May Challenge contribution… Apparently I’m trying to rehabilitate my “naughty shelf” glazes 😂💜

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So I jumped into Suza’s May Challenge and honestly… I have SO many glazes I dislike that I barely knew where to start!

The first victim was Mayco Robin’s Egg. I dislike this glaze with a vengeance 😅

I don’t enjoy the matte finish and at cone 6 I always seem to get that lumpy bumpy surface texture from it. So I decided to see if pairing it with glazes I DO like could rescue it a little…

🧪 Test 1 2 x coats Mayco Robin’s Egg all over2 x coats Mayco Raspberry Mist all over top

🧪 Test 2 2 x coats Mayco Purple Gloss2 x coats Mayco Robin’s Egg all over

🧪 Test 3 2 x coats Amaco Honey Flux (because let’s be honest… Honey Flux makes almost everything look better 😂)2 x coats Robin’s Egg on the top half

And honestly? I still don’t really love any of them 🙈

So the experiments continue…

Next up was another glaze I rarely reach for… Leather.

🧪 Test 4 2 x coats Amaco Honey Flux2 x coats Leather all over

Now THIS has completely flummoxed me 🤯

It went BLUE?!?!

Not brown.

Not leathery.

Not muddy.

A genuinely gorgeous blue!

At this point I’m questioning whether I accidentally picked up the wrong glaze jar because if this really IS Leather over Honey Flux then suddenly I may finally use my whole jar of Leather after all 😂

And finally… Mayco Galaxy. Another glaze I really don’t enjoy on its own.

🧪 Test 5 2 x coats Amaco Seaweed2 x coats Mayco Galaxy over the top

NOW this one has potential 👀

Definitely a runner though, so I’d need to be careful on a real piece, but I can absolutely see possibilities here.

So overall… this challenge is proving exactly why glaze testing matters to me.

Some combos confirmed why I avoid certain glazes… but a couple genuinely surprised me.

I WILL find a combo that makes Galaxy work eventually 🤣💜

Thanks Suza for a great challenge this month!

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