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Comment by George Lewter on December 9, 2009 at 7:52pm

The rim is what I was wondering about. You might try a line blend of your rutile glaze at one end and the titanium dioxide version on the other. If you get what you want somewhere in the middle you'll know what the proportion of TiO to rutlie to use.

Comment by Tracy Shea on December 9, 2009 at 7:05pm

Not sure what you mean by the unglazed area. This is glazed with 2 glazes, both base recipes are in Mastering Cone 6 Glazes by Roy and Hesselberth. The green is clear liner with 4% copper carb, the "iced oatmeal" is glossy base 1 with 13% light rutile. Where they intersect, you get the aqua color. Unfortunately, I have been making this glaze combo for a year until I had to rebuy rutlile. Now, it comes out green- I have lost the blue. The new rutile I bought, even though it was supposed to be light, appears much darker in the bag. I'm wondering if there is increased iron in the rutile and it's messing with my blue. So, I'm going to test this glaze with titanium oxide and see if I can get something in the neighborhood.

Comment by George Lewter on December 9, 2009 at 6:56pm

This is a beautiful variegated green glaze used very effectively with the throwing rings and spiral decoration. Is there more than one glaze? I don't think the unglazed area is a positive design element, based on what I can see of it. That is the only thing that keeps the bowl from being 5 star in my view. I would like to see details about the glaze(s) and application. Or, just send me 5 gallons, please. :-)