I use a Nuka glaze on the majority of my new work. This glaze is high in silica, making it very durable. It also uses local wood ashes as a main glaze ingredient, which helps achieve rustic tones and ties the pottery to the local region. I use iron and cobalt washes to create brown and blue hues in the glaze. These colorants also provide a sense of movement, as they drip down the pottery during the firing.
I have been experimenting with Copper Red glazes the past year. I enjoy the bright red huge because the alluring color is very intense. I also enjoy the variation achieved by firing this glaze in natural gas kilns. I fire in large kilns, often with uneven firing atmospheres. This creates a rustic, natural sense of variation in the glazed surface.
The woodfired surface is a huge reason I got into pottery. I love bright colors achieved from long firings, where coals, ashes and flame consume the pottery and naturally paint the clay surfaces.