Chris Schafale on mon 22 nov 99
In view of recent posts on black and red glazes, and the slightly
less recent posts about what happens with scrap/mixed glazes,
thought I'd share this. Some of you remember (some of you were even
brave enough to try) the red glaze ("Burgundy Satin") I posted some
months ago (the one that resulted from mixing 5 different glazes
together and had 13 ingredients.) And you've all heard of RR's
wonderful black.
Well, just for fun, I mixed some of RR's black with some of my red
glaze. Got this extremely cool glaze that reads black from across
the room, but close up has "floating" greenish specks where thicker
and a deep almost-red brown where thinner over throwing rings. Has a
lot of visual depth. Stable, applies nicely, fires beautifully,
doesn't run, crawl, or craze. And I sold everything I had in that
glaze this weekend in two shows. Unfortunately, if you do the
calculations to put it together from scratch, it has 15 ingredients!!
Not for the faint-hearted, nor can I guarantee it would turn out the
same for anyone else.
So, for those of you who have both RR black #2 and Burgundy Satin
(aka IMCR 60-40) on hand (hi Barney!), have a ball! Start with 3
parts by volume of the black and add 1 part red. Apply fairly thin
if you don't want too much green. I'm also going to try a somewhat
smaller amount of red next time. Don't mix a lot at once, you may
hate it. If you love it, call it Exciting Black, as I do.
Chris
Light One Candle Pottery
Fuquay-Varina, NC
candle@intrex.net
Sue Beach on tue 23 nov 99
Chris,
Would you mind posting the Burgandy Satin glaze again? I have the RR
Black but missed the Burgandy. Your Exciting Black sounds wonderful
Sue Beach
sbeach@iquest.net
Chris Schafale wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> In view of recent posts on black and red glazes, and the slightly
> less recent posts about what happens with scrap/mixed glazes,
> thought I'd share this. Some of you remember (some of you were even
> brave enough to try) the red glaze ("Burgundy Satin") I posted some
> months ago (the one that resulted from mixing 5 different glazes
> together and had 13 ingredients.) And you've all heard of RR's
> wonderful black.
>
> Well, just for fun, I mixed some of RR's black with some of my red
> glaze. Got this extremely cool glaze that reads black from across
> the room, but close up has "floating" greenish specks where thicker
> and a deep almost-red brown where thinner over throwing rings. Has a
> lot of visual depth. Stable, applies nicely, fires beautifully,
> doesn't run, crawl, or craze. And I sold everything I had in that
> glaze this weekend in two shows. Unfortunately, if you do the
> calculations to put it together from scratch, it has 15 ingredients!!
> Not for the faint-hearted, nor can I guarantee it would turn out the
> same for anyone else.
>
> So, for those of you who have both RR black #2 and Burgundy Satin
> (aka IMCR 60-40) on hand (hi Barney!), have a ball! Start with 3
> parts by volume of the black and add 1 part red. Apply fairly thin
> if you don't want too much green. I'm also going to try a somewhat
> smaller amount of red next time. Don't mix a lot at once, you may
> hate it. If you love it, call it Exciting Black, as I do.
>
> Chris
>
> Light One Candle Pottery
> Fuquay-Varina, NC
> candle@intrex.net
Barney Adams on tue 23 nov 99
Hi Chris,
I mixed RR black and your red a little diffrently. Top part of the vase red
and the bottom part black. Not only did it get into the student show at
the College of Dupage, but it was purchased by the Benedictine University
for their permanent collection. Very elegant look. I'll have to try the mix.
I've had some interesting tests with a Ravenscag matt white. I'm taking the
plunge this week on some real pots. I'll let everone know what turns up.
Thanks Chris.
Barney
Chris Schafale wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> In view of recent posts on black and red glazes, and the slightly
> less recent posts about what happens with scrap/mixed glazes,
> thought I'd share this. Some of you remember (some of you were even
> brave enough to try) the red glaze ("Burgundy Satin") I posted some
> months ago (the one that resulted from mixing 5 different glazes
> together and had 13 ingredients.) And you've all heard of RR's
> wonderful black.
>
> Well, just for fun, I mixed some of RR's black with some of my red
> glaze. Got this extremely cool glaze that reads black from across
> the room, but close up has "floating" greenish specks where thicker
> and a deep almost-red brown where thinner over throwing rings. Has a
> lot of visual depth. Stable, applies nicely, fires beautifully,
> doesn't run, crawl, or craze. And I sold everything I had in that
> glaze this weekend in two shows. Unfortunately, if you do the
> calculations to put it together from scratch, it has 15 ingredients!!
> Not for the faint-hearted, nor can I guarantee it would turn out the
> same for anyone else.
>
> So, for those of you who have both RR black #2 and Burgundy Satin
> (aka IMCR 60-40) on hand (hi Barney!), have a ball! Start with 3
> parts by volume of the black and add 1 part red. Apply fairly thin
> if you don't want too much green. I'm also going to try a somewhat
> smaller amount of red next time. Don't mix a lot at once, you may
> hate it. If you love it, call it Exciting Black, as I do.
>
> Chris
>
> Light One Candle Pottery
> Fuquay-Varina, NC
> candle@intrex.net
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