Joyce Lee on fri 13 feb 98
I have dozens of successfully tile-tested, line-blended lichen glazes
ala Robin Hopper's recommendations. Colorants were chrome, cobalt, rio,
tin, rutile and maybe a couple of others. If you'll let me know which
colorant you'd like, I'll send the recipe. Or if you'd like a copy of
the process, send me your snail-mail address. This lichen glaze uses a
black slip beneath the glaze. Interesting look.
Joyce
In the Mojave disbelieving of the time it takes for pots to dry since El
Nino has added a splash of humidity to our desert.
Louise K Condon on sat 14 feb 98
Joyce..I would love lichen glaze recipes with greens and blues.....thank you!
Joyce Lee on sat 14 feb 98
Wow! Had no idea so many of us were interested in the lichens. I'll
either be direct e-mailing, or snail mailing, as soon as I think through
and write out the process...within two days, I'm sure. However, while
it's true that I fire to ^10 R, these glazes are ^6 Ox. I haven't tested
them to the higher cone. Love them personally, but can never figure out
exactly how to use them on a pot...on a decorative plate, yes, no
problem, but not on a pot pot. Probably why we don't see lichens much.
I've seen off-white lichen on the bottom quarter of a very tall, sort of
rugged looking mug which was glazed in irregular bands of tenmoku, amber
and cream above the whitish lichen strip. Rather testosteroney, yet
elegant looking. Have any of you observed lichen glazes used effectively
within the structure of any traditional type of pot? If so, I'd
appreciate a description. Thank you.
Joyce
In the Mojave in danger of drowning as the evaporating water from El
Nino is pulled up to the heavens by the beaming sun.
Barbara Lewis on sun 15 feb 98
I have fired Mark Bell's lichen to ^10 and it still stays "lichen." What
Lana Wilson has talked about with lichens is that you may color them with
oxides or stains and you may apply colored engobes or slips underneath for a
seemingly endless possibility of color. I have used a low fire lichen
glaze on raku as well. My experience has been that it takes practice to
apply the right amount of glaze. If too thick, the "lichens" pop off after
firing. I think the reason they are not used with more functional work is
because there are inherent problems with function -- i.e. popping off,
trapping food, etc. You may make Carlton Ball's Crawl glaze with 50% neph
sye and 50% magnesium carbonate. Take care. Barbara
At 11:39 AM 2/14/98 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Wow! Had no idea so many of us were interested in the lichens. I'll
>either be direct e-mailing, or snail mailing, as soon as I think through
>and write out the process...within two days, I'm sure. However, while
>it's true that I fire to ^10 R, these glazes are ^6 Ox. I haven't tested
>them to the higher cone. Love them personally, but can never figure out
>exactly how to use them on a pot...on a decorative plate, yes, no
>problem, but not on a pot pot. Probably why we don't see lichens much.
>I've seen off-white lichen on the bottom quarter of a very tall, sort of
>rugged looking mug which was glazed in irregular bands of tenmoku, amber
>and cream above the whitish lichen strip. Rather testosteroney, yet
>elegant looking. Have any of you observed lichen glazes used effectively
>within the structure of any traditional type of pot? If so, I'd
>appreciate a description. Thank you.
>
>Joyce
>In the Mojave in danger of drowning as the evaporating water from El
>Nino is pulled up to the heavens by the beaming sun.
>
WellSpring ClayWorks
5412 Well Spring Road
La Plata, MD 20646
(301) 932-3915
Jellestar on sun 1 mar 98
If you wouldn't mind sharing with me, I'd sure appreciate your lichen results,
the ones with good color which I could use on raku outdoor sculpture. Cobalt,
Chrome, -interesting colors. (I'm also trying to convert to good textural
color ^6 glazes for outdoor sculpture)
Thanks! Starr Davis
Jellestar@aol.com
Linda McNary on fri 1 may 98
Joyce-
It has been awhile since you posted your kind offer on Lichen glazes. I
really would like some info on them and any recipes you are willing to
send. I usually start in the middle and work out on project like this so I
just jumping in with this request for you to send me whatever the spirit
moves you to send...
Thanks a bunch
Linda
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I have dozens of successfully tile-tested, line-blended lichen glazes
>ala Robin Hopper's recommendations. Colorants were chrome, cobalt, rio,
>tin, rutile and maybe a couple of others. If you'll let me know which
>colorant you'd like, I'll send the recipe. Or if you'd like a copy of
>the process, send me your snail-mail address. This lichen glaze uses a
>black slip beneath the glaze. Interesting look.
>
>Joyce
>In the Mojave disbelieving of the time it takes for pots to dry since El
>Nino has added a splash of humidity to our desert.
Beth and Matt Stichter on sat 2 may 98
Joyce--
What are the lichen glazes?
Beth
Sara Zehr on sun 14 jul 02
I use a lichen glaze on some of my pots and have trouble keeping it on the
slides and slopes of vases and bowls. Any idea of suggestion what to add to
my glaze to make it adhere better. I use ve-gum in the glaze receipt. New
to clayart discussion, I am a "mature" person with lots of ideas. Sara Zehr
Bacia Edelman on sun 14 jul 02
Are you putting the lichen glaze on bare bisque? That may
be your problem.
It could be your recipe. However, if there is an engobe or
an unfired glaze underneath the lichen, it may adhere better.
Another thought: if the lichen glaze becomes too thick in
application, as it dries and shows cracks due to the
magnesium carbonate, it could simply fall off.
I spray my lichen glazes over engobes or even terra sigillatas,
which melt in firing and seem to hang onto the lichen glaze.
I spray thicker and thinner in different areas to get
different size islands.
If you want to send me your recipe, I could look it over, and please
be sure to tell the cone. Mine are for cone 5 to 7.
This is a busy week for me, doing something completely
different from clay on the University campus, so my time
reading Clayart is shrunk even further than usual.
But if you give me a couple days, I will try to answer.
Bacia
At 08:28 AM 07/14/2002 EDT, you wrote:
>I use a lichen glaze on some of my pots and have trouble keeping it on the
>slides and slopes of vases and bowls. Any idea of suggestion what to add to
>my glaze to make it adhere better. I use ve-gum in the glaze receipt. New
>to clayart discussion, I am a "mature" person with lots of ideas. Sara Zehr
>
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Ababi on sun 14 jul 02
Hello Sara.
You must write the recipe. If it is a secret recipe for you, you can send to me of list
and I will see what to do.
presume it is a regular high magnesium carbonate one: prepare it in sour cream
viscosity
add to it 1-2% CMC. and mix well.
apply several times, let it dry between each time. When you see crackles, after being
dry, take it gently to the kiln
See lichen glazes in my site
Ababi Sharon
Glaze addict
Kibbutz Shoval Israel
ababisha@shoval.org.il
http://members4.clubphoto.com/ababi306910/
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>I use a lichen glaze on some of my pots and have trouble keeping it on the
>slides and slopes of vases and bowls. Any idea of suggestion what to add to
>my glaze to make it adhere better. I use ve-gum in the glaze receipt. New
>to clayart discussion, I am a "mature" person with lots of ideas. Sara Zehr
>______________________________________________________________________________
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Sara Zehr on sat 27 jul 02
Tom, the addition of vee-gum in a great amount helped, and the addition of
elmers white glue did too. However, I still had some flaking off before I
could get the piece in the kiln. The next glazing, I put some wall-paper
paste (the prepared kind in a bucket) over the base glaze and then put the
lichen glaze on top of the wall paper paste. That worked REAL WELL.
Everything held in place. I use wallpaper past either in my glaze, or the
first coat over allready fired pieces that I'm going to refire with a new
glazes over the top of the pre-fired glazes. That works really well as you
can get a good amount of glaze to stick to the already fired glaze. Thanks
for your help. Sara
Donna Nicholas on thu 5 sep 02
Due to a saved mail error I lost all of the lichen glaze fomulas (cone =
06-1) that have appeared on Clayart. Would anyone who has them please =
post them to me off list?=20
nicholas@erie.net
Thanks, Donna
don hunt on tue 12 nov 02
Does anyone have Joyce Lee's lichen glazes? They were victims of a
computer virus some time ago. I would be interested in trying them as I
think I have an application for them
Don Hunt.
Joyce Lee on wed 13 nov 02
Don asked:
"Does anyone have Joyce Lee's lichen glazes? They were victims of a
computer virus some time ago. I would be interested in trying them as I
think I have an application for them"
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Thanks for the reminder, Don. I found
them in a notebook last night. They'll
be on their way this afternoon via
snail mail. If I can find the test tiles today(there
were dozens), I'll send some of those,
too. =20
Best regards.
Joyce
In the Mojave where it's 4 a.m. and the
westie and I are soaking in the morning
hours .... soon the sun will come up .....
such a glorious, life-enhancing sight....
free .... every day .... in a gallery as
large as the universe..... gallery in the
round .... turning .... showing us what
"good" light really does....... every day......
Lesley Anton on thu 6 mar 08
Hi all,
Checking to see if anyone knows of a lichen glaze recipe that would
adhere to a pot properly without using oxides underneath - that the
flakes don't flake so much. I've seen all of the prior posts on this
subject in clay art but that issue seems to always be a
characteristic of the traditional lichen - any suggestions?
thanks!
Lesley Anton
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