John Rodgers on fri 5 feb 10
From the Standard Clay website
*#600 - Turner's Best Porcelain - Cone 6-9*
Tom Turner's porcelain is extremely white and very plastic. Excellent
for throwing and very translucent. Contains no ball clay or inorganic
plasticizers. #600 is completely vitreous at C/9.
Shrinkage: 12% at C/6, 15% at C/9, Absorption: 1.4 at C/6
100 Lbs - $1.09/lb 500 Lbs. - $0.90/lb 1000 Lb - $0.84/lb
Interesting to note there is no ball clay in this porcelain.
John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com
William & Susan Schran User wrote:
> During the workshop with him he talked about Kaopaque no longer being use=
d,
> that he switched to Grolleg. Tom bisque fires at a fairly low temperature=
,
> ^012 - 010. I think Tom's Best, the name given by Standard is selling at
> about $1 per pound.
>
> Bill
>
> --
> William "Bill" Schran
> wschran@cox.net
> wschran@nvcc.edu
> http://www.creativecreekartisans.com
>
>
>
>
> On 2/5/10 1:41 PM, "Brandon Phillips" M>
> wrote:
>
>
>> which recipe do you have? I've used the one with kaopaque and it is
>> fantastic to work with...it's a bi*ch in the bisque though, i had to ram=
p
>> down the bisque to keep large pieces from cracking, smaller pots did fin=
e
>> though(can you tell i'm a stoneware potter?) to my understanding kaopaq=
ue
>> 20 isn't available anymore? so i know he changed his formula when that
>> happened, don't know what he's using now or if it's even public knowledg=
e.
>> from what i hear matt & daves porcelain is the way to go if you want
>> porcelain but at $1.50 a pound to experiment it's a bit pricey.
>>
>> brandon phillips
>> www.supportyourlocalpotter.com
>>
>>
>>> I found the recipe for Tom Turner's porcelain and thought about giving =
it
>>> a try. Has anybody used it?
>>> dean
>>>
>>>
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>
>
Dean on fri 5 feb 10
I found the recipe for Tom Turner's porcelain and thought about giving it a=
try. Has anybody used it?
dean
William & Susan Schran User on fri 5 feb 10
On 2/5/10 3:49 AM, "Dean" wrote:
> I found the recipe for Tom Turner's porcelain and thought about giving it=
a
> try. Has anybody used it?
> dean
I don't know what the recipe is (Would like to know if you would care to
share), but did a workshop, bringing along couple of my students, at his
studio last May. His porcelain is made by Standard Clay of Pittsburgh. I
know it contains Grolleg. He also only fires it to ^9 and showed us a pot
fired at ^6 and it was translucent.
The porcelain throws very well as it is flocculated. He is very careful
about not adding any deflocculants. He allows all of his scraps to dry out,
adds them to water and mixes with a Jiffy blender attached to a drill, then
dries to workable state. This way he avoids the separation of
silica/feldspar that often happens when porcelain sits in a slurry.
Bill
--
William "Bill" Schran
wschran@cox.net
wschran@nvcc.edu
http://www.creativecreekartisans.com
Brandon Phillips on fri 5 feb 10
which recipe do you have? I've used the one with kaopaque and it is
fantastic to work with...it's a bi*ch in the bisque though, i had to ramp
down the bisque to keep large pieces from cracking, smaller pots did fine
though(can you tell i'm a stoneware potter?) to my understanding kaopaque
20 isn't available anymore? so i know he changed his formula when that
happened, don't know what he's using now or if it's even public knowledge.
from what i hear matt & daves porcelain is the way to go if you want
porcelain but at $1.50 a pound to experiment it's a bit pricey.
brandon phillips
www.supportyourlocalpotter.com
> I found the recipe for Tom Turner's porcelain and thought about giving it
> a try. Has anybody used it?
> dean
>
William & Susan Schran User on fri 5 feb 10
During the workshop with him he talked about Kaopaque no longer being used,
that he switched to Grolleg. Tom bisque fires at a fairly low temperature,
^012 - 010. I think Tom's Best, the name given by Standard is selling at
about $1 per pound.
Bill
--
William "Bill" Schran
wschran@cox.net
wschran@nvcc.edu
http://www.creativecreekartisans.com
On 2/5/10 1:41 PM, "Brandon Phillips"
wrote:
> which recipe do you have? I've used the one with kaopaque and it is
> fantastic to work with...it's a bi*ch in the bisque though, i had to ramp
> down the bisque to keep large pieces from cracking, smaller pots did fine
> though(can you tell i'm a stoneware potter?) to my understanding kaopaqu=
e
> 20 isn't available anymore? so i know he changed his formula when that
> happened, don't know what he's using now or if it's even public knowledge=
.
> from what i hear matt & daves porcelain is the way to go if you want
> porcelain but at $1.50 a pound to experiment it's a bit pricey.
>
> brandon phillips
> www.supportyourlocalpotter.com
>
>> I found the recipe for Tom Turner's porcelain and thought about giving i=
t
>> a try. Has anybody used it?
>> dean
>>
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