John & Anne Worner on sun 25 jan 98
Hi!
Have any of you tried the ^6 Stoneware, or the ^6-10 White Stoneware
sold by Trinity in Dallas. Before we drive up there, we wanted to
know if it was worth the trip!
Anne and John in Spring, TX
Dana Henson on mon 26 jan 98
John and Anne,
Haven't used the C/6 stoneware from Trinity. If you are referring to the white
c/6-10 stoneware by Armadillo---it is called "Dillo White" and is fantastic for
throwing! The clay fires out very white and glazes look great on them. It is
a lot like B-mix from Laguna except that it is very white and not cream
colored. Trinity makes their own C/10 white stoneware which is a very good
clay also. It fires to a light tan in reduction. The Dillo white fires to a
light gray in reduction---like porcelain. My suggestion is to try both. They
are quite different from each other. Good luck and it is definitely worth the
trip.
Dana Henson
G_Henson@venus.twu.edu
John & Anne Worner on wed 28 jan 98
Hi Dana!
Thanks for your reply. We are currently using dillo white, but I was
looking for a straight ^6 clay and noticed that Trinity offered one of
their own. We have also used B-mix and it is wonderful. What cone do
you fire the dillo to? If to 6, do you find it vitrified enough? I
always wonder about clays with wide firing ranges.
Anne
Dana Henson wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> John and Anne,
> Haven't used the C/6 stoneware from Trinity. If you are referring to the whit
> c/6-10 stoneware by Armadillo---it is called "Dillo White" and is fantastic fo
> throwing! The clay fires out very white and glazes look great on them. It is
> a lot like B-mix from Laguna except that it is very white and not cream
> colored. Trinity makes their own C/10 white stoneware which is a very good
> clay also. It fires to a light tan in reduction. The Dillo white fires to a
> light gray in reduction---like porcelain. My suggestion is to try both. They
> are quite different from each other. Good luck and it is definitely worth the
> trip.
> Dana Henson
> G_Henson@venus.twu.edu
Dana Henson on wed 4 feb 98
Hi John and Anne,
Dillo white is a beautiful clay, isn't it? I also wonder about clays with wide
firing ranges. I have always fired it to cone 9-10 so I don't have any idea
about this. Some of the other clay students at my school are experimenting
with the Trinity Cone 6 and I haven't seen any results yet. I am curious about
it. I haven't used B-Mix in about 4 years, but don't they now have a Cone 6
version of it? Seems like I remember seeing it in some catalog or another. If
you try the Trinity Cone 6, please let me know what you think of it. Thanks.
Dana Henson
G_Henson@venus.twu.edu
John & Anne Worner on thu 5 feb 98
Hi Dana!
I agree, Dillo is beautiful - we also fire to ^9/10.
I did call Trinity and talked to John there. He is graciously sending
me free samples (25 lbs each!!) of their ^6 Stoneware and their ^6-10
stoneware withoug grog. I will try them both and let you know.
I did ask him about the Dillo at ^6 and he said he thought it had an
absorption rate of about 3-5% at that temperature. He also said that he
preferred a clay with that kind of absorption because it would not chip
so easily??????? Anybody have any comments on that?
Anne Worner in Spring, TX
Dana Henson wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hi John and Anne,
> Dillo white is a beautiful clay, isn't it? I also wonder about clays with wid
> firing ranges. I have always fired it to cone 9-10 so I don't have any idea
> about this. Some of the other clay students at my school are experimenting
> with the Trinity Cone 6 and I haven't seen any results yet. I am curious abou
> it. I haven't used B-Mix in about 4 years, but don't they now have a Cone 6
> version of it? Seems like I remember seeing it in some catalog or another. I
> you try the Trinity Cone 6, please let me know what you think of it. Thanks.
> Dana Henson
> G_Henson@venus.twu.edu
John & Anne Worner on thu 26 mar 98
Hi Dana,
;-( Not at NCECA - at home potting away. Just opened our kiln yesterday - every
piece in it was Trinity ^7-10 stoneware, and Trinity ^6-10 "white" stoneware. O
verdict is that we stick with the Dillo!!! The white stoneware is not white, bu
buff color, the 7-10 stoneware is a green/beige. They are both rough, maybe goo
for raku. What we did not like was the way our glazes looked on it. We had a l
of pinholing (seems in areas where the clay was grogg - so suspect that had noth
to do with the glazes).
I did not care for the ^4-7 stoneware either, it also being very rough and a
green/beige when fired.
I am going to stick with Dillo now, but fire it at least to ^8. I guess you saw
Ron Roy's recent post about wide firing ranges for clay.
Take care now - hope my experience saves you some time!! :-)
Anne
Dana Henson wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hi John and Anne,
> Dillo white is a beautiful clay, isn't it? I also wonder about clays with wid
> firing ranges. I have always fired it to cone 9-10 so I don't have any idea
> about this. Some of the other clay students at my school are experimenting
> with the Trinity Cone 6 and I haven't seen any results yet. I am curious abou
> it. I haven't used B-Mix in about 4 years, but don't they now have a Cone 6
> version of it? Seems like I remember seeing it in some catalog or another. I
> you try the Trinity Cone 6, please let me know what you think of it. Thanks.
> Dana Henson
> G_Henson@venus.twu.edu
Dana Henson on fri 27 mar 98
Hi John and Anne,
Thank you for sharing your results with the Trinity and Armadillo clays.
I agree with you regarding the Dillo white! It is such a beautiful clay. I
have seen some good results though with the Trinity white stoneware (c/10) when
used for sculptural purposes. It seems that the clay companies always seem to
have some "problem" clays (guess it depends on your point of view). Right now
some of the people I am working with are getting frustrated with the Armadillo
clay "Buffalo Wallow." They have been experiencing serious bloating problems
with it. I haven't had a problem with it so far. Lucky? Who knows...
I have been lucky enough to live near the NCECA convention and have been
having a great time! I saw a clay supplier there with what they referred to as
a variation of B-Mix...called BeeMix I think. I am so saturated right now with
information that I am not positive which supplier it was, but I think it was
Aardvard in California. I think it is new and I think it will be interesting
to see if comments are made about it on Clayart in the future. I would try it
but I am content with the Dillo. Happy potting to you!
Dana Henson
in Pilot Point, Texas
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