David & Diane Chen on sun 4 apr 99
Iam curious as to whether anyone has tried these great crystalline glazes on
tiles? I spent some time looking at Brad Sondahl's site (very =
informative=21) and
since these glazes seem to be so runny, do you need tiles that are say, 1 =
inch
think to allow for enough wax to compensate for the running of the glaze?
Paul Lewing on mon 5 apr 99
Tiles are probably the perfect thing to put crystaline glazes on, since,
as you say, they are so runny. As part of the Tile Heritage Conference
last October, some of us visited a tile showroom in New Hope, PA,
(sorry, the name escapes me) that specialized in crystal glazes on tile.
They were made for them by Will Meade of Peace Valley Tile. I've used
some crystal glazes on tile but not fired them on the typical crystal
glaze firing schedule. Instead of the big spider-web crystals, they
made small snowflake shaped crystals.
Don't worry about the thickness of the tile. The glaze will not run
sideways and off the edge of the tile, assuming it's fired level. And I
find it MUCH easier to fettle the edges of the tile than to wax them.
It's easier, faster, and less toxic.
Go for it!
Paul Lewing, Seattle
Marion Barnes-Schwartz. on mon 5 apr 99
I have not used crytalline glazes on tiles but I have used glazes that are
very runny. Since the tile is fired flat my runny glazes never drip on to
the shelves. I also just make sure that the glaze is not very thick on the
sides of the tiles, where I only glaze the upper third of the side. What I
find is that some of the interesting character of very runny glazes is lost
on tiles because the glazes don't flow downward when being fired. I make
many of my tiles minimum 1/2 thick when wet.
Marion
Denver, NY.
Joseph Carames on wed 7 apr 99
I read this and I enjoy making tiles - I love to find out any new
technique - I am thinking my question is about definition. Specifically
what do do meam by
"FETTLE THE EDGE" I am sure it is simple and easy I just haven't heard
that before and want to be clear.
Just in case there is something here I hadn't heard of before.
Thanks
On Mon, 5 Apr 1999 09:23:42 EDT Paul Lewing
writes:
>----------------------------Original
>message----------------------------
>Tiles are probably the perfect thing to put crystaline glazes on,
>since,
>as you say, they are so runny. As part of the Tile Heritage
>Conference
>last October, some of us visited a tile showroom in New Hope, PA,
>(sorry, the name escapes me) that specialized in crystal glazes on
>tile.
>They were made for them by Will Meade of Peace Valley Tile. I've used
>some crystal glazes on tile but not fired them on the typical crystal
>glaze firing schedule. Instead of the big spider-web crystals, they
>made small snowflake shaped crystals.
>
>Don't worry about the thickness of the tile. The glaze will not run
>sideways and off the edge of the tile, assuming it's fired level. And
>I
>find it MUCH easier to FETTLE THE EDGES of the tile than to wax them.
>It's easier, faster, and less toxic.
>
>Go for it!
>Paul Lewing, Seattle
>
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David & Diane Chen on thu 8 apr 99
Funny, when I heard this response, I thought duh, what does this mean. So,
I got out my hamer's dictionary and the definition reads "the trimming
awaty of excess clay either at leatherhard or dry state. This may be large
amounts turned off by shaving on a whelel or lathe or small seam marks from
casting which are scraped off with a knife held at right angles to the
surface". Now, this definition made me wonder whether these tiles are being
glazed with the crystalline glaze at the leatherhard stage? in order to
more easily remove the excess drips around the bottom edge?
:PS I'm glad I'm not the only one that is struggling with some of the
lingo!
Best,
Diane
Paul Lewing on thu 8 apr 99
Joseph Carames wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I read this and I enjoy making tiles - I love to find out any new
> technique - I am thinking my question is about definition. Specifically
> what do do meam by
> "FETTLE THE EDGE" I am sure it is simple and easy I just haven't heard
> that before and want to be clear.
>
> Just in case there is something here I hadn't heard of before.
>
> Thanks
>
> On Mon, 5 Apr 1999 09:23:42 EDT Paul Lewing
> writes:
> >I
> >find it MUCH easier to FETTLE THE EDGES of the tile than to wax them.
> >It's easier, faster, and less toxic.
Joseph,
Fettling is the act of removing unwanted dry glaze or clay (as on mold
seams) with a knife, e.g. a fettling knife. I just let the glaze run
over the edge of the tile, then scrape it off with a knife before I fire
it, and sponge any residue off the back. Much easier than waxing.
And the tile place in New Hope, PA whose name disappeared in a "senior
moment" the other day was Fulper Tile.
Paul Lewing, in Seattle, where the winter rain has finally stopped, and
the spring rain has started.
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