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At 9:14am on December 22, 2010, Mary Jane said…

George, once again - thanks for the pointers.  In the spirit of Christmas, I am making a list of ingredients I need and checking it twice.  I am afraid I have to be my own Santa though.  Cheers and happy holidays. 

(BTW - I think you follow clayart.  John Britt posted a recipe for Bailey's red/orange for use at cone 6 oxidation.  It is a bit different from the one given by Steven Hill at the workshop.  Did you happen to see it?  If not, I can forward it to you.  Obviously I have not had the chance to test it.) 

At 3:29am on December 11, 2010, Randy McCall said…

George your nutmeg must be different from the one I am using.  Try Richard Bursh nutmeg.  I use a variation, but it is about the same as Richard's.

At 4:33pm on December 7, 2010, Kathy Ransom said…
I have 2 profiles now George as I moved, have a new email address, and can't remember my old sign in password! I've written the new one down so it won't happen again. Will you be able to remove my first profile?
At 7:33am on December 6, 2010, Thomas said…
Hey George, I read your comment on the problem with the wax, I use Shellac on my potts and I think it works better then wax. It also goes on alot better and lasts a lot longer then wax.
At 5:43am on November 24, 2010, Raymond W. Lopez said…
George,
Thanks for looking out for me.
Ray
At 9:20pm on November 23, 2010, Dave Hodapp said…
Thanks, I should have thought of that.
At 4:17pm on November 23, 2010, Raymond W. Lopez said…
Thanks George.
At 7:10pm on October 31, 2010, Becky Clark said…
Hi, Thanks for the welcome wish! I haven't met Ginger Steele or Mark Heimann, but I will look them up. I recently moved up here from Colorado so I'm just getting into the crowd here. Right now I'm making some pots at Stark Street Studios.
At 6:18pm on July 6, 2010, Victoria Cochran said…
Hi George, thanks for adding me. Happy to provide whatever info I can. I'm working primarily on horizontal surfaces, such as tiles. So far, so good, with the single firing...minor quirks/easily solved.
At 1:34pm on June 9, 2010, Troy Bungart said…
Hi George, I know it's a big lake but do you know the Thompsons on the south end of the lake or the Cordes on the north end? This site looks like it has a lot of very dedicated potters on it. I find it hard to believe how much glaze testing has progressed in the last 15 years. I have been cleaning up my studio and several kilns have been ruined by the ravages of time and mice. I have picked up a used evenheat but without any fancy controls. From what I have been reading it looks like that is what I need to do the work I want to do. Thank you for the welcome to the site and I look forward to reading about what is going on here.

Troy
At 1:50pm on May 7, 2010, John Britt said…
It is my pleasure. Hope I can learn stuff and help people on the way.
At 8:46pm on January 4, 2010, Brian Dean said…
George Love some of your glazes. I particularly like the C Harris Temoku Breaking Red Glaze. Can you confirm this is the recipe for that?

C Harris Temoku Cone: 6
Color: red brown black
Firing: Oxidation Surface: Glossy

27.8 Silica
18.6 Kaolin--EPK
18.6 Nepheline Syenite
9.2 Gerstley Borate--1999
9.2 Dolomite
9.2 Talc
7.4 Bone Ash
100 Total Additives
11.1 Red Iron Oxide
Comments: One hour hold maintained within + or - 10 degrees of 1742 F with plenty of oxygen circulating are the keys to the best red development.

I have a Skutt Electric Kiln with a programmable controller but it does not have a vent. How do you get "plenty of oxigen circulating" in that event?

Thanks,
Brian Dean
At 2:57pm on December 22, 2009, George Lewter said…
I don't see that problem with the Sankey database when I look at it in Internet Explorer 8 at home or at work. All the text is intact, and if I go to larger fonts, it wraps to shorter lines maintaining all wording. I do get the problem you described if I use firefox as my web browser. If I have time I will look for a solution, but the file is intact as is. It is a browser issue.
At 6:19pm on December 10, 2009, Randi Martin Kish said…
Thanks for your comment about one of my jars...interesting interpretation...yes, the surface designs tend to look abstract...and much of them are, but if you could see them more closely, you would see...texture, pattern, text, symbols, numbers, hidden messages...words...images...etc.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts..
At 7:59am on December 10, 2009, EE said…
I just set up the etsy group, but am not sure where to go from there. I am certainly happy to help with etsy and paypal questions if anyone has any issues or just wants info. I have to figure out how to start a discussion for the group though.

(I keep getting sidetracked by your great photos that are scrolling above, and wonder is that a fake ash glaze recipe or real wood ash on the pitcher - I am experimenting with wood ash glazes, but have concerns about the corrosive effect it may have on my kiln)
At 8:09pm on December 9, 2009, EE said…
Sorry about the rogue upload, I am a bit confused with the technical aspects of the site - not my area of expertise. Hopefully I removed it okay. It looks like I did, but let me know if it is showing up where it shouldn't be. I thought I was putting it on my personal page when I did that. Yikes!
Kathi
At 1:39pm on December 8, 2009, EE said…
Thank you George! Hope you don't mind that I invited members of our etsy mud team to check out the site. I want to add my etsy stream like you have, but am struggling to figure out how to insert it. How about a tutorial! Kathi
At 12:44pm on December 8, 2009, Miri Hardy said…
Thanks George. Still need to take the time to "visit" on the site but figured I might as well make myself at "home"! :-)
At 12:28pm on December 8, 2009, Charan Sachar said…
Yes. That is me who posted the video on slip decoration with mylar paper. Just joined here and still trying to figure out the ins and outs. Thanks for the welcome.
At 6:23pm on November 27, 2009, Elizabeth Mostello-Harris said…
Dear George,

Thank you so much for your kind words. As you can see, it has been several days since I've been able to visit the cone6pots site! I truly appreciate the scientific method which you apply to the investigation of cone 6 glazes. I'm trained as a medical researcher myself, so I gravitate toward scientific experiments and data.

Actually, I'm intrigued by the photo of one of your iron-bearing glazes, the one with which you achieved green crystals on a black background. From the photo, I wonder if you've developed a tea-dust glaze, one which I've seen frequently associated with reduction firing and which I've been unable to duplicate. It's one recipe which I intend to experiment with soon. Besides the color (and I understand that you were trying to produce iron reds), is there another reason why you felt that the glaze was unattractive and not useful?

I'll be around more when the holiday season winds down...

Liz

Liz

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