Snow Gems is a dimensional glaze that creates a white, textured surface with colored crystals. It is a non-moving glaze that can be applied using a brush or palette knife to create various textural effects and accents in your design work. Snow Gems have a wide firing range of cones 06-10 (999°C-1305°C / 1830°F-2381°F).
Enhance the decorated finish of your pieces with the texture and colorful crystals of Snow Gems.
General Use
Shake well and stir before and between each application to keep crystals suspended and to achieve even crystal coverage. Using a brush, apply 3 even coats to cone 04 earthenware or stoneware bisque, greenware, or clay. To tint, brush one coat of Stroke & Coat®, Foundations®, or E-Z Stroke® color of choice over the Snow Gems or mix small amounts into the product. Allow to dry between coats. Fire to shelf cone 06-10 (999°C-1305°C / 1830°F-2381°F) Snow Gems will perform the same at low, mid, and higher temperature firings. Testing is recommended. Not recommended for dinnerware due to surface characteristics; decorative use only.
What recommendations do you have for using Snow Gems with copper-based green glazes?
Much like SG302 Snowfall, Snow Gems will boil when applied on top of copper-based green pigments such as, FN-217 Evergreen Fire, FN-219 Lustre Green and FN-218 Green Sapphire. The fired Snow Gems may also become tinted (“bluing”) as the copper leaches into the glaze. Apply 2-3 coats of any of the copper green glazes leaving the area for the Snow Gems with out the green glaze and butt the Snow Gems up to the glaze.
