mel jacobson on thu 10 apr 08
ideas.
one of the key factors in this experiment (iron saga 2) is that
it must be a rich ash glaze.
the writing that we have describes that the chinese potters
must have used a combination of ash/white clay/slip of some
sort to create the white over glaze. i tried to keep the ash
content about half. and cornwall is one of those almost
glaze/ mined just as it is. great stuff. i added a bit of
ball clay, dolomite and zircopax just to get white.
as i said, i had to make it up in my head....sort of
integrity of the project. how would they have come
up with the idea 500 years ago..
but, i am always pleased when clayarters jump in with great
ideas for me to consider. team effort.
(and i am going to use a soda spar next time...with ash.
maybe a bit of epk.
we will see.
mel
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website http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
clayart site:
http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
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