Techniques & Science
Why Your Glass Colors Look Nothing Like You Planned: The Chemistry Every Serious Blower Needs to Know
Ever pulled a piece out of the annealer expecting a deep cobalt blue and ended up with something closer to muddy gray? You're not alone. Understanding the chemistry behind glass colorants — and how heat, timing, and your own technique interact with those metallic oxides — is the difference between happy accidents and repeatable mastery.