dipali shah on fri 23 apr 99
Hi Everyone,
Hope all is well. I'm battling on to finish my degree! Depite all the
hard work I'm enjoying it, but need some help.
I'm working with black clay at the moment and don't want to glaze it
with a color or Gloss transparent glaze as it has a gorgeous colour of
it's own. I'm looking for a Matt Transparent Glaze to give my work a
finished look, if anyone can help I'd be grateful. I've tried to use wax
on my bisque ware to give it a finished look but hasn't quite worked,
so if you have any suggestions that would be much appreciated too.
THANKS!
Anne Hunt on sat 24 apr 99
Dipali--
Ref. the degree: good for you, hang in there!
Ref. the glazes, don't have any for you, as I'm a raku person; besides,
I'm not sure what cone you're looking for.
Howsomever, your beautiful black clay may like being treated with the
following, gleaned from a Jenny Anderson saggar workshop in Suquamish, Wa
(Chief Sealth/Seattle's resting place).
- apply terra sig to greenware (blackware?) and burnish.
- bisque to ^06.
- take a pot still very warm from the kiln (leather gloves needed, and
rub all over with a chunk of natural beeswax (it's a dirty-looking, light
olive brown color -- runs $7-$10 per lb. at craft or art supply store,
farmers' markets,etc.)
- depending on how hot the pot, the wax will sizzle and run, or will
gently melt--don't fuss about finger marks
- you'll stand/sit there much longer than is necessary, smelling that
heavenly scent, which can still be detected once the wax and pot have
cooled.
The effect on saggar pieces is a very subtle sheen, which should also happen
for your pieces. Your customers will also love the beeswax scent ---they
look so cute, walking around with a pot stuck under their nose--snif! snif!
Hope the firing level, etc, are appropriate for your trying this.
Hunt's luck,
anne & the cats
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