Dave Lyons

Male

Pittsville, WI

United States

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What is your experience with ceramics in general. (Long answer encouraged)
amateur
What is your current involvement with electric fired ceramics? (long answer encouraged)
Functional stoneware and tiles,
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?
Cone 6 glazes and combinations of glazes for my own use.
Where do you work on your ceramics projects?
community center
How did you find this network?
referred by friend

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  • Louis Ford

    That is a nice looking bowl dave.......mind sharing how you built it?  I'm guessing textured slabs placed inside a form?  It would look great as well done in porcelian and left white without glaze.

    Mar 2, 2012

  • Louis Ford

    prepare a pot with a burnished/terra sig surface

    Bisque fire to cone 010

    pour ferric chloride (x2)   allow to dry

    place a crumpled sheet of aluminum foil on a table

    put pot on foil

    add sea salt, cupper sulphate, drift wood, copper chore boy, miracle grow, etc).....a little goes a long way......choose 1,2,or all....


    Wrap the foil tightly around the pot like a baked potato. Try to keep some of the chemicals/organics 'up' on the pot (not just let them fall around the base)

     

    FIre in a raku kiln to about 900-1100 degrees F ( I place a shard of bisque with a raku clear glaze on it in the kiln with the potatos.....when it starts to melt/bubble...I turn off the kiln.....SAFETY.....wear a respirator and limit access to the kiln during firing....toxic fumes....wear mask when peeling off the foil as well....experiment...experiment...experiment.

     

     

    Mar 4, 2012

  • Ronald Morris

    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.

    Jan 19