David McBeth on tue 14 apr 98
I have tried to resist entering the Floating Blue discussion, but I
don't do well with temptations. Cindy wrote:
Cindy wrote:
>
> Floating blue is always ^5. I've never used it, however, others on the list
> have warned that at ^6, it turns an unattractive greenish hue.
>
> Cindy Strnad
I have a real problem with words like "always" and "never" when it comes
to Art. In fact, I always avoid using "always" and "never" and tell my
students they should never use "always" and "never" either.
Anyhow, more to the point. I have just last week fired the holy glaze
(ie. Floating Blue) to Cone 7 in our new Skutt 1027 with kilnmaster on
the Cone fire mode at medium speed with a 10 minute soak at the end.
The Blue has seldom been so light and airy and rich. By the way, the
glaze was over Standard Ceramics #112 speckled brown.
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David McBeth, MFA
Associate Professor of Art
330 C Gooch Hall
University of Tennessee at Martin
Martin, TN 38238
901-587-7416
http://fmc.utm.edu/~dmcbeth/dmcbeth.htm
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