Ric Swenson on thu 21 feb 08
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I would love to do more...maybe you can suggest other options for them?
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On 2/22/08, Ric Swenson wrote:> > One place to=
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ou are now trying to do in Africa many years ago, but he was an experienced=
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David Hendley on thu 21 feb 08
Hi Ken, well, if you can get the wood-fired kiln up to
stoneware temperatures, several possibilities open up.
In fact, by using only wood ashes, clay, and ground-up
bottles and jars you can formulate a wide range of glazes.
I did this myself by making a tri-axial blend of the 3
ingredients, and ended up with every glaze surface from
dry matt, to buttery semi-gloss, to extra shiny and bright.
Of course, you will be "flying by the seat of your pants"
here, but the way to figure it out is to fire many different
combinations and percentages and see what you get. You
will not get any bright colors unless you can score some
colorants. The wood ashes should sieved so there is no
charcoal, and the clay so there are no rocks, roots, or
impurities. They type of clay will make a big difference:
red clay will melt at a lower temperature and affect the
color by adding iron oxide, while white clay will be more
refractory.
I used an electric-powered ball mill to grind my glass into
fine powder. It is very time consuming, but possible to
grind it by hand. Take a look at Don Goodrich's design
for a glass crusher:
http://dongoodrichpottery.com/crusher.htm
Getting all this to work - particularly, getting the kiln to fire
properly, would be no small task, and would take quite
a while to work out, but if you have an enthusiastic group
maybe you can make it happen.
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
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>
> The ceramics studio is a huge block building with few unbroken windows and
> no electricity. The place is clean and organized but everything is in
> disrepair. Seven electric wheels; only one works as a kick wheel. Three
> electric kilns, broken. One gas kiln, broken. A (maybe) 100 cubic foot
> wood kiln waiting to find enough wood to fire. But there seems to be an
> abundance of local clay. That coupled with their wonderful, creative
> spirits have them producing (mostly hand building) some very cool pots and
> clayart.
>
> But they have no glazes, no sources for glazes and no money to purchase.
> The
> Professor only waits until he gets "someone from outside" to send him
> some.
> He's unfamiliar with creating glazes from recipes (as am I).
>
> My question to this list - are there any glaze recipes that you might
> share
> with this school? Glaze recipes that they might be able to concoct from
> local ingredients? I've been searching online but so far, no luck.
Ken Hunt on thu 21 feb 08
I'm a baby potter (as in new to pottery) finding myself in Kinshasa,
Democratic Republic of the Congo. Having been here for a month now, I have
been "jonesin'" to get muddy.
And so I have found Professor Nganga working at the Kinshasa Les Beaux Arts
college. An amazing place once, this school, like all of Kinshasa, is
broken and crumbling. But the place is full of bright and eager students
using the place to develop their art.
The ceramics studio is a huge block building with few unbroken windows and
no electricity. The place is clean and organized but everything is in
disrepair. Seven electric wheels; only one works as a kick wheel. Three
electric kilns, broken. One gas kiln, broken. A (maybe) 100 cubic foot
wood kiln waiting to find enough wood to fire. But there seems to be an
abundance of local clay. That coupled with their wonderful, creative
spirits have them producing (mostly hand building) some very cool pots and
clayart.
But they have no glazes, no sources for glazes and no money to purchase. The
Professor only waits until he gets "someone from outside" to send him some.
He's unfamiliar with creating glazes from recipes (as am I).
My question to this list - are there any glaze recipes that you might share
with this school? Glaze recipes that they might be able to concoct from
local ingredients? I've been searching online but so far, no luck.
Thanks for any advice.
Ken Hunt
Atlanta, GA (recently Kinshasa, Congo)
Tony Ferguson on thu 21 feb 08
Ken,
50% local clay
50% Wood Ash
=a beautiful ash glaze
You can also add colorants to change the color and/or opacifiers to change the quality of the ash glaze to come up with a variety of ash glazes that will work together or individually. You can also try equal parts (1 table spoon clay, 1 table spoon ash) to begin testing and see if you like the equal parts vs the 50%. Equal parts requires no equipment except something to measure (even your hand). Don't worry about washing the ash--any strainer or sieve will do so you don't have chunks of charcoal on the glaze (which can actually be nice sometimes if they melt).
Tony Ferguson
Ken Hunt wrote: I'm a baby potter (as in new to pottery) finding myself in Kinshasa,
Democratic Republic of the Congo. Having been here for a month now, I have
been "jonesin'" to get muddy.
And so I have found Professor Nganga working at the Kinshasa Les Beaux Arts
college. An amazing place once, this school, like all of Kinshasa, is
broken and crumbling. But the place is full of bright and eager students
using the place to develop their art.
The ceramics studio is a huge block building with few unbroken windows and
no electricity. The place is clean and organized but everything is in
disrepair. Seven electric wheels; only one works as a kick wheel. Three
electric kilns, broken. One gas kiln, broken. A (maybe) 100 cubic foot
wood kiln waiting to find enough wood to fire. But there seems to be an
abundance of local clay. That coupled with their wonderful, creative
spirits have them producing (mostly hand building) some very cool pots and
clayart.
But they have no glazes, no sources for glazes and no money to purchase. The
Professor only waits until he gets "someone from outside" to send him some.
He's unfamiliar with creating glazes from recipes (as am I).
My question to this list - are there any glaze recipes that you might share
with this school? Glaze recipes that they might be able to concoct from
local ingredients? I've been searching online but so far, no luck.
Thanks for any advice.
Ken Hunt
Atlanta, GA (recently Kinshasa, Congo)
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Steve Slatin on thu 21 feb 08
Ken --
It would help to know what materials are
locally available and the cone you're going
to fire to.
Even in a difficult economy, glass cullet
is usually available, or can be made from
raw bottle glass. (Good for recycling, too!)
Glass cullet is mostly silica, calcium, and
sodium, so it gets you about half way to
a glaze already -- expansion issues
militate against too much cullet, but I'd
suspect other things are available.
Some developing countries have a
tradition of using epsom salts for bathing
(others do not). If so, it can be a great
source of magnesium, and is usually
fairly cheap.
Ground lime is a perfectly good source
of calcium carbonate, if you need more
than you'll get from the glass cullet.
Clay will give you more silica, and supply
alumina (which you're going to need, as
there's none in glass cullet to speak of).
Clay is everywhere, and since there's lots
of mining in Congo, I'd suspect that the
Universities have geology departments
with staff knowledgeable about what's
in the clay.
I'm sure with a little more information,
folks here will be able to help you.
Best wishes -- Steve Slatin
Ken Hunt wrote:
I'm a baby potter (as in new to pottery) finding myself in Kinshasa,
Democratic Republic of the Congo. Having been here for a month now, I have
been "jonesin'" to get muddy.
And so I have found Professor Nganga working at the Kinshasa Les Beaux Arts
college. An amazing place once, this school, like all of Kinshasa, is
broken and crumbling. But the place is full of bright and eager students
using the place to develop their art.
The ceramics studio is a huge block building with few unbroken windows and
no electricity. The place is clean and organized but everything is in
disrepair. Seven electric wheels; only one works as a kick wheel. Three
electric kilns, broken. One gas kiln, broken. A (maybe) 100 cubic foot
wood kiln waiting to find enough wood to fire. But there seems to be an
abundance of local clay. That coupled with their wonderful, creative
spirits have them producing (mostly hand building) some very cool pots and
clayart.
But they have no glazes, no sources for glazes and no money to purchase. The
Professor only waits until he gets "someone from outside" to send him some.
He's unfamiliar with creating glazes from recipes (as am I).
My question to this list - are there any glaze recipes that you might share
with this school? Glaze recipes that they might be able to concoct from
local ingredients? I've been searching online but so far, no luck.
Thanks for any advice.
Ken Hunt
Atlanta, GA (recently Kinshasa, Congo)
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Ric Swenson on thu 21 feb 08
One place to start is Michael Cardew's book PIONEER POTTERY. Cardew did a =
bit of what you are now trying to do in Africa many years ago, but he was a=
n experienced potter ...and a bit of a geologist too. His advice is timeles=
s.=20
=20
Another basic book is Bernard Leaches' A POTTER'S BOOK.=20
=20
For kiln work, try Frederick Olsen's A KILN BOOK.
=20
Best of luck,
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> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:42:52 -0500> From: kenhunt@MINDSPRING.COM> Subj=
ect: Simple glaze for potters in the Congo> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG> >=
I'm a baby potter (as in new to pottery) finding myself in Kinshasa,> Demo=
cratic Republic of the Congo. Having been here for a month now, I have> bee=
n "jonesin'" to get muddy.> > And so I have found Professor Nganga working =
at the Kinshasa Les Beaux Arts> college. An amazing place once, this school=
, like all of Kinshasa, is> broken and crumbling. But the place is full of =
bright and eager students> using the place to develop their art.> > The cer=
amics studio is a huge block building with few unbroken windows and> no ele=
ctricity. The place is clean and organized but everything is in> disrepair.=
Seven electric wheels; only one works as a kick wheel. Three> electric kil=
ns, broken. One gas kiln, broken. A (maybe) 100 cubic foot> wood kiln waiti=
ng to find enough wood to fire. But there seems to be an> abundance of loca=
l clay. That coupled with their wonderful, creative> spirits have them prod=
ucing (mostly hand building) some very cool pots and> clayart.> > But they =
have no glazes, no sources for glazes and no money to purchase. The> Profes=
sor only waits until he gets "someone from outside" to send him some.> He's=
unfamiliar with creating glazes from recipes (as am I).> > My question to =
this list - are there any glaze recipes that you might share> with this sch=
ool? Glaze recipes that they might be able to concoct from> local ingredien=
ts? I've been searching online but so far, no luck.> > Thanks for any advic=
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Info khmerceramics on fri 22 feb 08
Hi everybody, greetings from Angkor.
We are in the same position here in Cambodia, make all with the dick and the
knife, it works.
We work cone 8, if you want I can send you our different test and recipes on
a spreadsheet.
We are also in tropical region, so I guess many recipe (or at least
principle) will be transposable.
We use extracted or produced materials (laterite, clay, ash, salt, rice husk
ash,.).
Fell free to contact me off list bcs we can't post excel file.
Take a look on:
Our project : www.khmerceramics.com
The 2008 IKCF: www.khmerceramics.com/IKCF/index.htm
Our residency program:
http://www.khmerceramics.com/residencies/index_residencies_uk.htm
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee"
To:
Sent: Friday, 22 February, 2008 8:17
Subject: Re: Simple glaze for potters in the Congo
> On 2/22/08, Ric Swenson wrote:
>> One place to start is Michael Cardew's book PIONEER POTTERY. Cardew did
>> a bit of what you are now trying to do in Africa many years ago, but he
>> was an experienced potter ...and a bit of a geologist too. His advice is
>> timeless.
>>
>> Another basic book is Bernard Leaches' A POTTER'S BOOK.
>>
>> For kiln work, try Frederick Olsen's A KILN BOOK.
>
> I am guessing they are not in the Kenshasa public library.
> --
> Lee in Mashiko, Tochigi Japan
> http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
>
> "Tea is nought but this: first you heat the water, then you make the
> tea. Then you drink it properly. That is all you need to know."
> --Sen No Rikyu
> "Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
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Terrance Lazaroff on fri 22 feb 08
Wow! what a challenge. I suggest look towards terra sigillata and pit
firing. If you can find a copy of Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques by
James C. watkins and Paul andrew Wandless, published by Lark Books, you
will have a wealth of information the will work where you are.
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Frances Howard on fri 22 feb 08
What cone would that be Tony?
Frances Howard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Ferguson"
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: Simple glaze for potters in the Congo
> Ken,
>
> 50% local clay
> 50% Wood Ash
> =a beautiful ash glaze
>
> You can also add colorants to change the color and/or opacifiers to change
> the quality of the ash glaze to come up with a variety of ash glazes that
> will work together or individually. You can also try equal parts (1 table
> spoon clay, 1 table spoon ash) to begin testing and see if you like the
> equal parts vs the 50%. Equal parts requires no equipment except
> something to measure (even your hand). Don't worry about washing the
> ash--any strainer or sieve will do so you don't have chunks of charcoal on
> the glaze (which can actually be nice sometimes if they melt).
>
> Tony Ferguson
>
>
> Ken Hunt wrote: I'm a baby potter (as in new to
> pottery) finding myself in Kinshasa,
> Democratic Republic of the Congo. Having been here for a month now, I
> have
> been "jonesin'" to get muddy.
>
> And so I have found Professor Nganga working at the Kinshasa Les Beaux
> Arts
> college. An amazing place once, this school, like all of Kinshasa, is
> broken and crumbling. But the place is full of bright and eager students
> using the place to develop their art.
>
> The ceramics studio is a huge block building with few unbroken windows and
> no electricity. The place is clean and organized but everything is in
> disrepair. Seven electric wheels; only one works as a kick wheel. Three
> electric kilns, broken. One gas kiln, broken. A (maybe) 100 cubic foot
> wood kiln waiting to find enough wood to fire. But there seems to be an
> abundance of local clay. That coupled with their wonderful, creative
> spirits have them producing (mostly hand building) some very cool pots and
> clayart.
>
> But they have no glazes, no sources for glazes and no money to purchase.
> The
> Professor only waits until he gets "someone from outside" to send him
> some.
> He's unfamiliar with creating glazes from recipes (as am I).
>
> My question to this list - are there any glaze recipes that you might
> share
> with this school? Glaze recipes that they might be able to concoct from
> local ingredients? I've been searching online but so far, no luck.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> Ken Hunt
> Atlanta, GA (recently Kinshasa, Congo)
>
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Lee on fri 22 feb 08
On 2/22/08, Ric Swenson wrote:
> One place to start is Michael Cardew's book PIONEER POTTERY. Cardew did a bit of what you are now trying to do in Africa many years ago, but he was an experienced potter ...and a bit of a geologist too. His advice is timeless.
>
> Another basic book is Bernard Leaches' A POTTER'S BOOK.
>
> For kiln work, try Frederick Olsen's A KILN BOOK.
I am guessing they are not in the Kenshasa public library.
--
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http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
"Tea is nought but this: first you heat the water, then you make the
tea. Then you drink it properly. That is all you need to know."
--Sen No Rikyu
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
Fred Parker on mon 25 feb 08
Hello Ken:
SOunds like you have quite a challenge. Tell us some specifics: What
cone? What atmosphere (electric or fuel)?
Fred Parker
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:42:52 -0500, Ken Hunt
wrote:
>I'm a baby potter (as in new to pottery) finding myself in Kinshasa,
>Democratic Republic of the Congo. Having been here for a month now, I
have
>been "jonesin'" to get muddy.
>
>And so I have found Professor Nganga working at the Kinshasa Les Beaux
Arts
>college. An amazing place once, this school, like all of Kinshasa, is
>broken and crumbling. But the place is full of bright and eager students
>using the place to develop their art.
>
>The ceramics studio is a huge block building with few unbroken windows and
>no electricity. The place is clean and organized but everything is in
>disrepair. Seven electric wheels; only one works as a kick wheel. Three
>electric kilns, broken. One gas kiln, broken. A (maybe) 100 cubic foot
>wood kiln waiting to find enough wood to fire. But there seems to be an
>abundance of local clay. That coupled with their wonderful, creative
>spirits have them producing (mostly hand building) some very cool pots and
>clayart.
>
>But they have no glazes, no sources for glazes and no money to purchase.
The
>Professor only waits until he gets "someone from outside" to send him
some.
>He's unfamiliar with creating glazes from recipes (as am I).
>
>My question to this list - are there any glaze recipes that you might
share
>with this school? Glaze recipes that they might be able to concoct from
>local ingredients? I've been searching online but so far, no luck.
>
>Thanks for any advice.
>
>Ken Hunt
>Atlanta, GA (recently Kinshasa, Congo)
>
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pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on wed 27 feb 08
Hi Ken,
Well...be careful -
http://www.heretical.com/cannibal/congo3.html
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Cannibals+Congo
Etc...
Glaze-wise, though I do not have much experience, I know I had good
results electing the fine silts of old
Alluvial Seams, which were not necessarily 'clay' themselves, but, consisted
of super
fine particles of decomposed Rock, deposited centurys ago in what had been
Stream Beds slow current or other settling places. Old Mine Tailings
similarly, if one has access to old Mines.
Fine Aeolian deposited dusts similarly...even though these usually tend to
become Alluvial of course, once enough Rain carries them into Creeks or
settlement conditions of whatever sort.
Taken just as they are, they may need a little adjustment of adding some
particular ingredients to arrive at the stability and other behavors or
Colors one
wishes...but they are a very good beginning, at least.
Same with whatever Native Clays as such, which may melt lower than your
primary Clay Body.
Plain Wood Ash also is a very good basis for many charming Glaze
possiblitys.
I mixed these old Alluvial Silts usually with some common Wood Ash, in
whatever proportions, sieved then,
and was using these for Glazing ^ 10 Work, but I expect they could show
promise at somewhat lesser heats also. Sometimes I applied those over light,
medium or heavy Iron Oxide
washes, or, even added fine Iron Oxide to them.
Naturally occurring Iron Ores would work well too.
I tended to spray these, after sieving, with an old small Hand Pump Sprayer,
and any number
of other simple means could be relied on to do it, or, 'dipping', or
brushing
on, depending on the effects one wants or can get good at.
I usually made a few dozen small Bowls, having usually throwing grooves or
other texture in them for seeing how the Glaze breaks somewhat, very 'small'
Bowls like a half a Walnut size, and used these for testing these Glazes by
glazing only the inside, and of course using a known Clay Body that was
happy at Cone 10. Scratching a numeral or letter into the Bowl Bottom to
co-respond
with the particulars in my Notes, of what combination it was of ingredients
or
proportions.
I may have added a little Feldspar or White Clay to some, or added some
other things, or as may be, or if they had troubles with fit...so the Glaze
would not shrink more or less than the Clay Body it was on.
Once you have some Glazes which are 'close', if need be, others here can
guide knowingly in their correction, since I was 'By Guess and by Golly',
and that works too, very well even, so long as you have a few things
to play with in adding or playing with them to see, and, provided you get
Lucky with at
least a few of them, and, you should, too..!
Good luck..!
Best wishes!
Phil
l v
> Ken Hunt wrote: I'm a baby potter (as in new to
> pottery) finding myself in Kinshasa,
> Democratic Republic of the Congo. Having been here for a month now, I
> have
> been "jonesin'" to get muddy.
>
> And so I have found Professor Nganga working at the Kinshasa Les Beaux
> Arts
> college. An amazing place once, this school, like all of Kinshasa, is
> broken and crumbling. But the place is full of bright and eager students
> using the place to develop their art.
>
> The ceramics studio is a huge block building with few unbroken windows and
> no electricity. The place is clean and organized but everything is in
> disrepair. Seven electric wheels; only one works as a kick wheel. Three
> electric kilns, broken. One gas kiln, broken. A (maybe) 100 cubic foot
> wood kiln waiting to find enough wood to fire. But there seems to be an
> abundance of local clay. That coupled with their wonderful, creative
> spirits have them producing (mostly hand building) some very cool pots and
> clayart.
>
> But they have no glazes, no sources for glazes and no money to purchase.
> The
> Professor only waits until he gets "someone from outside" to send him
> some.
> He's unfamiliar with creating glazes from recipes (as am I).
>
> My question to this list - are there any glaze recipes that you might
> share
> with this school? Glaze recipes that they might be able to concoct from
> local ingredients? I've been searching online but so far, no luck.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> Ken Hunt
> Atlanta, GA (recently Kinshasa, Congo)
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