Cream City Brick Glazed Coffee Mugs

I recently got 3 pieces back from the kiln with one of the cream city brick glazes I developed. I was very pleased with the results. I used a red clay, and the overall color was much darker. I really like the way it looks, but it did come out darker than the test samples on the gray clay. The lighter clay glazes matched the color of the brick very closely, so in terms of capturing the essence of the brick I think I prefer them. The iron in the red clay interacts with the glaze, and is pulled into it during the firing process, resulting in the darker glaze.It did have a nice texture and a rustic look that matched the bricks well.

In the second mug, I found that the glaze goes on nicely when applied very thick, and actually looks a lot better than the thin coating. I really liked the way the cream city glaze interacted with the white glaze.