Joyce Lee on thu 15 jun 00
I researched such glazes thoroughly in my first year in clay back in '96
with the help of Clayarters. Here are three posts I received at the
time that definitely helped. I'm not sure exactly who sent which but
they came from Tom Buck, June Perry and Janet Walker (to give credit
where definitely due.... to my very first original gurus who kept me
alive in clay for a long time). I hope they help. I tried the buttery
matt and used it for awhile until I became so enamored of shinos and
Angel Eyes with which I've experimented ever since......... Anything of
a personal nature has been edited.......
I think maybe you've come up with another defining phrase
> for "oxymoron" (you know, self-contradictory phrases, like "large
> shrimp" and "military intelligence"). Anyhow, the process by which
> a glaze is matted seems to be incompatible with its being transparent,
> which I assume is what you mean by "clear". There are semi-matt
> and semi-transparent glazes. Maybe in that set of recipes you might
> find something more like what you're looking for. Most mature
> properly fitting glazes that are matt have had teeny crystals grow
> on the surface or inside the glaze during cooling. It is those
> crystals that keep you from being able to see through the glaze.
>
> y view is that matt and clear are mutually exclusive. However,
> this topic has appeared on CA before and some potters cited recipes and
> claimed they'd do the trick. Me I'm still skeptical.
> If by matt you mean crystals on the surface that give the glass
> coat a "hand" that we call matt, then how can the absence of these
> crystals (ie, a clear glass), be considered matt? Perhaps you mean only
> the sense of touch, not the non-slickness of a matt surface. Then possibly
> a clear glaze loaded with a clear spinel may suit.
> o here is a recipe for a cone 10 clear matt. This is a wonderful,
> buttery smooth clear glaze, as matt as you can probably get for a clear. I
> have a couple of others that I recently designed but I don't have them in my
> database yet. Try this one. I thin you'll like it. Unless you put opacifiers
> in it it should stay transparent with the additions of most colorants.
>
> #415 Clear Buttery Matt
>
> 85 Cornwall Stone
> 10 Whiting
> 5 Magnesium Carbonate
>
Don't you just love clayarters?
Joyce
In the Mojave
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