Bill and Sylvia Shirley on tue 7 dec 99
Hello everybody.
Recently I started trying to convert some standard cone 5-6 glaze
recipes to volumetric recipes. Some did not translate well. The very
best ones I've found so far have been Ron Roy's Floating Blue and Black
#3, used as a base with cobalt, copper and rutile added. Both glazes
are beautiful, feel nice to the touch, and fit the cone 5 clay
perfectly. They are a joy to apply, go on smoothly, and don't settle
like cement in the bucket. They have obviously been designed by someone
who knows what he's doing. If anyone needs those volumetric recipes,
let me know, and I'll share them with you or post to the list.
Now I'm going to risk speaking for everybody (or at least the majority
of us) and say: Thank you Ron, for all the information and wisdom you
share with the rest of us. We REALLY appreciate you, and realize how
lucky we are to have someone of your caliber on the list. Thank you.
Sylvia Shirley
Ron Roy on wed 8 dec 99
Thank you Sylvia,
I'm blushing but you encouragement is welcome.
Can you tell us why you want to pursue the volumetric measuring?
RR
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hello everybody.
>
>Recently I started trying to convert some standard cone 5-6 glaze
>recipes to volumetric recipes. Some did not translate well. The very
>best ones I've found so far have been Ron Roy's Floating Blue and Black
>#3, used as a base with cobalt, copper and rutile added. Both glazes
>are beautiful, feel nice to the touch, and fit the cone 5 clay
>perfectly. They are a joy to apply, go on smoothly, and don't settle
>like cement in the bucket. They have obviously been designed by someone
>who knows what he's doing. If anyone needs those volumetric recipes,
>let me know, and I'll share them with you or post to the list.
>
>Now I'm going to risk speaking for everybody (or at least the majority
>of us) and say: Thank you Ron, for all the information and wisdom you
>share with the rest of us. We REALLY appreciate you, and realize how
>lucky we are to have someone of your caliber on the list. Thank you.
>
>Sylvia Shirley
Ron Roy
93 Pegasus Trail
Scarborough
Ontario, Canada
M1G 3N8
Evenings 416-439-2621
Fax 416-438-7849
Bill and Sylvia Shirley on thu 9 dec 99
Ron,
You asked for the reason I'm pursuing volumetric glazing. Here goes:
I moved to California for 9 months while my husband is on sabbatical and
working at the navy base in Joyce Lee's Mojave. I planned to take a
9-month break from pottery, to rest my wrists. So, I left all my
equipment (including my gram scale) at home in Kansas. Two things
happened as soon as we got here which changed my mind. First, I met
Joyce Lee. Second, I found a great kiln for sale REALLY cheap. Nobody
can resist those two forces. So, now I'm doing hand building in my
garage. I'm way too cheap to buy another set of gram scales, so I
started playing with volumetrics. I had a hard time at first, and went
thru about 50 test tiles before finding a few good glazes. Yours are by
far the best.
I'm not totally converted. As soon as we get home, I'm going back to
my gram scale.
Thanks again for your help.
Sylvia
Ron Roy on sun 12 dec 99
Thanks Sylvia,
Makes sense - but a navy base in the desert - somehow that seems strange.
There can be problems useing volume when making glazes - the way material
gets compressed in bags can make duplicating a glaze difficult - so I do
recommend you go back to your scale.
RR
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Ron,
>
>You asked for the reason I'm pursuing volumetric glazing. Here goes:
>
>I moved to California for 9 months while my husband is on sabbatical and
>working at the navy base in Joyce Lee's Mojave. I planned to take a
>9-month break from pottery, to rest my wrists. So, I left all my
>equipment (including my gram scale) at home in Kansas. Two things
>happened as soon as we got here which changed my mind. First, I met
>Joyce Lee. Second, I found a great kiln for sale REALLY cheap. Nobody
>can resist those two forces. So, now I'm doing hand building in my
>garage. I'm way too cheap to buy another set of gram scales, so I
>started playing with volumetrics. I had a hard time at first, and went
>thru about 50 test tiles before finding a few good glazes. Yours are by
>far the best.
>
>I'm not totally converted. As soon as we get home, I'm going back to
>my gram scale.
>
>Thanks again for your help.
>
>Sylvia
Ron Roy
93 Pegasus Trail
Scarborough
Ontario, Canada
M1G 3N8
Evenings 416-439-2621
Fax 416-438-7849
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