Lili Krakowski on fri 4 apr 08
Ursula! When I first saw that heading I thought "Oh dear! A chainsaw
accident!" I am sorry for your nosebleed, think it admirable that you saved
the tissues for the sake of science!
However:
Ages ago I read that Chinese potters used to use blood in their glazes the
way we use gums. I wondered then if this was the actual basis of some
celadons....not added iron but mixing with blood.
About a year ago I asked ClayArt if someone would be so kind as to put some
blood--as from liver--in a glaze and test. I offered, to send them a good
chopped liver recipe!
Ron Roy not only offered but tested, And indeed--as a small pot sitting in
my dining room shows!--blood in uncolored reduction glaze DOES have an
effect!
I have not posted this before because so often something that is likely to
be the one and only message on a topic disappears wayside, even in the
Archives. So I waited....and now post it. You might try soaking the
tissues in water, and then using that water in a glaze test.
As to sawdust...I know nothing about firing with it.
Good luck, and my respects to your nose.
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
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