SLAVEN DEIRDRE JANE on fri 13 nov 98
Does anybody out there have recepes for high fire brain,crater or other
texture glazes? Or know of a good book that would contain info on them?
Thanks!
Deirdre Slaven
Milton Markey on sat 14 nov 98
Hi Deidre and other crater glaze fans!
There's a whole "slew" of good crater glaze recipies in the booklet "Ceramic
Glazemaking (pp.43 and 44)," by Richard Behrens. This booklet is published by
Ceramics Monthly Press, and is available from CM, and other fine ceramics
outlets. Caveat: This booklet is a bit dated. Some of the glaze minerals
Behrens uses are either not available, or substitute minerals can be used.
Lepidolite is one of these. It is listed in only one of the recipies in the
booklet, however.
Also check the ClayArt archives.
Best of luck in your "cratered" work!
Milton MiltonsLin@AOL.COM
Yucca Valley, CA
douglas gray on sat 14 nov 98
Try 50% Magnesium Carbonate and 50% Custer Feldspar for a very textured cone
9-10 glaze base. Increase the custer and the melt is more complete but still
giving the brain texture. Increase the Magnesium and it almost peels off the
pot, very rough to the touch.
Can add colorants, and I'm workin on tests that involve simple half and half
mixtures of this 50/50 blend and other glazes I have already mixed up.
doug
In message SLAVEN DEIRDRE JANE writes:
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> Does anybody out there have recepes for high fire brain,crater or other
> texture glazes? Or know of a good book that would contain info on them?
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> Thanks!
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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
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Vicki Ferris on sun 15 nov 98
Deirdre,
If you want a good book packed full of special effect glazes, I have it. It is
called "The Potter's Complete Book of Clay and Glazes" by James Chappell. It
is wonderful. There are receipies in all firing ranges, the following special
effect glazes are high fire: breakthrough glazes, boiling glazes, crackle
glazes, crater glazes, crystalline glazes, floating glazes as well as flowing
glazes. There are hundreds of other glazes and I have been trying 3 different
ones in each firing. It is so exciting to open the kiln. I can sit down and
read this book for hours. I get so worked up I have to go mix another glaze.
Then I have to throw more pots so I can do a buisque load and try the new
glazes. Some take a little extra time and effort, but each firing is so
interesting. It will take 10 years to get through it all. Lots of good info on
clay bodies, etc. This book retails for $50 but is worth every penny. Hope you
enjoy it as much as I have.
Vicki from Cool, Calif.
coolpots@aol.com
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