Ben Morrison on tue 5 jun 12
I'm not sure where you are exactly, but up in Tacoma WA, there is a clay co=
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mpany called Clay Art Center. They produce a white body with sand that is p=
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retty gritty for wheel work, but has spectacular color and will be perfect =
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at the cone 3 range. I can't say it's the most pleasant clay I've ever thro=
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wn, but it does go pretty big if it's fairly soft and you can pull it up qu=
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ickly with little water. I threw some 17 inch pots with it, but once it's s=
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aturated it goes no place. That's the best I got.=3D0A=3D0AGood luck,=3D0A=
=3D0ABen =3D
Morrison=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A________________________________=3D0A From: sha=
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sharonia628@GMAIL.COM>=3D0ATo: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG =3D0ASent: Tuesday,=
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e 5, 2012 6:41 PM=3D0ASubject: cone 3 clay bodies=3D0A =3D0AHi Clayarters:=
=3D0AI'm =3D
working my way through John Conrad's good book on cone 3 glazes. So far=3D0=
AI=3D
've tested about 25 glazes and all of them have been excellent (big=3D0Adil=
em=3D
ma now to whittle it down to just a few).=3DA0 I'm looking for a matt=3D0Ag=
laze=3D
at this temp and I thought I could stay with my excellent Highwater=3D0ACl=
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"earthen red" body which fires up to that temp and gives a beautiful=3D0Ad=
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k body color.=3D0AHowever, it's beginning to look like a white clay body mi=
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t be even better=3D0Afor some of these glazes. I tested the glazes on earth=
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red with white=3D0Aslip covering, and they were even nicer.=3D0A=3D0AI'm n=
ot goi=3D
ng to be able to make my own white clay body. Does anyone have=3D0Aany sugg=
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tion for what commercial white stoneware I might try? I think=3D0Amost avai=
la=3D
ble go to cone 5-6=3DA0 and I'm not sure that going to cone 3 will=3D0Aprov=
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a mature body which is vitrified. I really want to make functional=3D0Aware=
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ith a matt or semi matt glaze. I have loved using earthenware for all=3D0At=
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se years but am trying to make the leap up.=3D0AThanks for any help.=3D0ASh=
aron=3D
=3D0A--=3D0ASharon La Rocca Miranda=3D0Awww.sharonmiranda.com nmiran=3D
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sharonia628 on tue 5 jun 12
Hi Clayarters:
I'm working my way through John Conrad's good book on cone 3 glazes. So far
I've tested about 25 glazes and all of them have been excellent (big
dilemma now to whittle it down to just a few). I'm looking for a matt
glaze at this temp and I thought I could stay with my excellent Highwater
Clay "earthen red" body which fires up to that temp and gives a beautiful
dark body color.
However, it's beginning to look like a white clay body might be even better
for some of these glazes. I tested the glazes on earthen red with white
slip covering, and they were even nicer.
I'm not going to be able to make my own white clay body. Does anyone have
any suggestion for what commercial white stoneware I might try? I think
most available go to cone 5-6 and I'm not sure that going to cone 3 will
provide a mature body which is vitrified. I really want to make functional
ware with a matt or semi matt glaze. I have loved using earthenware for all
these years but am trying to make the leap up.
Thanks for any help.
Sharon
--
Sharon La Rocca Miranda
www.sharonmiranda.com
John Britt on wed 6 jun 12
Sharon,
You have hit on the exact problem of firing to cone 3. As with all glazes=
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is possible to melt them at any temperature but what clay body to use?
If you are making functional work, unless you make your own clay, you are=
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kind of stuck.
Highwater makes Bella's Blend which is cone04 - 6 with 2.2% Absorption=3D20=
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at cone 5 and 13% at cone 04. Or Raku which is 1.9 % cone 6 and 15.2 at=3D=
20=3D
04. They may be a stretch at cone 3!=3D20
The only other possibilities are Buncombe White and Riverside Grit but=3D20=
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both have 2.2 abs at cone 6. So sketchy at cone 3!
John Britt Pottery
Josh Floyd on wed 6 jun 12
Hi there.
I've fired Laguna's #10, EM-100 04/06 white non-talc body to the ^2/3 ran=
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ge.
You might try that one.
josh floyd
Lee on wed 6 jun 12
I fire Continental Terracotta to cone 1 and 2. I've seen it fired
savely to cone 6 with no glaze on it (it might not do as well with
glaze, because glaze can flux a body at its higher range and also
contribute to bloat.)
My terracotta fired to cone 1 or 2 is vitrified, non-porous, strong,
and rings more nicely than porcelain.
--
=3DA0Lee Love in Minneapolis
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
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