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Comment by Tracy Shea on August 2, 2013 at 4:14am

Juli- 

I recommend you mix samples of both the original "she knows" and the revised and try them. With your kiln and your cooling schedule,you should then be able to determine which one works best for you. (I let the kiln free fall from ^6 down to 1900F and then cool 150 per hour to 1650F)   The dry matte of the original she knows still looks melted, and like a glaze, but it is, in my opinion, too dry for functional ware.  You might love it. 

What I did find is, once I tried varying the recipe to try for more gloss, it changed the color. The revised she knows is more orangey and a bit more satiny/not so dry.  Both glazes also look different on different brown clays, and on white clay it looks cream with rusty red where it breaks on the edges.

Comment by juli long on August 1, 2013 at 7:02pm

Funny, Id be happy with any of them. Yes, i agree, it looks much richer with the slow cool.

To much a novice to recognize the "dry" look.

juli

thanks norm!

Comment by Norm Stuart on August 1, 2013 at 5:06pm

I'd try Tracy Shea's revised recipe first if you're slow-cooling.

Using our fairly slow 50F per hour cool between 1800F and 1500F, most glazes crystallize out of the melt unless we add additional flux or something like 10% Ferro Frit 3134 which is silica and flux without alumina.

As an example, this is a comparison of Jayne Shatz Blue Matt ^6 slow-cooled at 185F per hour or 50F per hour.

The changes in Clear Base Blue are amazing.

Comment by juli long on August 1, 2013 at 4:41pm

Norm

what did you mean by this?

"If Pahl's original comes out almost too dry to be functional without a slow-cool, it won't even look like a glaze with a slow-cool."

So how to handle the revised she-knows?

Juli

Comment by Norm Stuart on August 1, 2013 at 1:58pm

Thanks.

I didn't initially realize that the your Cream-Rust glaze was Linda Pahl's "She Knows" faux shino.

I checked Google for her "She Knows" glaze and found a lot of references but not the recipe, nor in the Sankey Database. So I'll add your variation to our Insight-Live glaze database.

If Pahl's original comes out almost too dry to be functional without a slow-cool, it won't even look like a glaze with a slow-cool.

Revised She-Knows
Neph Sy 27.9
Frit 3134  4.1
EPK  13.2
Talc  18.3
Whiting  10.5
Zinc Oxide  2.7
Flint  23.3
ADD: RIO 2.8  and  Tin Oxide 5

She-Knows
Neph Sy 31.5
Frit 3134  4.5
EPK  14.5
Talc  20
Whiting  11.5
Zinc Ox 3
Flint  15
ADD RIO 2.0 and Tin Oxide 5.5

Comment by Tracy Shea on August 1, 2013 at 1:18pm

Here it is again

Linda Pahl's "She Knows" faux satin shino glaze

Neph Sy  31.5

frit 3134  4.5

EPK  14.5

Talc  20

Whiting  11.5

Zinc Oxide  3

Flint  15

ADD: RIO 2 and Tin Oxide 5.5

THEN, throw in 4% copper carb 

Comment by Norm Stuart on July 31, 2013 at 12:20pm

That would a great matte glaze to add to the Insight Live database.

What is the base recipe for the "She Knows" faux shino?