Cheryl L Litman on thu 6 apr 00
Mary,
Before you dig out CM recipes, I'd search the clayart archives for Ron
Roy posts and start with some of the glazes he reformulated. There are
quite a number and you'll probably have instant success with them - all
but the floating blue that is and that's not Ron's fault, it's just
really sensitive to temperature variations.
Cheryl Litman ---------- Somerset, NJ --------- email:
cheryllitman@juno.com
***Experience is what allows you to recognize a mistake......when you
make it again.***
On Wed, 5 Apr 2000 15:50:39 EDT Mary writes:
> ----------------------------Original
> message----------------------------
> Thanks to all who responded so generously, both in private emails,
> as well
> as on the list. I have decided to send off to Highwater for clay
> samples,
> search for a used wheel, and just get on with it!
> I happen to have several back issues of Ceramics Monthly, so I am
> going
> through them looking for glaze recipes. I think I'll start with
> recommended
> ones, then venture out on my own once I have a firmer grasp of the
> elements.
> Guess what I have!
> When I purchased my kiln, there were about 4 boxes FILLED with kiln
> furniture, brushes, cone, etc. In the last box, there were 4 leather
> bound
> books containing little (4" x 6") magazines called "Ceramic Art &
> Crafts"
> and about 50 loose magazines called "Popular Ceramics". They're all
> from the
> late 60's, in perfect condition and just a riot to read!
>
> Thanks again to all!
> Mary
Cheryl Litman ---------- Somerset, NJ --------- email:
cheryllitman@juno.com
***Experience is what allows you to recognize a mistake......when you
make it again.***
Tony Olsen on tue 31 dec 02
Hey everyone!
I just pulled some pieces from the kiln that had my first very own hand =
crafted glazes on them!!
Thanks to everyone for the encouragement, tips, recipes and support. =
It's great to know that I can just post a message here and get all the =
help I need. You folks are GREAT! I received email from Denmark (maybe =
because of my name), Belgium, Israel and the US.. (probably missed one =
or 2 in that so I apologize for any omissions) =20
OK, about the glazes. Got a very good white, nice black, cobalt blue =
and a float blue. The blues need a little more care in the application =
than I used in my haste to fire before 2003.. (one of my 2002 goals.) =
The white is nice and bright and covers well. Used it on the inside of =
a cup and looks great. The black is black. That is where I covered the =
piece well. The Cobalt blue same as black, gotta cover better. It did =
look good where the brush strokes overlapped.
Great learning experience and will be honing glazing skills from now on. =
=20
Thanks again everyone!!
Tony Olsen
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