How Ware works
Imagine a color. Any color.
Now imagine it on your next piece — tuned to your clay, your firing, your hands. Here’s how a color in your head becomes a tested glaze on your shelf.
It starts with a color you can already see
Most glazing starts with a catalog and a compromise. Ware starts with the color in your head — a glaze you picture on your next piece, or one you spot in a photo, a tile, a sunset.
Every color we show you is a real glaze we’ve actually fired and photographed. No renders, no “results may vary.” What you see is what comes out of the kiln.
Design it your way
Pick a color and dial in the rest — how hot you fire, how glossy or matte you want it, how it breaks over texture. Or skip the dials entirely and just browse a wall of fired tiles until one stops you.
However you get there, you land on a single glaze, tuned to your clay body and your firing — not a close-enough off a shelf.
Refine until it’s yours
Want it a touch warmer? A little more depth where it pools? Nudge it and we re-tune the glaze behind the scenes. You stay in the language of color and surface; we handle the rest.
When it looks right on screen, it’s ready to make — and if the batch you get isn’t right, we reformulate and remake it.
Everything you make, kept in one place
Every glaze you design or save lives in My Glazes — yours to reorder, tweak, or build on later. No re-deriving a color you already loved six months ago.
Reorder the exact same glaze and it’s the exact same glaze. That’s the whole point.
Open the box, get set up
Your glaze is mixed to order in the workshop, tested, and shipped to your studio door — typically in 5–7 days. It arrives labeled with everything you need to use it.
A quick look at what’s in the box and how to get going.
Mixing
Whether your glaze ships as dry powder or pre-mixed, getting it to the right consistency is the difference between a flat coat and a beautiful one. A little water goes a long way.
We’ll walk you through getting the mix right the first time.
Applying
Dip, brush, or pour — application thickness is what makes a glaze sing or run. Thinner reads lighter; thicker settles into the color you saw.
Watch how to lay it down evenly and get the surface you designed.
Matt Katz
Founder, Ceramic Materials Workshop · Alfred University BFA ’00, CU Boulder MFA ’05 · 25+ years in studio
Ware exists because I got tired of watching potters burn weeks on test tiles chasing a color that should have taken one afternoon. Every glaze we ship is mixed in my Epsom, NH workshop and tuned against your clay body, your firing cycle, and the color you actually want — not a close-enough from a catalog. If a batch isn’t right, we reformulate and remake it. That’s the deal.
Straightforward pricing
Starting at ≈$15. See your exact price before you commit to a design — no surprises at checkout.
One project's worth, and the way most potters order. Ships light, stores indefinitely in the bag, and you add water when you're ready to glaze. Not sure which to pick? Pick this.
Enough for a series, a show, or a season of pots. The volume discount starts kicking in at this size, so you pay less per gram than you would buying pints.
Our biggest size — for production runs, commissions, or a teaching studio. The volume discount is maxed out here, so it's the best price per gram we offer.
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You have the vision — now get the glaze to match it.
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