Electric Mid&Hi Fired Ceramics
Potters & Sculptors - Making Rock from Mud
small dish
6x6 handbuilt dish, creamy matt glaze, with copper, iron, rutile washes applied with brush, sponge, and stick, also licorice and red glaze applied with stick. -going for the impressionistic landscape appearance.
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Comment by Jan Wallace on May 16, 2011 at 9:30pm
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Thank you Carl. I will certainly have a look at the sites you have suggested. Thanks for the information. I have Mastering Cone 6 on order, but have plently of glaze recipes from this site to experiment with whilst i wait. I have mixed up about 15 so far, but just waiting for my kiln to be fixed :(
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I have not done it yet, so it will be an experiment for me. I plan to use the schedule from Mastering Cone 6 Glazes, even though I will not be using their glaze recipe. I have read their book and I am using their colorant combinations with a commercial dry glaze, so I figured why not. If you have not seen this web site, you might give it a look. http://www.masteringglazes.com/index.html Their firing schedule is under the frequently asked questions section. Also, check out the Recent Glaze Experiments section. And finally, check out http://www.frogpondpottery.com/ which is the web site of John Hesselberth. one of the authors of the book. Thanks for communicating. Good success to you as well. -Carl
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Great idea. I used to use a white matt glaze some years ago (had a extended break from pottery) and now the frit i used is no longer available in Australia. I used to brush cobalt over the glaze for a lovely effect. I am going to experiment with a few other white matt recipes myself at Cone 6. I have a small electric kiln with a manual controller so going to have to try to perfect the firing and things like slow cooling. I have been reading a few things on this site about how to do that. Any tips from you would be greatly appreciated. Happy potting :)
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thanks for the encouragement Jan, I am working on a load of pieces to glaze with this matt glaze and try to slow cool. I read up on it and want to give it a try. Also I want to try some variations on the glaze by adding colorants to the glaze.
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Very nice Carl. Thanks for sharing the technique you used on this piece. :)
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