQueen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Layering Chun Plum over Smokey Merlot at Cone 5 creates a vibrant, rich purple with warm undertones &#8211; simple yet striking on white clay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":85,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,29],"tags":[1067,904,407,876,385,1069,64,128],"class_list":["post-10367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bowls","category-combos","tag-1067","tag-amaco","tag-chun-plum-2","tag-cone-5","tag-cone-5-with-hold","tag-shelley-mcqueen","tag-smokey-merlot","tag-white-stoneware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10367"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13095,"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10367\/revisions\/13095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marijadesign.lv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}