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artificial salt

updated tue 17 feb 98

 

Montana Mudworks on mon 16 feb 98

ON Feb. 14, Ann in Rainy Pa wrote
Anyone know of a =5E6 ox glaze that will achieve the fake salt look? I'm =

using a

grey/beige clay body and am hoping for some direction as I don't have access=

to

salting as of late.


ON Feb. 14, Ann in Rainy, pa wrote:
Anyone know of a =5E6 ox glaze that will achieve the fake salt look? I'm =

using a

grey/beige clay body and am hoping for some direction as I don't have access=

to

salting as of late.



Laguna/Miller sells an Artificial Salt that works at Cone 6. It is rugged
looking, gritty textured glaze, somewhat runny that needs care or it will
stick to your shelf. It is more or less transparent. I have played with it,
but haven't tried colorants on my brown oxidation body, firing in an electric
kiln. Some people have admired the resultin pots, but I don't much like it,
since it runs. I wouldn't use it inside a pot, because of its texture.

In Missoula, where El Nino is fast melting away winter.