Tamara Reid-McConkey on sat 28 aug 99
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Here=92s a repost. Sorry about the format last time. Hope it is better =
this
time.
As promised, here are a few 5/6 (oxidation)glazes that I tested on Rod's =
Bod.
I only used them on a few pieces then when back to cone 10 reduction. They
just weren't what I wanted, but people loved them so you might too.
Again, Good Luck=21
Tamara
Green Ash Glaze
Barium Carb 20.59
Whiting 08.83
Wood Ash
(Apple) 09.80
Soda Feldspar 50.98
Ball Clay 09.80
Add:
Zinc Oxide 5.39=25
Copper Carb 3.82=25
Rutile 3.82=25
I confess, I hated this one -- too dull. But other's loved it and
insisted on having the recipe. This is listed as a cone 5 - 10 glaze in Val
Cushing's book. I only tried =5E6. And I used Mt. St. Helens ash, not the
apple. Watch out for the Barium (TOXIC). Dull medium green. Varying the
colorant oxides would probably fix the color. The surface was very nice:
rivulets and all.
Bronze Glaze
Ball Clay 07.00
Cedar Heights Redart 86.00
Flint 07.00
Add:
Cobalt Carb 14=25
Copper Carb 14=25
Manganese Diox 64=25
DO NOT USE ON SURFACES THAT COME INTO CONTACT WITH FOOD OR BEVERAGE. This =
is
exactly what it sounds like. Unlike the commercial versions, this has a =
nice
satiny finish, not the ticky-tacky gloss one. I=92ve also been told that =
this
is a runny glaze that likes to =93eat=94 kiln shelves, but I=92ve yet to =
experience
that. Maybe because I=92m so good at application
=3B-)
VC71 Blue Green Base
Custer Spar 40
Frit 3124 9
Whiting 16
Talc 9
EPK 10
Flint 16
Add:
Copper Carb 2=25
Cobalt Carb 1=25
This is a nice gloss glaze. Light blue, mottled. Like Rutile blue only =
less
obnoxious. Works well on horizontal surfaces.
VC Pam Frederick's
Nepheline Syenite 44
Gerstley Borate 12
Whiting 12
Lithium Carb 6
EPK 13
Flint 13
Add:
Titanium Dioxide 11=25
Copper Carb 6=25
This glaze is great. It=92s listed in VC=92s book as =5E6-9. I fired it to=
=5E6
oxidation. It is a semi-mat, dark emerald green, that in sunlight, slightly
shimmers. I, by mistake, once took it to =5E7, and it lost the shimmer, but
because it boiled and I soaked for a long time trying to get rid of the
blisters, it got a really nice =93ostrich skin=94 look to it. That was a
mistake, however, and I doubt I could repeat it.
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