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Bleu (blue):
For this shade of blue, cobalt oxide is added to the glaze, which is originally made of ash from the forests of Bresse (beyond the Saône).
Jaune (yellow):
The yellow tone of this glaze comes from a high aluminum content and the addition of titanium oxide.
Okoumé (dull gray-blue):
This glaze is made by re-creating an ash of waste tropical wood from a local carpentry shop.
Omnia (green):
The green hue of the glaze is created from a mixture of the other glazes.
Gousseau (yellow):
This shade of yellow is created by recreating an ash of trees from the neighboring forest of Gousseau on the other side of the valley.
Temmoku (black with red inclusions):
This glaze has a Japanese name, but it is a classical glaze as it was created in China more than 1000 years ago. It gets its characteristic hue from the addition of iron.
Bois de Bresse (shimmering white):
This shimmering shade is obtained by recreating an ash from the cuttings of a hedge from the plain of Bresse, near Taizé.
Noisette (light brown):
The light brown of the glaze is obtained by recreating an ash of hazelnut shells of Spanish origin.
Rouge de fer (iron red rusty brown):
This reddish brown glaze contains iron and phosphorus.