Marty Bynum on fri 5 apr 96
I have been working on some low fire slips and clay and would like a recipe
for a satin matt glaze to seal and finish my beautiful pastel spring pieces.
My clay and slip are formulated for ^04- any help is VERY APPRECIATED-I will
be trying some test tiles and will let everyone know the results--THANKS
ahead of time !!!
NCECA was GREAT !!! It was really wonderful to see the work of so many
ceramic artists in PERSON that I had only read about-----There is SO-O-O-O
much to see!! And Val Cushings Keynote address reminded me of "Hotel
California" by the Eagles---"We haven't had that spirit here since 1965"--He
made me want to get involved again, even if I feel like I'm against a wall,
you never know what might happen !!!! Positive thoughts from
SC--THANKS again! Marty
Marty McBride Bynum
Clemson University
mmbynum@clemson.edu
peter pinnell on mon 8 apr 96
Marty-
Here are a couple of simple glazes you might try. Both are semi-gloss
until you add stains, then they become more of a satin matt. The trick to
getting a good matt glaze at cone 04 is to soak the kiln at the end of the
firing, and then cool a bit slower than usual (fire down). A matt glaze
becomes that way because micro-crystals grow out of the glass. It takes
time for that to happen, and the typical electric kiln simply cools too
quickly.
Both of these came out of student triaxial blends at the Kansas City Art
Institute.
Rosie's Base
plastic vitrox 40.0
gerstley borate 50.0
flint 10.0
Darby's Base
Spodumene 40.00
gerstley borate 30.0
flint 30.0
I use both of these with a 10% addition of Mason 6600 black. Rosie's
turns a satin grey, while Darby's is a satin black.
Good luck.
Pete Pinnell
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