91. How to Recycle Waste Incense Stick Ash Into a Stoneware Pottery Glaze

Written By Katherine Tomlinson

Oxford Clay Podcast

Episode 91: How to Recycle Waste Incense Stick Ash Into a Stoneware Pottery Glaze

In this mini episode of the podcast, I tell you about a beautiful greeny-brown coloured stoneware pottery glaze I’ve made with ash recycled from incense sticks.

A stoneware pottery glaze made from recycled incense stick ash

A beautiful greeny-brown stoneware pottery glaze made from waste incense stick ash

Rather than throwing the incense ash away after burning, it can be collected and recycled into a pottery glaze coloured only by the natural trace metals in the ash!

The stoneware pottery glaze recipe used in this episode is:

40 parts - Sieved Incense Ash (sieved with a 100 mesh size sieve)

40 parts - Cornish Stone

20 parts - Quartz


Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube


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Katherine Tomlinson

A Potter for over 25 years, Katherine is passionate about eco-conscious pottery materials and practices. She has created books and courses to help other Potters find the information they need. Listen to the Oxford Clay podcast for more pottery tips. You can contact Katherine here.

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