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oribe and shino glazes for a wood kiln

updated sun 19 apr 98

 

Mo and Les Beardsley on wed 15 apr 98

Hello everyone:

I am interested in Oribe and shino glazes for a wood kiln...cones 9 -12.
I fire with the Tozan Cultural Society Kilns...an anagama and a
nobrigama...

If anyone has some available that I can test I would much apprecite
the info.

Regards

Les Beardsley,in Ladysmith B.C .

douglas gray on thu 16 apr 98

Les,

Here is an Oribe glaze I have been using for a few years. I haven't tried it in
a wood fire yet so I can't promise anything, but in cone 10-11 gas firings it is
delicious.

Oribe Green (attributed to David Shaner) cone 9-11 reduction

29.3 Custer Feldspar
24.0 Silica
21.2 Whiting
7.4 Talc
11.9 EPK (Kaolin)
1.0 Bone Ash
1.0 Bentonite
5.2 Copper Carbonate

It has performed slightly differently for me in each kiln I have fired it in,
but is typically a clear glassy emerald green. I have seen it go red and even
blue on occasion. Most recently, in my current kiln, it has even been
developing small mossy crystals where it is applied thick. Very stunning. I
can also say that I have never seen the glaze run and I've fired it from cone 9
to cone 11.

It is one of my favorite glazes right now, along with a nice iron red and a blue
green wood ash glaze. If you use it in the wood fire let me know how it turns
out. i'd be curious to hear about the results.

doug
In message Mo and Les Beardsley writes:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hello everyone:
>
> I am interested in Oribe and shino glazes for a wood kiln...cones 9 -12.
> I fire with the Tozan Cultural Society Kilns...an anagama and a
> nobrigama...
>
> If anyone has some available that I can test I would much apprecite
> the info.
>
> Regards
>


============================================================================ =)
Douglas E. Gray, Assistant Professor of Art
P.O. Box 100547
Department of Fine Arts and Mass Communication
Francis Marion University
Florence, South Carolina 29501-0547

dgray@fmarion.edu
843/661-1535

douglas gray on sat 18 apr 98

Les and others who may have copied the oribe recipe I posted...

I am passing this note on to the list regarding the oribe green recipe I posted
a few days ago. Ron Roy noticed that this recipe had come across the net before
and had not lived up to the acid leeching test. So any and all of you that
copied that recipe down might want to take note.

Thanks Ron for that good catch. I'll try to do some testing and reformulation
on the glaze and post the results to the list. In the meantime, it is a
beautiful glaze and would still be good for sculptural/non-functional forms.

In message Ron Roy writes:

> This type of glaze has been discussed before and I though you might want to
> know.
>
> First of all this glaze looks like it is short of both alumina and silica
> at cone 8 to 10 which makes it likely to be attacked by acid foods. The
> recommended amount of copper for a glaze is usually no more than 2% - I
> realize this amount in this glaze is necessary to get the effect you want
> but: I am pretty sure the glaze is unstable and may change colour in use
> with certain foods. Some one actually reported this about this glaze a
> while back - strawberries left on the plate overnight changed the colour.
>
> Thought you might want to be informed - perhaps you will want to confirm
> this through experimentation.
>
> You may also consider posting this warning to the list if you think it
> important.
>
In message Doug Gray writes

> >Here is an Oribe glaze I have been using for a few years. I haven't tried
> >it in
> >a wood fire yet so I can't promise anything, but in cone 10-11 gas firings
> >it is
> >delicious.
> >
> >Oribe Green (attributed to David Shaner) cone 9-11 reduction
> >
> >29.3 Custer Feldspar
> >24.0 Silica
> >21.2 Whiting
> > 7.4 Talc
> >11.9 EPK (Kaolin)
> > 1.0 Bone Ash
> > 1.0 Bentonite
> > 5.2 Copper Carbonate
> >
> >It has performed slightly differently for me in each kiln I have fired it
> in,
> >but is typically a clear glassy emerald green. I have seen it go red and
> even
> >blue on occasion. Most recently, in my current kiln, it has even been
> >developing small mossy crystals where it is applied thick. Very stunning.
> I
> >can also say that I have never seen the glaze run and I've fired it from
> cone 9
> >to cone 11.
> >
> >It is one of my favorite glazes right now, along with a nice iron red and
> >a blue
> >green wood ash glaze. If you use it in the wood fire let me know how it
> turns
> >out. i'd be curious to hear about the results.
> >
> >doug
> >In message Mo and Les Beardsley writes:
> >> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >> Hello everyone:
> >>
> >> I am interested in Oribe and shino glazes for a wood kiln...cones 9 -12.
> >> I fire with the Tozan Cultural Society Kilns...an anagama and a
> >> nobrigama...
> >>
> >> If anyone has some available that I can test I would much apprecite
> >> the info.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >
> >
> >============================================================================
> =)
> >Douglas E. Gray, Assistant Professor of Art
> >P.O. Box 100547
> >Department of Fine Arts and Mass Communication
> >Francis Marion University
> >Florence, South Carolina 29501-0547
> >
> >dgray@fmarion.edu
> >843/661-1535
>
> Ron Roy
> 93 Pegasus trail
> Scarborough Otario
> Canada M1G 3N8
> Phone: 416-439-2621
> Fax: 416-438-7849
> Web page: Home page http://digitalfire.com/education/people/ronroy.htm
>


============================================================================ =)
Douglas E. Gray, Assistant Professor of Art
P.O. Box 100547
Department of Fine Arts and Mass Communication
Francis Marion University
Florence, South Carolina 29501-0547

dgray@fmarion.edu
843/661-1535