Audrey Cooper on mon 7 jun 99
Hi, I have been searching for cone 6 satin glazes and have even checked the
clayart archives and have not been able to find recipes. If anyone has
reliable satin glazes, I would appreciate posting them on clayart. Thanks ASC
Lori Pierce on tue 8 jun 99
Audrey, I think you might find exactly what you are looking for in the glaze
section of Richard Zakin's book, Electric Kiln Ceramics. Every glaze I
tested in the cone six catagory was fine, with the exception of the
Metalblack and those few that needed a slow long soak. ( I was firing in
someone elses kiln, who prided herself on her speed of firing) Also, without
using Zakin's recommended slow firing cycles, some of the glazes did not
develop the textural interest described. Lori in New Port Richey Fl.
-----Original Message-----
From: Audrey Cooper
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 10:01 AM
Subject: satin matt glazes-cone 6
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hi, I have been searching for cone 6 satin glazes and have even checked the
>clayart archives and have not been able to find recipes. If anyone has
>reliable satin glazes, I would appreciate posting them on clayart. Thanks
ASC
>
Mike Bailey on tue 8 jun 99
In message , Audrey Cooper writes
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hi, I have been searching for cone 6 satin glazes and have even checked the
>clayart archives and have not been able to find recipes. If anyone has
>reliable satin glazes, I would appreciate posting them on clayart. Thanks ASC
>
Dear Audrey,
It just so happens that I'm working on a book (with my glaze testing
buddy David Hewitt) about ^6 glazes - In fact, fairly soon I'll be
putting out a request / offer on CLAYART to the group for photographs of
work using ^6 - (just in case anyone that works in this temperature
range would like to be included. )
However, this puts me in a slightly awkward position re. my prospective
publisher who I imagine wouldn't take too kindly to me giving out
recipes that are to be used in the book!
It seems that the most reliable satin glazes are the one that come about
by increasing the alumina. These are usually easy to find by simply
taking a shiny glaze and doing a china clay progression. Adding china
clay in 6 lots of 5% increments is the sort of stepped increases that
take you through the satin glazes to eventually becoming matt.
The sort of recipe that one ends up with for a base glaze cone 6 satin
is something like:
Any feldspar 70
China clay 15
Dolomite 4
Whiting 4
Zinc oxide 4
Quartz 3
Adding colouring oxides, of course, also affects the glaze but just up
or down the china clay to make it matter or shinier.
Hope this helps,
Best regards,
Mike.
--
Mike Bailey, Bath, U.K.
Joan & Tom Woodward on wed 9 jun 99
Hi Debra,
I put a similar post on clayart a while back. Didn't get specific recipes
as I recall. I've had some luck with some commercial glazes, but hope
eventually to make some of my own. If you're interested in what I use,
there are two from Amaco and a couple from Clay Art Center in Seattle. I
can send you the info and would love to be copied with any recipes you get
directly.
Good Luck. Joan in Alaska which I hate to leave while the sun actually
shines. Got an East Coast wedding coming up.
-----Original Message-----
From: Audrey Cooper
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 6:02 AM
Subject: satin matt glazes-cone 6
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hi, I have been searching for cone 6 satin glazes and have even checked the
>clayart archives and have not been able to find recipes. If anyone has
>reliable satin glazes, I would appreciate posting them on clayart. Thanks
ASC
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