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First Cone 6 Oxidation Tests!!!
These are all my very first tests using my new kiln!! All are cone 6 oxidation. I am pretty pleased. If you have any feedback or suggestions please let me know!! :D
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Comment by Amanda Sullivan on May 13, 2013 at 7:36pm
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I have seen your tools they look very professional!! Good job!! And I like the chattering on that bowl, I can never get it to turn out right...
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Comment by Robert Serva on May 13, 2013 at 6:34pm
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Thanks, It was one of my first tries with chattering, I have made a bunch of tools and they are starting to work out real well. I get many variations depending on the tool material thickness and tip I grind on it. The Coyote Mottled blue is very reliable, it always gives me good results and seems to work well with a wide range of clays.
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Very nice bowl by the way!
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Lol sorry That is Minnasota Clay Co. Iron Red With Coyote red gold on top
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I Use the Mottled Blue also and really like it. Here it is on brown Standard clay on this 10 inch bowl.
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:) the 4th one from the other left, .... the brown one:) I use coyote glazes also. I buy clear and creamy matt and then add colorants to get the glazes i want to use, but I also use their premixed wet glazes for accents and brush work. I don't really have the space to mix glaze from scratch.
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I sent you a friend request!
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Thanks! Commercial.. I am going to start mixing my own soon. It is Coyote Mottled blue with Mayco Alabaster on top
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Well you should be please, very nice results. Are they commercial glazes or mixed from recipe? What is the test 4th from the left, please?
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