April 2013 Blog Posts (3)

Help On glazing

HELP...!  I can use some help with glaze trouble I am having. I am putting Standard Iron red Over Standard Cream. These are both new glazes for me and The Cream is Going on quite chalky, and the Ion red is dry cracking and lifting off... I am Pouring the cream on and a dip or the ion red... Is there anything I can add to make this work better?  Thank you…

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Added by Robert Serva on April 14, 2013 at 6:15pm — 4 Comments

Glaze Crystals

Last year we searched for "Glaze Crystals" for a granite look or other crystal glazes and found the industry supplier in Maryland.  They melt into larger patterns at ^6, pictured below at ^06.

Tangerine glaze crystals in a yellow mason stain glaze are shown below inside a "Chippendale furniture" looking piece I made using porcelain over paper-clay so the porcelain cracks.…

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Added by Norm Stuart on April 9, 2013 at 11:30am — No Comments

Vee's Tenmoku Gold - particular about cooling

Vee's Tenmoku Gold fired to Cone 6 then cooled, between 1,800F and 1,500F, at 185F per hour on the left, 100F in the middle, and 50F on the right.

Many glaze recipes crystallize too much at 50F per hour so I need to add 10% to 20% of a frit like 3269 - or sometimes 3134 but that works outs less…

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Added by Norm Stuart on April 3, 2013 at 11:14pm — No Comments

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