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shino for electric kiln

updated fri 13 mar 98

 

Ravitshy on wed 11 mar 98

We are looking for a Shino glaze recipe for C/6, oxidation.
Your help will be highly appreciate.
Ravit, NYC

Michelle H. Lowe on thu 12 mar 98

At 09:43 AM 3/11/98 EST, Ravitshy wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>We are looking for a Shino glaze recipe for C/6, oxidation.
>Your help will be highly appreciate.

This was posted here on clayart a couple years ago. It's not a "true"
shino, but it's a very nice glaze, an example of this glaze on a dark
stoneware fired to cone 6, can be seen at-

http://www.amug.org/~mishlowe/pots/Pitcher.jpg

Glaze Name: Falls Creek Shino

Cone: 5 - 7
Color:
Surface:
Firing: Untested
Tested: oxidation
Glaze Type:
Date: 7/19/95
Recipe:

56.07 Alberta Slip (I used Albany Slip)
18.69 Gerstley Borate
9.35 Kona F-4 Feldspar
9.35 Silica
6.54 Lithium Carbonate
100.00 % Totals:

Also add:
9.35 Superpax
4.67 Tin Oxide



Mishy
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Dwiggins, Sandra on thu 12 mar 98

If there really is such an animal...please let the whole list know....

I would really love to find a glaze like this...but it sounds impossible to do
in an electric kiln...
Sandy