How-To Videos
Short, practical videos on mixing, applying, and getting the best results from your glazes.
About Ware
Welcome to Ware
Who we are, and the idea behind Ware: custom-manufactured glazes you design — from color to cone — made from scratch and sent to you.
Why We Made Ware
The trouble with glazing, and the decades of workshop research behind a system that can make a custom glaze for any color and any temperature.
Your Art Is Science
Why temperature and glaze chemistry go hand in hand — and how designing for your exact cone takes the guesswork out of the result.
Dream in Color
Getting the exact color you want can be as simple as snapping a picture. A look at how Ware fits studios, schools, and seasoned glaze-makers alike.
Designing your glaze
How Ware Works
A quick tour of the four steps to your custom glaze: choose a color, pick your cone, set the details, and choose your batch size.
Four Ways to Pick a Color
Four ways to land on the color you want — the color wheel, a description, your camera, or a photo — plus the Vision Board when you want a starting point.
Your glazes & Vision Board
Explore, Save & Reorder
Play with ideas, save favorites to your wishlist, compare variations, and reorder the same glaze in any size — from a test batch to a five-gallon bucket.
Refining after you fire
Refining a Glaze After You Fire
Opened the kiln and it isn't quite what you pictured? How to fine-tune the color, change the cone, or tell us what happened so we can tune the next batch to your clay and firing.
Getting set up
What a Ware Order Looks Like
Unboxing a Ware order: your glaze arrives dry and vacuum-sealed, with labels, a reorder QR code, and everything you need to get going.
What You Need to Get Started
The short list of tools, how to measure your water, and how to stay dust-safe — everything to have on hand before you mix.
Mixing your glaze
How to Mix Your Ware Glaze
The routine that makes your glaze perform: add water first, let it rest, then mix to a smooth, heavy-cream consistency.
Applying your glaze
Applying Your Glaze
Brushing, dipping, or spraying — how to prep your bisque, build even coats, and wipe the foot clean before the kiln.