Electric Mid&Hi Fired Ceramics
Potters & Sculptors - Making Rock from Mud
Turtle / snake lidded
white raku clay - clear satin matt glaze over copper oxide stain. regrettably it cracked in several places due to attempted change in forming method.
Comment
-
Comment by Carl Ray Crutchfield on April 17, 2015 at 11:26am
-
thanks for the encouragement, George, I appreciate it. I use standard 240 for thrown work and was using it also for hand building, but wanted a white clay with a bit more body and good drying tendencies. I tried standard 420, but did not like the course grog it contained. Standard 239 was recommended to me and I like the feel of the clay when building, have not had any problems in the drying or firing process until this piece and I liked the results with the glazes I use for the 240. I work out of a local working studio where I pay a monthly fee that includes 24/7 access, aprox 30 studio glazes and firing to cone 6. For the clays that the studio stocks the raku seems to be a good fit for what I do. I am planning on trying a box of 553 which is not really a white clay, but someone else in the studio uses it and though I should give it a try. Thanks for the interest.
-
Comment by George Lewter on April 17, 2015 at 9:32am
-
So Carl, You've been using a raku clay for your sculptural work for some time now. Why are you using raku clay? Is it a commercially available clay, and if so, which one? And finally, are you firing to cone 6?
Once again, I really admire how much your work has evolved over the past several years. Keep em coming!
Videos
Use These Links to Support Us
Low cost flat lapping disc can be used on you potters wheel if you, drill bat pin holes in it, and provide a trickle of water to cool it. At amazon.com, 120 grit for aggressive material removal. Click the image to purchase
Members have had great things to say about John Britt's new book, Mid-Range Glazes. Click the image to buy from Amazon.com
Purchase Glazes Cone 6 by Michael Bailey, The Potters Book of Glaze Recipes by Emmanuel Cooper, or Making Marks by Robin Hopper, all available at amazon.com. Mastering Cone 6 Glazes by John Hesselberth & Ron Roy is now out of print.
Harbor Freight is a great place to find unbeatable prices for better HVLP spray guns with stainless steel parts and serviceable economy models, as well as detail guns, all tested by our members for spraying glazes, as well as compressors to power the guns. As yet no one has tested and commented on the remarkably inexpensive air brushes at harbor freight.
The critter siphon gun is a spray alternative that is well liked by some of our members, and is available at amazon.
Amazon is also a competitive source for photo light tents for shooting professional quality pictures of your work. They also have the EZ Cube brand favored by several of our members. You might also want to purchase the book Photographing Arts, Crafts and Collectibles . . .
If you are up to creating videos of your work or techniques you might want to invest in a flip video camera
Following are a few scales useful for potters. Ohaus Triple Pro Mechanical Triple Beam Balance, 2610g x 0.1g, with Tare $169.00
And finally a low cost clone of the OHaus. The Adam Equipment TBB2610T Triple Beam Mechanical Balance With Tare Beam $99.62
ebay is a great alternative for many tools and the equipment used in the ceramics studio - kilns, wheels, extruders, slab rollers are often listed there both new and used.
Tips for Members
If you just want to spout off, it is best accomplished as a blog posting. If you want to get more guidance and ideas from other members, ask a question as a new discussion topic. In the upper right corner of the lists for both types of posting, you will find an "+Add " button. Clicking it will open an editor where you create your posting. 4/16/2014
© 2024 Created by Andrea Wolf.
Powered by
You need to be a member of Electric Mid&Hi Fired Ceramics to add comments!
Join Electric Mid&Hi Fired Ceramics