Juanita Blumberg on mon 27 mar 00
Dear Clayarters,
I've recently set up a clay studio at home after working in a community
studio for two years. I have a Skutt KM1027 electric, and want to mix glazes
for Cone 4-6 speckled stoneware bodies. I'm starting with some of Richard
Zakin's recipes, but his book does not list a recipe for a clear matte glaze.
Would anyone share their tried and true recipe for clear matte in oxidation?
I'm glazing functional pieces, so need food-safe glazes.
Thanks,
Juanita Blumberg
Winter Springs, FL
Sharon31 on tue 28 mar 00
Try This one:
Waxy White^6
============
QUARTZ.............. 23.50 23.50%
ENGLISH KAOLIN...... 14.90 14.90%
NEPHELINE SYENITE... 14.50 14.50%
WOLLASTONITE........ 37.20 37.20%
GERSTLEY BORATE..... 9.90 9.90%
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100.00
Clear, waxy,Glaze!
(Gestley Borate of today!) I thought, I found it in Pottery Making
Illustrated, but it is not there. Anyway, They have there intersting
recipes!
http://www.potterymaking.org/recipes.html
Ababi
sharon@shoval.org.il
http://www.israelceramics.org/main.asp?what=gallery.htm
http://clay.justnet.com/cgallery/asharon.htm
G
----- Original Message -----
From: Juanita Blumberg
To:
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 10:54
Subject: Need Cone 6 oxid. clear matt glaze
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Dear Clayarters,
>
> I've recently set up a clay studio at home after working in a community
> studio for two years. I have a Skutt KM1027 electric, and want to mix
glazes
> for Cone 4-6 speckled stoneware bodies. I'm starting with some of Richard
> Zakin's recipes, but his book does not list a recipe for a clear matte
glaze.
>
> Would anyone share their tried and true recipe for clear matte in
oxidation?
> I'm glazing functional pieces, so need food-safe glazes.
>
> Thanks,
> Juanita Blumberg
> Winter Springs, FL
Shirley Tschannen on tue 28 mar 00
Hi Juanita, Here is a recipe that I have used with success. It is one from a
local studio and I don't know where it originated. You may see if has some
opacifiers in it but I just fired it on Highwater Clays Speckled ^6 clay and it
came out beautiful....satiny and clear so the speckles show through with no
distortion in the color of the clay. Custer Feldspar ...........67.7
Whiting.........................11.4
Talc.................................2.1
Zinc ...............................6.7
EPK...............................18.4
Silica...............................0.4
It really is smooth to the touch and pleasant to use. Good luck with it.
Juanita Blumberg wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Dear Clayarters,
>
> I've recently set up a clay studio at home after working in a community
> studio for two years. I have a Skutt KM1027 electric, and want to mix glazes
> for Cone 4-6 speckled stoneware bodies. I'm starting with some of Richard
> Zakin's recipes, but his book does not list a recipe for a clear matte glaze.
>
> Would anyone share their tried and true recipe for clear matte in oxidation?
> I'm glazing functional pieces, so need food-safe glazes.
>
> Thanks,
> Juanita Blumberg
> Winter Springs, FL
Lorraine Pierce on tue 28 mar 00
Hi Juanita...I think there is a matt clear in Zakin's second book...I tried it a
long time ago now, but as I remember, it needed a good soak that it did not
receive in the Art Center. (In my own kiln I now soak for an hour on low, after
cone six is down.)
Yes, here is the recipe:
Transparent Mat Glaze boron frit 30 ball clay 40
wollastonite 25
dolomite 5
color: clear visual texture: none
surface: mat to satin mat durability: excellent
light transmission: translucent
Let me know if it works for you, Lori in New Port Richey Fl. (where is Winte
Springs...are you a neighbor?)
Juanita Blumberg wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Dear Clayarters,
>
> I've recently set up a clay studio at home after working in a community
> studio for two years. I have a Skutt KM1027 electric, and want to mix glazes
> for Cone 4-6 speckled stoneware bodies. I'm starting with some of Richard
> Zakin's recipes, but his book does not list a recipe for a clear matte glaze.
>
> Would anyone share their tried and true recipe for clear matte in oxidation?
> I'm glazing functional pieces, so need food-safe glazes.
>
> Thanks,
> Juanita Blumberg
> Winter Springs, FL
Lorraine Pierce on wed 29 mar 00
Hi Juanita, just saw the screen and am sending you Zakin's Transparent Mat Glaze
again...hope it is easier to read this time.
boron frit 30, ball clay 40, wollastonite 25, dolomite 5
I didn't know I couldn't make a list of the ingredients, as in the usual printed
recipe. Sorry about that.
Lori in New Port Richey Fl.
Lorraine Pierce wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hi Juanita...I think there is a matt clear in Zakin's second book...I tried it
> long time ago now, but as I remember, it needed a good soak that it did not
> receive in the Art Center. (In my own kiln I now soak for an hour on low, afte
> cone six is down.)
> Yes, here is the recipe:
>
> Transparent Mat Glaze boron frit 30 ball clay 4
> wollastonite 25
> dolomite 5
>
> color: clear visual texture: none
> surface: mat to satin mat durability: excellent
> light transmission: translucent
>
> Let me know if it works for you, Lori in New Port Richey Fl. (where is Win
> Springs...are you a neighbor?)
> Juanita Blumberg wrote:
>
> > ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> > Dear Clayarters,
> >
> > I've recently set up a clay studio at home after working in a community
> > studio for two years. I have a Skutt KM1027 electric, and want to mix glazes
> > for Cone 4-6 speckled stoneware bodies. I'm starting with some of Richard
> > Zakin's recipes, but his book does not list a recipe for a clear matte glaze
> >
> > Would anyone share their tried and true recipe for clear matte in oxidation?
> > I'm glazing functional pieces, so need food-safe glazes.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Juanita Blumberg
> > Winter Springs, FL
Lois Ruben Aronow on wed 29 mar 00
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=3EWould anyone share their tried and true recipe for clear matte in =
oxidation?
=3EI'm glazing functional pieces, so need food-safe glazes.
=3E
I've never tried these, but they're from the Cushing Handbook. All
are =5E6 Ox and all are tested food-safe, according to the handbook:
VC Polished matte:
Kona F-4 20
Custer 20
Spodumene 20
dolomite 20
Whiting 5
Kaolin 15
VC 8:
Neph Sy 20
Whiting 20
EPK 20
flint 15
3124 frit 25
amy parker on thu 30 mar 00
Juanita - I've been desperately seeking the Holy Grail of clear matte cone 6
for two years. All that I have tried have had a milky appearance if they
were the slightest bit thick. Most seem to work better if you do one of the
following:
1) Wet the pot before glazing it. Not just a quick rinse, but soak it, and
wait for it to "even out", then dip it in the glaze.
2) Thin out the clear glaze. Really really thin, then apply as usual.
The only problem is that the glaze wil be thin on the pot as well, and as a
result will not wear as well.
This usually results in a nice sheen, as if the pot was still wet, or was waxed.
Amy in pollen central - 2809 count!
At 02:54 PM 3/27/00 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Dear Clayarters,
>
>I've recently set up a clay studio at home after working in a community
>studio for two years. I have a Skutt KM1027 electric, and want to mix glazes
>for Cone 4-6 speckled stoneware bodies. I'm starting with some of Richard
>Zakin's recipes, but his book does not list a recipe for a clear matte glaze.
>
>Would anyone share their tried and true recipe for clear matte in oxidation?
>I'm glazing functional pieces, so need food-safe glazes.
>
>Thanks,
>Juanita Blumberg
>Winter Springs, FL
>
>
amy parker Lithonia, GA
amyp@sd-software.com
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