FMIRANDA@alpha.CC.OBERLIN.EDU on thu 25 apr 96
I tested the Tizzie glaze that was posted several weeks (days? months?
-it's all flying by..)ago. The one that didn't have lead, had a frit.
It's very pretty, lite green, gloss, with a nice sheen. Looks reliable and
easy to use. I tested it on cone 6 white stoneware, fired to cone 6 in the
sitter in oxidation.
Now I would like to know WHY it is that after you do these test tiles, find
several truly exciting glazes, make up larger batches and put it on real
pots and fire, that you open the kiln to find the very same glazes bubbled,
pocked pitholed, either overfired or under fired. Egads, what is this, some
kind of bad karma?
Sharon, in Ohio, putting blankets on the plants I planted last week. Not
having much luck gardening either....
ASHPOTS@aol.com on fri 26 apr 96
Howdy: The Tizzie glaze has never done what you said it did. I soak my kiln
for at least thirty minutes or longer to mellow out the glazes. On my
electric kilns, I put the switches on the medium setting and that should take
care of the problem. Also, Frits like to settle so you have to keep them
stirred often. Keep that in mind. Good luck in your firings. Also, I live
in Miami on an acre where I have a nursery where I grow succulent plants,
tropical fruit trees and anything else that will grow and tons of palms,
helaconias, etc etc GOOD LUCK.
Capt. Mark Issenberg
MADE IN THE SHADE PLANTS & POTTERY
7780 SW 118th Street
Miami, FL 33156
(305) 232-0278
(305) 232-0278 FAX
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