It was somewhat a step into the unknown and I did not have any issues at all. I am kind of an all in potter, but test tiles would tell you how your glazes would work in single firing. If you have a small kiln in which to test that would be a good route; you could also use some of your smaller forms as "real world" test tiles. I expect that Standard being a clay company may put enough clay in their glazes to mitigate shrinking issues in single firing, but perhaps they would comment to a well worded inquiry. If your tests showing crawling or such, you could try adding bentonite 1 percent and retest.
As the discussion under the photos mentions, I glaze when bone dry, and generally pour the interiors and spray the exteriors in close succession with no problems with my clays. How one applies plays into the success too, I suspect.
Victoria Cochran
Thanks, Maggie...didn't think.
When doing larger/thicker (tiles and small bowls), I usually glaze at leather hard.
Oct 20, 2013
John Lowes
Hi Liz,
I have pictures and descriptions of several pots I single fired using commercial glazes here:
http://cone6pots.ning.com/photo/albums/single-fired-work
It was somewhat a step into the unknown and I did not have any issues at all. I am kind of an all in potter, but test tiles would tell you how your glazes would work in single firing. If you have a small kiln in which to test that would be a good route; you could also use some of your smaller forms as "real world" test tiles. I expect that Standard being a clay company may put enough clay in their glazes to mitigate shrinking issues in single firing, but perhaps they would comment to a well worded inquiry. If your tests showing crawling or such, you could try adding bentonite 1 percent and retest.
As the discussion under the photos mentions, I glaze when bone dry, and generally pour the interiors and spray the exteriors in close succession with no problems with my clays. How one applies plays into the success too, I suspect.
Oct 21, 2013
George Lewter
Excellent article by Steven Hill at http://ceramicartsdaily.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/cmjan06hill.pdf
It is four (or seven) years old now, but does address some of your issues.
Oct 21, 2013