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bubbles again!

updated thu 5 mar 98

 

Dave Hedblom on wed 4 mar 98

We have a glaze we use that is called crater glaze and is used
on raku pieces. I do not have it in front of me and I can't
recall the craters being 1.5 inches in diameter. I will try to find
it tonight and email you tomorrow.

claymoon@pconline.com
Dave Hedblom

At 11:21 AM 2/28/98 EST, you wrote:
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>First let me present myself! I am a begginner! I never made yet one pot, but
>everytime I get myself commited to make something, I do research a lot every
>possible corner for information. I have been reading with greate attention
>the problem reported here as bubbles in the glaze. In this case I believe this
>is unwanted in the final piece, but I have seen here in Portugal a few pieces
>from a new artist, where large bubbles 1.5 inchs, 2 cm here in hour measure
>standart, the glaze was between dark gray and black and this bubles were white.
> I really liked very much the final result, unfortunatly, when I visited the
>exposition his mother was representing him, and she did not knew the process
>used to achieve this "effect". Anyone knows anything about this? Every book I
> saw dont even mention it!Thanking in advance for your help, Best Regards,
>Jose Girao
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