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wash glazes

Hello everybody, can anyone tell me what does it mean ' wash glazes '? is it  a transparent glaze? Thank you for your answer  jori from Bel…

Started by josi rica in Network User Guide

6 Sep 24, 2019
Reply by josi rica

Firing question re Crystalline Glazes

I'm planning to test a couple of crystalline glazes. I don't really want a whole kiln full of test pots, nor a kiln with just a couple of p…

Started by Ayjay in Firing Techniques

2 Sep 18, 2019
Reply by Ayjay

Darvan/dispersant & slip ..is that the need 4 non-Newtonian thixotropic character reversel in wheelwork.

We have a lot of recycled white slip waste offcuts which I have tried to get to a point through the pugmill to be able to do wheelwork . I…

Started by Andre Johann Strydom in Continuing Education

1 Aug 13, 2019
Reply by Norm Stuart

Kiln shelves what is best?

We are needing new kiln shelves and there are so many different kinds now.  We are wondering what others are finding work best for Cone 6 f…

Started by Sharon Canfield in Pottery Equipment

0 Aug 5, 2019

Flocculating and deflocculating

I am a fairly new potter with a question regarding glazes that separate so badly, it is a constant battle to keep them in suspension. I rec…

Started by Cyndy Littleton in Glazes - Application Techniques

22 Jun 17, 2019
Reply by Sharon Canfield

5 to 10 years in the bucket and its not the same.

5-10 years ago I mixed up a bucket of Pete Pinnell's Weathered Bronze Green cone 6-7. It was fine years ago and produced just the look I…

Started by Otto Wenger in Glazes - Theory and Chemistry

8 May 9, 2019
Reply by Norm Stuart

Slip Casting

I'm attempting to slip cast the mug in the photo. Would I be able to do this in a two piece mould? Will this handle prove hand to fill with…

Started by Rebekah Nicholas in Continuing Education

0 Apr 25, 2019

The Ceramics Links Forum

One of the best things we can do here at the cone6pots network is to be a good resource for our members. In the internet age a resource gui…

Started by George Lewter in Network User Guide

0 Mar 24, 2019

Photographing Your Work

We had a discussion on this topic previously, but it seems to be gone now. Perhaps the discussion was "owned" by someone who left the netwo…

Started by George Lewter in Marketing & Business Savvy

17 Feb 19, 2019
Reply by JC

John Britt's Snowflake Crackle - The cone 6 oxidation glazes

John had a great article in the Nov. 2011 issue of Ceramics Monthly which was excerpted and republished on the Ceramic Arts Daily Website a…

Started by George Lewter in Network User Guide

29 Feb 19, 2019
Reply by JC

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