Bill Merrill on thu 26 may 11
A good article on flameware is in Studio Potter .. Studio Potter, Volume
2, Number 2 (Winter 1973/74).
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If you look up Ron Probst:Flameware on Google,
(http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=3D3Dart0017) the entire =3D
article
is on the net. Bodies, glazes etc. =3D20
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Many of the formulas I see on flameware are actually Ron's original
formula.
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Glazes require a lot of testing to get glazes that are not muddy and
dirty looking on flameware. The body affects the glaze....
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The Spodumene was quite different 40 years ago. Foote Mineral produced
the Spodumene used for Flameware. It fired at a beautiful orange by
itself. When a fusion button was made of it, the button gew nearly
twice the size of the thimble size fusion button. I have always used
Coors porcelain crucibles to form the buttons.
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If pots were fired too close to the shelf above, the pots can grow in
height and stick to the upper shelf...many issues with flameware....
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Bill Merrill
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