Bruce Bowers on mon 11 oct 10
Hi All,
I have been using indigenous clays for wood firing and reduction cooling
and would like to round out my firings with a good, smooth, dark burning
commercial clay.
Does anyone out there know of a commercial body that flashes well, meets
the above criteria, and does well in moderate reduction cooling/down firin=
g?
Thanks,
Bruce Bowers
_www.bowerswoodfireandpics.com_ (http://www.bowerswoodfireandpics.com)
tony clennell on mon 11 oct 10
Bruce: Do you mean in a plastic bag premade or commercially mined. the
reduction cool body I used at USU was Lizzella Fireclay 50, Holmes
fireclay 50, 20% coarse sand and 10% fine sand. Tuff as bloody nails.
The Holmes fireclay is from Ohio I think and the particle size varies
from 300 mesh to cigarette butt size. Not a clay for the weak at
heart.
A bad clay takes 7 years to learn to throw and a good clay takes a life tim=
=3D
e.
Bon feu!
tc
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Bruce Bowers wrote:
> Hi All,
> I have been using indigenous clays for wood firing and reduction =3DA0coo=
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> and would like to round out my firings with a good, smooth, dark burning
> commercial clay.
> Does anyone out there know of a commercial body that flashes well, meets
> the above criteria, and does well in moderate reduction cooling/down =3DA=
0f=3D
iring?
> Thanks,
> Bruce Bowers
> _www.bowerswoodfireandpics.com_ (http://www.bowerswoodfireandpics.com)
>
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