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Mary Jane
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- What is your experience with ceramics in general. (Long answer encouraged)
- novice, student
- What is your current involvement with electric fired ceramics? (long answer encouraged)
- I also attended a Steven Hill workshop. I fire an electric kiln at home and just started experimenting with that. Before that I used a community kiln at class - cone 10 reduction.
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- information about firing Steven Hill type glazes at cone 6. Also information about vitrification issues that might come up firing to cone 7-9.
- Where do you work on your ceramics projects?
- School or college, community center
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- http://clayart
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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
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Good day,
I am RonaId Morris, I saw your profile and I decided to contact you immediately. Can you get back to me on my email (ronmorri01@gmail.com) for full details.
Regards.
Were you ever able to determine food safety of the Val turquoise glaze you asked about ? I'm searching for one and would like recommendations. I'd of course also check (lemon test) but a referral would help. Thanks!
Sorry about the looong delay in getting to your question. I have Michael Bailey's Glazes Cone 6 and believe it to be a good addition to any glaze developers library. It is a little heavier on theory. The materials tend to be more generic like "potash feldspar" instead of specifying a specific branded feldspar. MC6G is a little more readable and likely more popular.
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The plate was fired at ^8 in ox.
The glazes that I use are glazes I have been developing over the years. In collage I fired ^10 and I had to bring my glazes down to ^6 so they are still in development. There are three different glazes that I use, base is a Iron sat. then I use a Cobalt sat. with a Ash glazes. I had to change my clay body also and I am not getting the same results, not that they are bad but I now have to begin the process all over.