Carol Jackaway on wed 7 jul 99
I am looking for a recipe for a mother-of-pearl luster. Anyone have one or
know a good book that would have these recipes?
Thank you
Carol Jackaway
CoilLady@aol.com
102 in Parkside :( Pa.
Musa Engelbrecht on tue 20 jul 99
Carol, there are 3 very different techniques for producing lusters.
1. On-glaze or so-called commercial luster.
2. Clay paste lusters or also described as Arabian smoke lusters.
3. In-glaze lusters.
The temperature range also varies from method to method. So it all depends
what you want to do, what sort of effect you are after and at what
temperature.
Greetings,
Musa.
Co.Clare,
Ireland. (where the rain is sifting down.... summer?)
-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Jackaway [SMTP:CoilLady@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 1:49 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: recipes for lusters please
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
I am looking for a recipe for a mother-of-pearl luster. Anyone have one or
know a good book that would have these recipes?
Thank you
Carol Jackaway
CoilLady@aol.com
102 in Parkside :( Pa.
Musa Engelbrecht on wed 21 jul 99
Carol, I forgot to include this in my last post:
I would recommend 2 books on lusters:
"Lustre Pottery" by Alan Caiger-Smith. A wealth of information on the
history and techniques of luster. This book started me on the search for
the holy 'luster' grail :-)
"Lustres" by Marjorie Clinton. Very practical, with lots of recipes. A good
book to get you started on the quest of that elusive result that you know
is out there somewhere, but somehow remains just out of reach....
Greetings,
Musa
Co.Clare,
Ireland.... with strange weather battering us here on the west coast,
wind,rain and sun...
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Carol, there are 3 very different techniques for producing lusters.
1. On-glaze or so-called commercial luster.
2. Clay paste lusters or also described as Arabian smoke lusters.
3. In-glaze lusters.
The temperature range also varies from method to method. So it all depends
what you want to do, what sort of effect you are after and at what
temperature.
Greetings,
Musa.
Co.Clare,
Ireland. (where the rain is sifting down.... summer?)
-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Jackaway [SMTP:CoilLady@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 1:49 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: recipes for lusters please
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
I am looking for a recipe for a mother-of-pearl luster. Anyone have one or
know a good book that would have these recipes?
Thank you
Carol Jackaway
CoilLady@aol.com
102 in Parkside :( Pa.
Musa Engelbrecht on sun 25 jul 99
Carol,
I looked through all my recipes and did not come across a "pure"
'mother-of-pearl' in-glaze luster. From my experience it would be much
easier to use a commercial on-glaze or a spray of Stannous Chloride on the
way to the reduction process in Raku as Maria Selsor pointed out.
However, the following is a starting point.(A recipe from Margery Clinton)
"Moonlight Silver"
(This glaze is deceptive and unpredictable, in terms of the final effect)
Parts by weight
A leadless, alkaline transparent glaze* 100
Silver Carbonate 1
Bismuth subnitrate 7
Copper Carbonate 1.5
Cobalt Carbonate 1
Bentonite 2
*You can experiment with a leadless transparent (or opaque, tin works
better than zircon as an opacifier) glaze that matures in the region of
cone 04 to cone 2. Use a commercial glaze or your own.
Reduction for the above glaze would be between 650C (1202F) and 680C
(1256F).(When the glaze is cooling)
The thickness of the glaze, the amount of reduction,the length of firing,
the method of reduction and your clay body will all have an effect on the
final result.
Please note that these glazes would be for decorative purposes only and to
take due care in the handling and firing of luster glazes.
One more thing: I have discovered that if you have a base glaze (usually
matte) with the in-glaze luster over, you have a whole array of effects to
discover, depending on the constituents of the base glaze.
This is just a beginning....
Greetings,
Musa
Co.Clare,
Ireland.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Jackaway [SMTP:CoilLady@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 1:49 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: recipes for lusters please
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
I am looking for a recipe for a mother-of-pearl luster. Anyone have one or
know a good book that would have these recipes?
Thank you
Carol Jackaway
CoilLady@aol.com
102 in Parkside :( Pa.
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