Khaimraj Seepersad on tue 11 may 99
Lets try 08 , for vitreous functional wares .
Clay bodies in white to deep red or brown .
Clear , Matte , Ash , Reduction , Butter ,
Iron, Majolica etc. for Glazes . [ non - toxic ]
Tea pots , cups , plates , and so on .
You can go down to 750 deg. c if need be .
From - Khaimraj Seepersad .
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Howard
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: 10 May 1999 9:04
Subject: Re: Why not Cone 8?
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Ray pleads for Cone 8.
>
>I would plead for Cone 1. Here in England we can purchase clay which
>matures at Cone 1. It is good stuff.
>
>We are all, surely, trying to be green. So why this insistence on high
>cones? The implication is that good pots can only be created at high
>temperatures.
>
>That is so obviously wrong thinking.
>
>So, are there other potters out there, between raku and cone 6?
>
>Martin Howard
>Webbs Cottage Pottery and Press
>Woolpits Road, Great Saling
>BRAINTREE
>Essex CM7 5DZ
>01371 850 423
>araneajo@gn.apc.org
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