Mineral glazes
Bresse Wood
A quiet white with history.
Inspired by the old shrubs of the Bresse plain, this glossy glaze bears the name of a landscape that has always been part of our surroundings. In the past, its delicate white was created by the ash of regional woods. Today, we derive the color from natural minerals: titanium dioxide gives it its fine radiance, while calcium carbonate gently makes the surface shine.
Thus, the memory of an old technique lives on in a modern form. Timeless, simple, and quietly elegant.
Silver Gray
A quiet shimmer of smoke and stone.
This glaze carries the memory of craftsmanship within it. Originally created from the fine remnants of a carpentry workshop in the neighborhood, it intertwined the wood of past works with the fire of the kiln, leaving a silvery-gray touch on the clay.
Today, its delicate shine is created through a balanced combination of natural minerals: Talc, Calcium Carbonate, and Phosphates give the surface its soft character: cool like stone, lively like ash, with the subtle shimmer of time.
Yellow
The gentle yellow of ripe wheat fields.
In the past, this glaze was made from the rich soil and the mineral treasures of our surroundings.
Today, titanium dioxide ensures the radiant brightness, while talc and kaolin shape the velvety, matte surface. Thus, the minerals combine into a glaze that evokes both sun and earth.
Gousseau
A touch of light, captured in the glaze.
The forests of Gousseau, just a breath away from our studio, were once the source of this glaze. From the ash of fallen leaves and their delicate stems, a glaze was created that smelled of sunshine: warm, soft, and yellow like late summer light.
Today, it is a subtle trace of iron oxide that carries this color tone. Surrounded by talc, calcium carbonate, and phosphates, a restrained yellow gently unfolds on the surface, not speaking, but glowing.
Hazelnut
A warm earth tone with a nutty origin.
In the past, it was the fine ash of roasted hazelnut shells that gave this glaze its unique tone. The fire drew from the shell what the earth had given it and left a color reminiscent of forest, autumn, and nuts.
Today, a subtle trace of iron oxide brings out this depth. Talc and calcium carbonate shape it into a warm, nut-brown tone that recalls roasted wood – soft, grounded, and full of inner calm.
Red Khaki
A shiny red paired like ore and iron.
This glaze carries the heritage of the earth within it. Formed from natural ores, it develops its characteristic color at high heat: a rich iron red, streaked with fine nuances reminiscent of cracked earth and glowing rock layers.
As at the Styrian Erzberg, the metal inside reveals its beauty only in the fire. Oxidation creates a gentle shine that brings the surface to life. Red Kaki is both archaic and noble. A shade as powerful as it is quiet.
Blue
A shiny blue like shadows on the water.
In earlier days, the ash for this glaze came from the forests of Bresse. There, where fire met leaves and embers consumed the wood, a fine powder enriched with a touch of cobalt was created, giving the blue its depth.
Today, cobalt oxide continues this color: it penetrates the glaze with a radiant darkness that shines in the light like still water among trees. Phosphates and calcium carbonate give it a silky surface: clear, cool, and of lasting intensity.
Matte blue
A matte midnight blue on clay.
Like its glossy counterpart, this glaze also comes from the memory of the forests of Bresse. Once enriched with ash and cobalt, deep blue and earthy at the same time.
Today, the focus is on the color itself: cobalt oxide penetrates the glaze with velvety depth, but without reflection. The light sinks into its surface, calm and unexcited – like fog over a quiet landscape.
Omnia
A shimmer like moss with a touch of bronze.
This glaze is a play of depth and light: neither completely green nor fully metallic, but something in between. A carefully balanced composition of noble metal oxides gives it that shimmering bronze tone, reminiscent of damp leaves, dark moss, and still water.
Its surface is alive. Sometimes matte, sometimes glossy, with color variations that change depending on the light. Omnia is the most mysterious of the glazes – like a glimpse into something ancient that constantly reveals itself anew.
Temmoku
A dark shine with millennia-old depth.
This glaze follows an ancient trail: its origin goes back over a thousand years in the ceramic tradition of China. Iron was then, as it is now, its central element. In the fire, it unfolds its full power and bathes the surface in a deep, reddish-brown glow, almost black in the shadows, warmly shining in the light.
Today, iron oxide gives the glaze its characteristic depth. The heat of the kiln causes the metal to oxidize, creating that shimmering iron bronze.
