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glaze test for shiny green,/pink flecks, cone 6 oxidation

updated sat 23 sep 00

 

Alisa and Claus Clausen on fri 22 sep 00


Source: Clayart Archives.
Tested on light grey mid range stoneware, fired at 1220c oxidation.
=20
Receipe
67 neph. Syn.
10 Dolominte
8 Kaolin
9 Silica
6 Zinc Ox.
=20
Add
3 Copper Carb.
Shiny green overall with dark (not esp. pink) speckles in bottom of test =
bowl. =20
I like this green very much, very bright and clear like the green on a =
Macintosh
(apple) or a darkish celedon, and there is no G.B.=20

I think this glaze would compliment a speckled iron clay body nicely for =
some real play in the surface.


Best regards,
Alisa in Denmark