The 21st Century Glaze Project is a work in progress and always will be. Members have sent suggestions for new features and there are many more glazes, slips, Clay bodies and articles to add to the site. 545 Glaze recipes have been included. Of those, 226 have been tested and the test tiles uploaded to the site. Depending on volunteer support and the interns that have contributed their time we expect to add over 200 recipes each year. As recipes are contributed by our members (you) each glaze will be tested and uploaded to the site.

Our goal is to have a thousand cross referenced recopies available. Late 2008 and 2009 will bring a wealth of ceramics literature, tools and surface tweaks. The articles are being contributed by ceramic material and tools manufacturers throughout the world. Now, Paragon Industries has contributed articles on kiln firing, maintenance, etc. Visit again soon and you will see more useful articles.

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To contribute, first you need to register as a member. Membership is FREE. Once you have logged in, you can navigate to the "Contribute Recipes or Article page. The 21st Century Glaze Project Database on first release contains 315 glaze recipes. It is our plan to add more recipes each year becomes the richest source of glaze recipes available on the web. We are dependent on your support in contributing recipes from your studio, school or company. Contribute a recipe or article.

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The registered members of The 21st Century Glaze Project will be notified about four times a year by email when new recipes and articles are added or updated. These newsletters will also contain ceramics tips and notice of additional features.

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When members login to the site, we are able to collect summary information on the number of users that visit the site. Our records do not contain your user email, name or any other personal information. The statics are tabulated to show our funders (Foundations, Corporations and Advertisers) that their contributions are worthwhile. It lets them know how successful that their contributions were in support of the ceramic community. Absolutely none of your information will be shared with any person or organization. Never! There is one exception to our privacy pledge. We offer to promote you and your organization by including a link to your site when a member views or downloads a recipe from us. That is only done if you want us to include a link to your site. Still, your email address will not be released.

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The membership registration is absolutely free of charge. While your donations are needed and greatly appreciated, they are not required. We are a nonprofit organization staffed by dedicated and caring volunteers. We need money to pay for glaze testing, web hosting, postage and countless other little things. But no one is required to pay anything to become a registered member. That said, please contribute what you can to help keep the site going. Click Here to contribute.

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No personal information (name, e-mail address, country of origin, etc.) supplied by registered members is shared with any entity. Our Policy is very, very simple. We will not share your personal information with anyone for any reason at any time! It is that simple!

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No, SPAM will not be enabled in any way by this site. As stated in our privacy policy, this site will not share your e-mail address with any one. The registered members' e-mail address is required mainly to prevent members from creating multiple accounts that could be used to distort the download accounting statistics. The site also uses the registered members e-mail address to send notices of additions to the site. These emails are sent about four times a year.

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Users who do not wish to receive the site newsletters and alert messages, can unsubscribe from them by following the instructions at the bottom of such messages. When unsubscribing by e-mail, make sure you are sending a message from the same e-mail address used to subscribe. Otherwise, the site may not find your account and your unsubscribe request is ignored.

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If you want to get the word out to the ceramic community about your product or services let us know. We limit our advertising to reputable organizations that are of interest to ceramic artists, schools and art centers. There are several opportunities to advertise on this site. Click here to request information and advertising rates.

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The volunteer site administrator(s) are often very busy. It may take several days before you receive human assistance. Click here to request assistance.

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We wish to thank those that contributed to the creation of The 21st Century Glaze Project. Their generosity and dedication to ceramic arts is appreciated. We hope that you will follow their lead and contribute to the Project.

• Bucks County Community College
• Del Val Potters Supply
• Jerry Bennett (Ceramicist ~ Philadelphia PA)
• La Meridiana Center (Italy)
• Mud Flat Art Center
• Paragon Industries (Kiln Manufacturer)
• The Banff Center for the Arts (Canada)
• The Clay Studio (Philadelphia PA)
• The International Ceramic Studio (Hungary)
• Tyler School of Art (Temple University)
• University of the Arts (Philadelphia PA)
• Wayne Art Center
• Main Line Center for the Arts

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We welcome your help in make The 21st Century Glaze Project an ongoing success. With your support, our goal is to create the most useful ceramic information repository available to the ceramic arts community. What would like to see added to the site? What could we do better? Do you want us to start dry mixing glazes for you? (This has been suggested.) Do you find the site useful? In what way? Please share your thoughts. We depend on your comments, suggestions, recipes and encouragement. Please click here to send your comments

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In January of 2008 we began work on “The 21st Century Glaze Project”. It is a combined effort of members of the ceramic community. The web site supports a community of common interest (Ceramic Arts) to meet and interact as if they were in the same room. The Project is viewed as an ongoing one with ideas, contributions and support of thousands of artists, schools and companies. Our nonprofit (501c3) group is “Glaze21”. We are in the process of creating a web site that will contain more than 1,000 glazes (both recipes and commercial glazes) and ceramic reference material. The recipes are contributed by art centers, colleges, universities and ceramic artists. The commercial glaze samples are being contributed by the quality glaze manufacturing companies. Our goal is to create a comprehensive source of available to the ceramic artist on the web. The web site is provided at no cost to schools, art centers and artists. In exchange for the contribution of glaze recipe or commercial glaze samples we promote the contributor a promotional statement on the site. When a glaze is viewed or printed, the contributor’s name, promotional statement and web site is prominently displayed. This win-win model helps the artist, the contributor and the Project; in short, the entire ceramic community benefits. The web site targets ceramic artists that want good, tested glazes but who do not have or want a Ph.D. in chemistry. By offering access to schools, art centers and ceramicists at no cost, we expect to have over 100,000 visitors to the web site each year. Along with a large set of glazes the site includes easy to use search tools that make it easy to find the desired glaze.

Once fully implemented the site will contain:

• More than 1,000 glaze recipes and commercial glazes
• Easy to use cross reference searches
• A set of ceramic resource links
• A glaze batch calculator/glaze batch printer
• Useful Ceramic reference material

We hope that you will participate in the expansion and improvement of the web site. We need you to contribute glaze recipes, reference materials, useful links and monetary support.

In exchange for your contributions we will:

• List you as the contributor
• Display a link to your web site
• Feature you as a contributor and a participant in the Project.

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This site is offered to ceramic artists and ceramic organizations free of charge. While we request donations, there is no charge for use of the site and participation in the Project. It must be understood that to use the site you must register with your user name, email address and a valid password. Only registered members my use the site, contribute glaze recipes and ceramic articles and use the Glaze21 Forum. Registered members also receive the Glaze21 electronic news letter about four times a year. By using the site and the information contained therein, all site users understand and agree that glazes must be tested by the user before use. Ingredients, colorants, kilns, firing temperature and times, and other factors effect the results of firing glazes. It is important that the user of these glazes test (or have tested) the glaze before use. Further, in using this site, the user agrees that use of glazes and ingredients may and do pose certain risks to health and safety. Glaze21 is not a certified test laboratory and it’s tests should be interpreted as guidelines only. The glaze user should check the ingredients for safety and suitability before using them. In no case shall Glaze21, its employees, contributors and volunteers be held liable or responsible for any damages of any kind.

If you are in doubt about any ingredient do a bit of research. One of the many good reference sites on the internet is the DigitalFire database of materials, http://digitalfire.com/4sight/material/

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We survive as a result of your donations. If you recognize the value and usefulness of this web site, we encourage you to send us a contribution.
Our donation page contains a PayPal and credit card features. However, you may opt to use snail mail and send a contribution in a paper envelop.

As little as a dollar and as much as you can afford will be appreciated. Please send cash or check to the address below. If check, make the check payable to Glaze21.

And send it to:
Glaze21
7807 Woodlawn Ave.
Elkins Park, PA 19027

Donations to Glaze21 (a 501c3 organization) are tax deductible and a donation receipt will be emailed to you.

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The first phase of the development of The 21st Century Glaze Project was published on the web in the Fall of 2008. Our plans include a number of additional features and useful tools. The time schedule of additions to the site is dependent upon our funding from individuals and organizations.

We have planned the following:

• 100 additional glazes each quarter year
• Reference material on various ceramic topics
• A Gallery Page to display member works.
• Additional entries on the Surface Tweaks Page.
• A glaze21 Newsletter published about four times a year
• A Glaze21 Blog.
• Google style site searched
• Addition of molecular formula for each recipe
• Results of laboratory testing on glazes
• Images additional glaze test tiles.
• Other features suggested by you, our members.

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By using the site and the information contained therein, all site users understand and agree that glazes must be tested by the user before use. Ingredients, colorants, kilns, firing temperature and times, and other factors effect the results of firing glazes. It is important that the user of these glazes test (or have tested) the glaze before use.

Further, in using this site, the user agrees that use of glazes and ingredients may and do pose certain risks to health and safety. Glaze21 is not a certified test laboratory and it’s tests should be interpreted as guidelines only. The glaze user should check the ingredients for safety and suitability before using them. In no case shall Glaze21, its employees, contributors and volunteers be held liable or responsible for any damages of any kind.

If you are in doubt about any ingredient do a bit of research. One of the many good reference sites on the internet is the DigitalFire database of materials, http://digitalfire.com/4sight/material/

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