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Comment by Suzanne on January 24, 2012 at 2:41pm

Beautiful!!!

Comment by George Lewter on December 19, 2011 at 7:47am

Denise,

FYI you can accelerate drying time by placing your pieces in your kitchen oven (or kiln) and heating to 200 deg F and holding for about 3 hours. Open the oven frequently (or vent the kiln) to let out the steam.  This is a technique Steven Hill used in a workshop I attended to throw, glaze, and fire pieces, all during a 4 day workshop. This may stress pieces with handles so you might want to make a couple of extras just in case.

Comment by Denice E. Demuth on December 19, 2011 at 6:23am

Susan    I thought about a single fire but I have never tried that.  I think I can get these shaving scuttles dry and bisqued by Fri. and glazed Sat. I'm using a white stoneware C6 clay with a clear glaze. I know white sounds boring but they have a small bathroom that they keep changing the color.  I'm just using my small test kiln to fire in,  I just had a envirovent 2 system installed on my two larger kilns and haven't got to try it out yet not enough work ready to fill one. Have you done single fire at C6?    Denice

Comment by susan claysmith on December 18, 2011 at 6:27pm

Hi Denice - no problem!  I'm curious - if you are making something for your son for Christmas, and you are firing this week, are you going to be single firing? Susan

Comment by Denice E. Demuth on December 17, 2011 at 8:32pm

Thank you for posting those glaze formulas from your mugs.  I know how that consumes precious time that most of us have very little of especially around the holidays.  I'll be testing them this week,  my son called last night and wants me to make him a shaving scuttle for X-Mass.  So I will be firing this week, have a happy holiday.    Denice

Comment by susan claysmith on December 16, 2011 at 11:13pm

I poured the black liner glaze, then dipped the rim into the black.  I dipped the mugs into the green then dipped the rim again into the green.

Further to Denice's question the liner glaze is:

Ravenscrag Black Glossy

Ravenscrag Slip - 80 (I added an additonal) 4% to this batch

Frit 3134 - 20

Red Iron Oxide - .50

Cobalt Oxide - .50

Chrome Oxide .50

Comment by Patricia Bridges on December 16, 2011 at 6:17pm

Were these dipped, sprayed, combo?

Comment by susan claysmith on December 16, 2011 at 9:09am

The green glaze on these is the following from Mastering Cone 6 glazes with the addition of 2% copper carbonate and 2.5% titanium dioxide.  I have a whole lot of other variations I have tested which I can post as well.

So here it is again:

Frit 3195 - 23

Woolastonite - 28

Nepheline Syenite - 4

EPK - 28

Silica - 17

Colourants:

Copper Carbonate - 2%

Titanium Dioxide - 2.5%

Comment by Denice E. Demuth on December 16, 2011 at 6:21am

I like the glaze combinations on both your set of mugs what formulas are you using.  I thought I had tested every Cone 6 celadon green recipes that existed but yours seems to have a richer color.  Denice