Randy McCall on thu 30 sep 10
I have spent the last 5 years experimenting with layering glazes. I was ju=
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st wondering if anyone else is out there doing some of the same thing.
Randy
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David Beumee on fri 1 oct 10
Hi Randy,
I fire cone 10 reduction, both stoneware and porcelain clay bodies, and
I've been actively studying and testing and working with layering glazes fo=
r
two decades. I call it "glaze, wax, glaze," because I use brushed wax resis=
t
between layers. I'm writing a book about my experience of this technique,
including the influence of clay body color on the glazes.
The clay body work has proven elusive to finish, but I'm making progress at
last. I've developed a kind of painter's palette of glaze colors to
introduce for people to work with.
David Beumee
Porcelain by David Beumee
Lafayette, CO
www.davidbeumee.com
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 10:25 AM, C Sullivan wrote:
> Aren't we all experimenting with layering glazes ???
> A single-color layer of glaze looks flat. Seems to me, that layering
> glazes
> adds dimension and depth.
> But, then again, i've seen some pretty elegant pieces which are all a
> unified color - say eggshell white - which wouldn't have been quite so
> "elegant" if they sported a layered glaze. Thus, i guess, it depends on
> the
> piece you are creating and what you want it to say about itself . . . .
> Hugs
> Chae
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Randy McCall wrote:
>
> > I have spent the last 5 years experimenting with layering glazes. I wa=
s
> > just wondering if anyone else is out there doing some of the same thing=
.
> >
> >
> > Randy
> >
> >
>
KATHI LESUEUR on fri 1 oct 10
On Sep 30, 2010, at 9:05 PM, Randy McCall wrote:
> I have spent the last 5 years experimenting with layering glazes. I =3D
was just wondering if anyone else is out there doing some of the same =3D
thing.
>=3D20
>=3D20
> Randy
>=3D20
>=3D20
In my non-production work I layer glazes all of the time. Sometimes I'm =3D
using as many as five glazes on a pot. I start with the inside of bowls =3D
to see how the glazes react with each other. Then move on to vertical =3D
forms. Lots of fun.
KATHI LESUEUR
http://www.lesueurclaywork.com
William & Susan Schran User on fri 1 oct 10
On 9/30/10 9:05 PM, "Randy McCall" wrote:
> I have spent the last 5 years experimenting with layering glazes. I was =
just
> wondering if anyone else is out there doing some of the same thing.
Yes.
Bill
--
William "Bill" Schran
wschran@cox.net
wschran@nvcc.edu
http://www.creativecreekartisans.com
Lee Love on fri 1 oct 10
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Randy McCall wrote:
> I have spent the last 5 years experimenting with layering glazes. =3DA0I =
wa=3D
s just wondering if >anyone else is out there doing some of the same thing.
Randy, it is something I have always done and one of the most
interesting things for me to watch my teacher do. He often used wax
resist.
--
=3DA0Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
=3D93Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel
the artistry moving through and be silent.=3D94 --Rumi
C Sullivan on fri 1 oct 10
Aren't we all experimenting with layering glazes ???
A single-color layer of glaze looks flat. Seems to me, that layering glaze=
s
adds dimension and depth.
But, then again, i've seen some pretty elegant pieces which are all a
unified color - say eggshell white - which wouldn't have been quite so
"elegant" if they sported a layered glaze. Thus, i guess, it depends on th=
e
piece you are creating and what you want it to say about itself . . . .
Hugs
Chae
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Randy McCall wrote:
> I have spent the last 5 years experimenting with layering glazes. I was
> just wondering if anyone else is out there doing some of the same thing.
>
>
> Randy
>
>
MEUNIER LEE on sat 2 oct 10
=3D0AOn 9/30/10 9:05 PM, "Randy McCall" wrote:=3D0A=3D0A> =
I have=3D
spent the last 5 years experimenting with layering glazes.=3DA0 I was just=
=3D
=3D0A> wondering if anyone else is out there doing some of the same thing.=
=3D0A=3D
=3D0AYes.=3D0A=3D0ABill=3D0A-----------------------------------------------=
--------=3D
--------------------------------------------------------=3D0A=3D0AI am glad=
to =3D
see this thread starting (I hope!) with claybuds willing to discuss =3D0Ath=
e=3D
=3D0Aconcept of "layering."=3DA0 Actually, I'm kind of thrilled even.=3DA0 =
=3D0A=3D0A=3D
"Why??", you ask. =3D0ASad to say it's because I, as a very grown-up person=
, =3D
continue to have a =3D0Alingering=3D0Aresentment and hurt from a response I=
rec=3D
eived when I=3DA0gushed=3DA0=3DA0about =3D0A=3DA0"layering"...=3D0Awith my =
usual belief=3D
that every potter in the world just HAD to be as=3DA0excited =3D0Aand=3D0A=
enthus=3D
iastic as I about the incredible and unexpected kiln-openings I was=3D0Aexp=
er=3D
iencing at the time.=3DA0 This was maybe ten years ago.=3D0A=3D0AWhat dire =
commen=3D
t did I receive?=3DA0 Why........ hang on now...... some female=3D0Adared t=
o po=3D
st.... "Layering??=3DA0 Whatta concept!!=3DA0 Borrrriinnng!"=3DA0 I relucta=
ntly=3D
=3D0Aremind you that ten years ago I was still bouncing back and forth push=
in=3D
g=3D0Athat Elderly Wall until it finally smashed to the smithereens it is t=
od=3D
ay.=3DA0 =3D0ASigh.=3D0A=3D0AI didn't layer again for maybe two whole weeks=
, which =3D
is a longish time for=3D0Ame to carry a resentment, or to exist with a nose=
r=3D
aw from being cut off to=3D0Aspite my wrinkled facade......... I think it w=
as=3D
Good Friend and Mentor Dannon =3D0Awho=3D0Awhen I again asked some rather =
path=3D
etic question about layering, mentioning=3D0Amy sniff-sniff hurt feelings (=
th=3D
e whole point of my post, of course)... followed =3D0Aby=3D0Aa question ask=
ing =3D
if anybody else ever had that happen to them blah blah.=3D0A....... anyway,=
D=3D
annon said something like, "No, Joyce, you are the Only Person=3D0Aon the W=
ho=3D
le Planet...... nay the Whole Universe....... who has ever had=3D0Aanything=
, =3D
such as a hurtful comment, happen to them!=3DA0 The Only One!! Now=3D0Aget =
back=3D
to work and layer every pot ... keep notes...... layer some more.....=3D0A=
do=3D
it all again....... reverse the layers..... etc etc"=3D0A=3D0AThank you, D=
anno=3D
n.=3D0A=3D0AJoyce=3D0AIn the Mojave Desert of California U.S.A.=3DA0 where =
son's fe=3D
line buddy of=3D0A17 years was euthanized yesterday.=3DA0 Feeling sad becau=
se h=3D
e's gone from=3D0Aour lives, but rejoicing that his end was soft and peacef=
ul=3D
being held by=3D0Aloving arms........ =3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A--=3D0AWilliam "=
Bill" Schran=3D
=3D0Awschran@cox.net=3D0Awschran@nvcc.edu=3D0Ahttp://www.creativecreekartis=
ans.co=3D
m=3D0A
Frank Gaydos on sat 2 oct 10
We have been layering glazes for years at Community College of Philadelphia=
=3D
.=3D20
We fire at cone 04 but did the same when we used to fire at cone 9 and 6.=
=3D
=3D20
Each=3DC2=3DA0year I assign one of our work/study students to make the tile=
s an=3D
d do the dipping of glazes.=3D20
It is really simple to obtain a lot of information. On a three x seven tile=
=3D
, dip all the way in one color (Base Glaze) . Next dip halfway in another c=
=3D
olor so it looks like a shade is halfway down a window. That gives you two =
=3D
colors, the base glaze and the combination glaze on the bottom half.=3D20
Next, dip into a third galze down one side, halfway across,=3DC2=3DA0and an=
othe=3D
r glaze on the other side.=3D20
That will give you three colors layered on the two bottom glazes and two co=
=3D
lors layered on the two top glazes.=3D20
We learned not to fire the pots with multiple glazes until they are dried o=
=3D
ut because of a steaming effect, delaminating the glazes onto the kiln shel=
=3D
f.=3D20
I try to keep the beginners from getting too crazy with the layering as it =
=3D
can cause a problem with running.=3D20
We have found some really great combinations, usually using just two glazes=
=3D
.=3D20
Frank Gaydos=3D20
http://home.comcast.net/~frankgaydos/index.html=3D20
Bonnie Staffel on sat 2 oct 10
I have been doing layering of glazes probably my entire potting life - =3D
60
years!!! I was really into it when attending Cranbrook where Maija =3D
Grotell
was a master at that system.=3D20
Bonnie=3D20
http://webpages.charter.net/bstaffel/
http://vasefinder.com/bstaffelgallery1.html
DVD=3DA0 Throwing with Coils and Slabs
DVD=3DA0 Introduction to Wheel Work
Charter Member Potters Council
Snail Scott on sun 3 oct 10
The glaze options where I teach are quite limited -
colorants added to a premixed base. (We have very
poor ventilation and have been refused permission
to improve it, hence no glaze-lab space.) I mix up
just five glazes -three with strong single-oxide
coloration, plus white and clear. Alone, they are
utterly lacking in subtlety and visual texture.
By the second week of the semester, even before
finishing any project, each student has made a
minimum of five test tiles and tested (without
knowing the glaze colors) various layering variations
as well as mixes based on volume ratios. The
interesting tiles get put on the wall with a description
of the process. Every student instantly sees the
merits of these combo possibilities, and I think it
makes for a better lesson than if I tried to stock
myriad mixtures for their convenience.
-Snail
David Beumee on sun 3 oct 10
Chae, Frank, Everyone,
Do you have a web site address for John Post? I'm having trouble finding i=
t
by name search alone.
It was interesting reading the testing method used by Frank Gaydos and his
students in Philadelphia. At cone 10 in reduction I have found that two
glazes on a horizontal test tile, A over B and B over A are usually all tha=
t
can be transferred to a vertical form successfully. Even then, the first
glaze must have a stiff melt to hold the second without running problems. A=
s
is always the case in ceramics, the options are infinite. Chris Gustin's
glaze work depends on runny glazes, both on horizontal and vertical forms.
He lets the glaze run off his vertical forms, which are held up off the
shelving by tall wads. He apparently has the kind of shelves that he can po=
p
off the globs of glaze easily. The effect of seeing ash and other glazes
that run together several feet off his giant pots is stunning.
David Beumee
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Frank Gaydos wrote=
:
> We have been layering glazes for years at Community College of
> Philadelphia.
>
> We fire at cone 04 but did the same when we used to fire at cone 9 and 6.
>
> Each year I assign one of our work/study students to make the tiles and d=
o
> the dipping of glazes.
>
> It is really simple to obtain a lot of information. On a three x seven
> tile, dip all the way in one color (Base Glaze) . Next dip halfway in
> another color so it looks like a shade is halfway down a window. That giv=
es
> you two colors, the base glaze and the combination glaze on the bottom ha=
lf.
>
> Next, dip into a third galze down one side, halfway across, and another
> glaze on the other side.
>
> That will give you three colors layered on the two bottom glazes and two
> colors layered on the two top glazes.
>
> We learned not to fire the pots with multiple glazes until they are dried
> out because of a steaming effect, delaminating the glazes onto the kiln
> shelf.
>
> I try to keep the beginners from getting too crazy with the layering as i=
t
> can cause a problem with running.
>
>
>
> We have found some really great combinations, usually using just two
> glazes.
>
>
>
> Frank Gaydos
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~frankgaydos/index.html7Efrankgaydos/index.html>
>
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