Liz Gowen on thu 30 mar 00
I have used ink of all colors in... non functional work ...and it can look
pretty interesting. Some are more permanent than others, so if you screw it
up it can be washed or fired out. For more permanent I had thought about
non lead based china paint but tried the leaded and the particle size seemed
too large to go into the fine crazing I have on some of my glazes. Strong
coffee has seemed to impart color to some of my mugs that have been used
over time. Other organic items that seem to be a bear to get out of counter
tops like grape juice, beet juice
( may not be black enough) might be worth trying, or even a combo of the
lot.. ( wasn't sure if you wanted it for functional or not) Good luck, let
us know how it goes.
Liz Gowen
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Taylor
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: Crazing Cesspools?
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Dear Ray or any body.
>
> I have tried tea it did not work.
>
>Does any body know how for certain to get black into the crackle on a high
>fired stoneware I would appreciate an answer since it would save a lot of
>time experimenting.
>
> I wonder if the cesspool was Just a pool of stagnant ink and smelled.
>>From my experiments with chinese glazes I expect that many a researcher
made
>such mistakes and who would want to spoil the Joke.
>
> I no longer question the stories I hear about inscrutable secrets of
the
>orient I just smile at the romantic gullibility of the story teller.
>
>Regards
> Paul T
>
>
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>>From: Ray Aldridge
>>To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
>>Subject: Re: Crazing and crazing
>>Date: Tue, Mar 28, 2000, 7:05 pm
>>
>
>>
>>More conventional crazing is often enhanced by soaking the pot in strong
>>tea. The Chinese, so I understand, would enhance the craze lines of their
>>pots by submerging them in cesspools for several months. I would prefer
>>the modern approach.
>
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