Norm Stuart
Male
West Hollywood, CA
United States
Profile Information:
- What is your experience with ceramics in general. (Long answer encouraged)
- I threw a couple of bowls in junior high school and have thrown none since.
Four years ago I got volunteered as a "chemist" for the non-profit community ceramic studio my husband manages. Since being drafted, I've found some time to craft some sculptural works. - What is your current involvement with electric fired ceramics? (long answer encouraged)
- Apprentice Glaze Chemist
I originally made all the glazes at our outdoor studio. Now an expanded team of glaze makers bring us old favorites and new creations.
Four years ago we replaced our kiln sitter with a computer controlled kiln, a Bartlett V6-CF controller modified slightly for Cress.
What a difference it makes, being able to program several hour 200 F pre-heats, using a pre-programmed Cone-Fire, or adding slow-cooling to ^6 firings, all with the ease of microwave oven like controls. - All our content is viewable by the public. Why do you want to be a member, when you can already see everything as a non-member?
- Sharing ceramic glaze ideas and happy accidents.
I've taken photos of just about every experiment we've done at our studio, and this website seems like the ideal place to share them with others contemplating similar ceramic variations. - Where do you work on your ceramics projects?
- community center
- How did you find this network?
- search engine
Denice E. Demuth
Norm you definitely keep the forum interesting, have you done any electroforming. A newcomer on the Ceramics Monthly Forum was wanting to know if anyone else was using that technique. I vaguely remember it from some ancient Ceramic Monthly magazines that are on discs. I won't be trying it but it is very interesting. I still make you own glazes and experiment with them but try to stay away from most chemicals because of my M.S. Denice
Jun 7, 2013
Denice E. Demuth
Norm that's sounds like a toxic mess and a lot more complicated. I have hit on a nice metallic look using the Flaky Lime Green glaze on Laguna's brown clay that looks black at C6. I have only used it on tiles and pour the glaze over them to keep a even consistent finish. I have seen the metallic clay at the Fort Worth NECCA I think that was around 97-98. It was a new product then and very pricey. Denice
Jun 11, 2013
Ersatz Soubriquet
Norm, I've had a heap of aliases, Bogus Cognomen is another of them...
I kind of like being somewhat masked, and though I've been a potter a long time, I'm just restarting, and this cone 6 world is one I'll have to learn, and I'll make stupid mistakes, my glaze notebooks were lost in a flood, but hey, they were mostly cone 10 anyway.
I'll probably come out of hiding pretty soon.
Back in the day... we potters had to meet up, some were generous, some secretive, I'm so very pleased to see the spirit of open sharing, mutual help, and support that is out there on the internet for potters. I hope I'll be as helpful in the community.
Jun 4, 2014
Ersatz Soubriquet
Oh, and one alias that wasn't me, but I wish had been, was 'Borax Fritz', back in probably 1980 in the pages of... Ceramics Monthly?
Jun 4, 2014
Deborah Bassett-Maxwell
Jul 24, 2014
Chantay Poulsen
I found all the Alberta Slip glaze recipes on the Plainsman clay website. The base glaze looks good on white clay too. I look forward to trying out more of them.
Jul 21, 2015
Randy McCall
Norm would like to try your antique white if you don't mind since you have used some of my glazes. Would greatly appreciate it. I used a similar glaze in gas but have not been able to find one like that in electric.
Oct 27, 2015