Alisa and Claus Clausen on fri 24 mar 00
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Dear Lori and Monique,
I tested the receipe for the above glaze.
My Blue hare is only a brown one.
The glaze has a nice surface, shiny and
rather even. I think if I squint and look really
closely, I see a little blue nuance.
Has it ever been only brown for you?
Do you use it particularly thick?
I will try it again in the next kiln.
Does colder or hotter placement in the kiln
affect it much?
Thanks for the receipe,
Alisa in Denmark
Badlands Pottery on sat 25 mar 00
Alisa and Claus:
My Blue Hare's Fur has turned brown in the past. I always use a double dip,
so the glaze is pretty thick. Kiln placement hasn't mattered much, at least
for me. I had a batch of glaze that sat around for about 3 months before I
used it again, and I could not get the blue, even after repeated testing in
various firings. I contacted my local pottery supply and they told me to
add 5 - 10% more gerstley. I added some to the glaze bucket (I actually
didn't even measure it), and low and behold I got the blue back. First I
would suggest trying to put the glaze on thicker and retesting before adding
anything. Hope this helps. Lori
>From: Alisa and Claus Clausen
>Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List
>To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
>Subject: Tested Blue Hare' Fur
>Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 16:21:09 EST
>
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
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>Dear Lori and Monique,
>I tested the receipe for the above glaze.
>My Blue hare is only a brown one.
>The glaze has a nice surface, shiny and
>rather even. I think if I squint and look really
>closely, I see a little blue nuance.
>
>Has it ever been only brown for you?
>Do you use it particularly thick?
>
>I will try it again in the next kiln.
>Does colder or hotter placement in the kiln
>affect it much?
>
>Thanks for the receipe,
>Alisa in Denmark
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Chris Schafale on sat 25 mar 00
Hi Alisa and other Blue Hare's Fur users,
Just wanted to point out that the Blue Hare's Fur recipe is identical
to the much heralded and lamented Floating Blue. There are
reams (or the electronic equivalent) of posts in the archives about
the various quirks of this glaze. To summarize my own
experience, which is not identical to everyone else's, glazes being
what they are:
If you apply this glaze too thinly, it will be brown.
If you apply this glaze thickly, it will be very blue, but is apt to
crawl.
If you fire this glaze too hot (even cone 6, in my experience) it will
have somewhat unattractive greenish tones (some have described
it as snot green)
If you fire this glaze at cone 5, where it comes out nice and blue,
you're apt to have seeping problems with cone 6 clays, because
the glaze crazes (often very hard to see without magnification) on
most bodies.
If you get it to come out blue, it is very attractive, and sells like
hotcakes. It is therefore something like an addictive drug. Once
you get hooked, it's very hard to quit.
Your mileage may vary, as usual.
If you want the look without some of the problems, look in the
archives for Ron Roy's variations, which substitute frits for some or
all of the Gerstley Borate.
Good luck,
Chris
A recovering Floating Blue addict, staying clean one day at a time,
but trembling with desire as the spring show season approaches
and pots wait to be glazed.
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> ------------------
> Dear Lori and Monique,
> I tested the receipe for the above glaze.
> My Blue hare is only a brown one.
> The glaze has a nice surface, shiny and
> rather even. I think if I squint and look really
> closely, I see a little blue nuance.
>
> Has it ever been only brown for you?
> Do you use it particularly thick?
>
> I will try it again in the next kiln.
> Does colder or hotter placement in the kiln
> affect it much?
>
> Thanks for the receipe,
> Alisa in Denmark
>
Light One Candle Pottery
Fuquay-Varina, NC
candle@intrex.net
http://www.lightonecandle.com
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