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discontinued duncan high fire art glaze\

updated fri 31 jul 98

 

Barney Adams on thu 30 jul 98

>
We have some sample glazes "Stroke Coat" or something like that. I'm not sure if
are Duncan, but I think similar to your discription. The glaze is listed as Cone
but we tested it at cone 6 and it works fine. When I get home I'll check the
company and specifics and get that to you.

Barney
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> That famous company, Duncan, up until a couple of years ago offered a glaze
> line called High Fire Art Glazes for ^6 firing. They came in 4 oz. jars and
> were quite attractive. They had marvelously colored crystaline glaze
> qualities with names like Electric Blue, Arctic Ice, Mint Julep, et al, but
> were nontoxic and dinnerware safe. The few pieces that I used these glazes on
> sold quickly, and I still have some folks asking for items with these glazes.
> Unfortunately, Duncan discontinued these glazes a couple of years ago.
>
> Does anyone know of any way to duplicate those glaze recipes or any way --
> short of my using a mass photo spectrometer (... mine's in the shop....;-) to
> figure out their ingredients? I do still have a few jars of the stuff but am
> hesitant to use them up.
>
> Sheilah Bliss
> Bliss Pottery
>