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raku/glaze

updated tue 28 jun 11

 

Raymond Jimison on sun 26 jun 11


I seem to have an issue with my Laguna white crackle glaze. It bubbles and =
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crawls..=3DA0 At first I wasn't sure if I was over firing, under firing it,=
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=3DA0applying to thick, etc.=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AI am using a pyrometer, and firi=
ng betwe=3D
en 1800-1835 F.=3DA0 When=3DA0the glaze=3DA0is too thin, besides the obviou=
s stre=3D
aks, it has small black spots and does not crackle.=3DA0 I determined this =
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s from putting the pot into reduction too fast.=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AWhen the glaz=
e is a=3D
normal thickness, it will start to crawl and pull away from the pot.=3DA0 =
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is glaze always breaks and curls when copper carb is added too it.=3D0A=3DA=
0=3D0A=3D
When to pot is pulled at a lower temperature, say 1700F,=3DA0 I get really =
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od crackle but still a little crawling though not as much.=3DA0 With copper=
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arb in it, at 1700 it still breaks away.=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AI think it is the gl=
aze it=3D
self, and not my technique.=3DA0 The reason I say this is I also have a Lag=
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a shinja that is absolutely beautiful.=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AThanks,=3D0ASandra=3D0=
Ajimisonpo=3D
ttery@yahoo.com=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AI know there are 1000 raku=3DA0 white cracke =
glazes o=3D
ut there, but before going and experimenting with different combos, I thoug=
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ht I would just ask if my conclutions make sense.

paul gerhold on mon 27 jun 11


Explain exactly how you are applying the glaze to get it thick enough. Som=
e
application methods will exacerbate a glazes tendency to crawl. Are you
dipping, brushing multiple coats, prewetting the ware, etc.

On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Raymond Jimison
wrote:

> I seem to have an issue with my Laguna white crackle glaze. It bubbles an=
d
> crawls.. At first I wasn't sure if I was over firing, under firing it,
> applying to thick, etc.
>
> I am using a pyrometer, and firing between 1800-1835 F. When the glaze i=
s
> too thin, besides the obvious streaks, it has small black spots and does =
not
> crackle. I determined this was from putting the pot into reduction too
> fast.
>
> When the glaze is a normal thickness, it will start to crawl and pull awa=
y
> from the pot. This glaze always breaks and curls when copper carb is add=
ed
> too it.
>
> When to pot is pulled at a lower temperature, say 1700F, I get really go=
od
> crackle but still a little crawling though not as much. With copper carb=
in
> it, at 1700 it still breaks away.
>
> I think it is the glaze itself, and not my technique. The reason I say
> this is I also have a Laguna shinja that is absolutely beautiful.
>
> Thanks,
> Sandra
> jimisonpottery@yahoo.com
>
> I know there are 1000 raku white cracke glazes out there, but before goi=
ng
> and experimenting with different combos, I thought I would just ask if my
> conclutions make sense.
>

Steve Mills on mon 27 jun 11


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