Lois Ruben Aronow on sun 20 sep 98
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On Sat, 19 Sep 1998 05:11:53 -0700 (PDT), bowen dickson wrote:
=3E Friend L:
=3E Good response on 'first firing'...how did you tests turn
=3Eout ?
=3E
thanks for asking. It went pretty well=21
I tried about 5 new formulas, plus one studio glaze, which i mixed
myself. (Having never mixed glaze before, I was nervous about this
one too.) The new glazes were taken from various recipes collected
over the years from books, friends, clayart, and the glaze database.
All were on buff stoneware, bisqued to 04.
The studio glaze came out OK, albeit a tad thin. Time to skim of the
excess water on the top, and it will probably be OK.
I tried the cream breaking red. Very interesting=21 I think I'll like
it better on white stoneware, but others at my studio are really into
it. It does just like it's supposed to: cream breaking red=21 On one
test, I did a little RIO decoration, and the CBR had specks. Just
like it was supposed to=21 So I would say that was successful. I have
to figure out what kind of ware it compliment.
I tried a satin pink, which was a bust. It turned pink, but the glaze
didn't look mature. The recipe says it's =5E6, and the rest of the kiln
fired to maturity, so it had to be the glaze. The recipe called for
=22soda spar=22, and i used F-4 Kona. Perhaps I should change to another
soda spar, or change to neph sy. Anyhow, on of the women who shares
my studio thought it would be really great on some of her ware (she
does seashells), so further use is in store for that one too.
I also did a soft green semi gloss, which was nice. Problem with this
one was I brushed it on, and I think it would look great dipped. I
only made a small amount, so I couldn't dip. I'm a real sloppy
brusher, I admit. I'm gonna make up a big batch of this, as it was
amazing where thick. Nice soft green with coppery flecks. I jumped
up and down and said =22I can make glaze=21=21=22
I tried an Oil Spot glaze, and it came out s--t brown. I don't think
i'll be using that again. It will be a while before I get up my nerve
to try it again, even.
All in all, I was very pleased with the results. Pleased enough to
start doing lots of glaze experiments.
Glazing is NOT my fave thing to do. Not even close. I am a somewhat
sloppy glazer, and this is one of the areas I am trying to work in
with my pots. I have seriously begun to think about each pot as a
completed piece, rather than just throwing them and worrying about the
rest later. I really enjoy mixing and testing glaze, and am looking
forward to creating my own in the near future. I am also trying to
get more adventurous with glaze combinations, as well as surface
decoration and masking. I'm haven't had much luck mixing colours
together on my ware.
.......Lo
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