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updated thu 31 jul 97

 

Mel Jacobson on fri 4 jul 97

the glaze that is as old as dirt.
it is published in the leech book as old.
1 china
2 whiting
3 silica
4 feldspar
4% iron + or - depending on color / green to blue
if you decorate...put iron design between layers of glaze.
very nice.

the first glaze i ever made...fired in the first soft brick kiln i ever made.
and that was before i had ever seen a soft brick kiln.
remember the name Jim McKinnel. one of the first to
build soft brick kilns in america. from iowa...one of the
real pioneers.
mel