mel jacobson on thu 17 nov 11
if you wish, i have placed several pix of
what i think is `perfect fat white tak raku`.
my clayart page...click below.
kurt wild loved how we worked that
glaze for many years. it is still a dandy.
(note large crackle.)
from: minnetonka, mn
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
clayart link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
Lee on fri 18 nov 11
TAK fat white is the closest thing I have found to Shino, in low fire.
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http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
=3DA0"Ta tIr na n-=3DF3g ar chul an tI=3D97tIr dlainn trina ch=3DE9ile"=3D9=
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"The
land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent
within itself." -- John O'Donohue
Robert Anderson on sun 29 jan 12
Taylor H I know I'm preaching to the choir in thisinstance. I've used a wh=
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ite raku glaze (TAK)for about 30 yrs. One of Kurt Wild's UWRFstudents is c=
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redited for this glaze. His initials TAK.I fire raku by sight in a round f=
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iber kiln 2'X2'....weed burner & propane. TAK works best=3D2C for me=3D2C =
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hite stoneware bisqued to > 06. Clay w/ iron will also work=3D2C however=
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n this case a coat or two of white slip over the green ware will eliminate =
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any pinkish/iron blushon the finished surface. When the glaze starts to ma=
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ture=3D2C I either pull the burner back from the port...cut back on fuel=
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or both. Thiswill allow the glaze to flatten into a nice smoothglossy surf=
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ace. One has to tinker with the technique.TAK is very stable glaze...tape=
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=3D2C wax=3D3B etc...whenapplied before glazing will retain the finest of d=
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ls.I pour two coats glaze on the front of plates and platters leaving the b=
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ack side unglazed with chatter design. Glazing the backs of platters and s=
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hallow bowls makes for toughcleaning after reduction. Insides of tall vert=
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ical shapes are also unglazed. Clean with scouring pad and ajax...rinse we=
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ll.Once again...when glaze has melted and pinholes and bubbles appear on su=
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rface...turn the gas down. Justlike boiling water. Love that white raku..=
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Lee on sun 29 jan 12
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Robert Anderson wrote:
> Taylor H I know I'm preaching to the choir in thisinstance. =3DA0I've use=
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a white raku glaze (TAK)for about 30 yrs. =3DA0One of Kurt Wild's UWRFstude=
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s is credited for this glaze. =3DA0His initials TAK.
It is a contraction of his name:
Tak Fat White Raku Glaze
Comments: A Kurt Wild glaze, it came from a student named Takahara.
Fat white, big crackle
Give it time to cool just a second/deep reduction
frit 3134 100
silica 6
epk 10
tin or opax 10 If you want a clear leave this out. Bentonite will
help suspend it.
Takes copper well: blue/green to red/blood .
Variations --
Takes copper well
Leave out tin for clear
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=3DA0Lee Love in Minneapolis
http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
=3DA0"Ta tIr na n-=3DF3g ar chul an tI=3D97tIr dlainn trina ch=3DE9ile"=3D9=
7that is, =3D
"The
land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent
within itself." -- John O'Donohue
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