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You upload an inspiration photo (a piece with the effect you want to reproduce) and tell us the cone, atmosphere, clay body and the piece's intended use. The AI proposes a base recipe (the glassy layer) plus a coloring layer using real raw materials available in Brazil, with percentages adding up to 100% over the base and a suggested firing curve. The recipe is then validated by three independent chemical methods — Seger UMF, Limit Formulas and the Stull Chart — and 9 algorithmic variants are generated via Triaxial Blend.

Both. For high temperature (cones 5 to 10) we use Prof. Tito Tortori's empirical-percentage method and/or public chemistry (Seger UMF). For low temperature (below cone 04) the engine returns a frit + colorant recipe — building low-fire glazes from scratch out of isolated raw materials isn't advisable, because the risk of toxicity and blistering is high.

Yes. You choose the atmosphere (oxidation, reduction, neutral) and the kiln type (electric, gas, wood, muffle). A standard electric kiln means oxidation; gas and wood allow full reduction. The AI adjusts the chemistry to the atmosphere — in reduction, for example, iron becomes FeO and yields blue-grey colors; in oxidation it becomes Fe₂O₃ and yields amber-yellow tones.

The recipe is built from raw materials that circulate in the Brazilian market: sodium and potassium feldspars, kaolins (EPK, Vidalia, São Simão), silica in 200 or 325 mesh, dolomite, wollastonite, talcs, coloring oxides (Fe₂O₃, MnO₂, CoO, CuO), zirconia for opacifying and frits for low temperature. Each recipe comes with a regional supplier suggestion whenever public data is available.

Every recipe generated with `Piece use = Functional` applies stricter toxicity rules: lead is banned (always), barium is avoided on the surface, lithium only in a stable form, cadmium is banned. Even so, we always recommend a leaching test before commercial use. For decorative ware the restrictions are looser, but the system still flags any problematic raw material.

No — and no glaze recipe should ever go into production without testing. The generated recipe is a technically sound starting point (the chemistry checks out, percentages add up to 100%, fluxes are proportional), but real-world variables like raw-material batch composition, application thickness, the kiln's actual curve and the bisque clay body call for a triaxial test before you fire a whole kiln load. That's exactly why the platform already delivers 9 variants ready to test.

Seger UMF (Unity Molecular Formula) is the universal chemical way to describe a glaze: the molar ratio between fluxes (RO/R₂O), stabilizers (Al₂O₃) and glass formers (SiO₂, B₂O₃). It's how technical potters around the world compare recipes regardless of raw-material brand. The platform computes the UMF automatically and shows whether the formula falls within the known limit formulas for the chosen cone.

A map published by Charles Stull in 1912 that plots, on the silica × alumina plane (in molar ratio), the glaze's expected behavior zones: glossy, matte, under-saturated, unmelted. The platform plots your recipe on that map and tells you which zone it lands in — handy for understanding why a glaze is crazing, running or turning opaque when you didn't expect it to.

Yes. Without signing up you can generate 1 preview recipe every 24h. After creating a free account, the Free Forever plan includes 6 mockups in the simulator (up to 3/day) and 3 complete recipes per month, forever — the quota resets on the 1st. The Ceramista plan is R$ 39,90/month with 60 mockups and 15 recipes (no instructor review); Ateliê PRO is R$ 99/month with 50 recipes, 5 reviews by Prof. Tito and an exclusive discount on OXID purchases; Escola is R$ 329/month for up to 10 users.

Tito Tortori is a Brazilian ceramist and teacher with decades of experience teaching glaze formulation. He is Keramoslab's pedagogical partner, and the empirical-percentage method he developed for high temperature is one of the generation strategies available on the platform. The personal recipe-review service (included in the paid plans) is in development and will be enabled soon.