Yea just quickly, have you tried using something other than (frig i can’t remember it) that dull yellow pigment- transparent yellow oxide?!?, for the glazes, i’m just thinking its making them look crusty and old, have you bought yourself any aureolin/cobalt yellow yet? its fanastic, a luminous yellow with a green tint, just like gold if you use it as glazes alongside trans yell, but be more stingy with with trans yell because it has a surprisingly powerful impact and you may be just slightly over doing it.  And also think about getting yourself some nickel azo gold (i think thats right) from golden, it has a brilliant fake antique gold quality to it which may just flip the context of your work on its head, giving it an interesting unexpected twist.  when i was in london i went to an open night for an artist and i think shhe used it when glazing her monochrome ancient civilisation architecture, she then painted small highly coloured gibbons, parrots or vultures in amongst the ruins and it gave them a nice twist.