Linda Paul on thu 21 sep 00
Hello all. It's been a while since I've been with clay
(a while, too, since on clayart). I am fairly new to
both and I am glad to be back.
My throwing is a bit rusty so I'm starting off with
smaller pieces using a porcelain-like cone 6
body that will be fired in oxidation. I now find
myself happily adding a great deal of texture to
my pots and would like to continue to do so.
Problem is I am at a loss as to how to glaze the
pieces so that the texture is enhanced and
wonder what approach others use.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Linda Paul
TheClosetPotter@aol.com
Kew Gardens, NY
Czola on thu 21 sep 00
Oh, it's going to be fun! I don't know if you're using commercial glazes or
no... but many studio glazes (i know little about commercial glazes) "break"
in a color different from the main glaze color. Make yourself some test
tiles with texture in them and find out.... but if you can, make the tiles
with some verticality ( throw a bowl with a wide foot and cut it into six
pieces) so you can see how the glaze will behave on a rim, and how it runs
down the side of your piece.
We use glazes that are a wonderful moss green in the main body, but break
brown... a white that breaks grey/silver, brown that breaks red... some
wonderful things. These are high fire glazes -- there are several ^6
officianados out there who can guide you to good recipes.
The glaze will do the highlighting, as it will break around the design and
produce a different color.
Mayssan1@AOL.COM on thu 21 sep 00
Hey Linda,
If you want to keep it simple you can glaze with a colorful glaze that is
transparent and pools.
I use this glaze on Standard's white stoneware^6 oxidation, I don't know if
it will fit your clay body and I haven't had to mix a new batch since the [no
gerstley borate thing] but it is a very nice green that goes dark in the
grooves and light on the edges and medium on the flat surfaces.
This is a 5000 G batch for dipping as we do at the school I go to
Shiny Colmonite Green ^6 oxidation
2,275 F 4 Spar
415 Whiting
200 Zinc Oxide
300 Dolomite
685 Gerstley Borate
1,000 Flint
100 EPK
50 Bentonite
150 Copper Carbonate
Chris Clarke on thu 21 sep 00
I love to texture pieces. It adds so much, at what point are you texturing?
Sometimes I throw a piece thicker so I can carve away almost the entire
surface. I've also carved delicate pieces when they are bone dry. Very
time consuming (and dusty, got to be careful)
I like to wipe the glaze back off the high points, this works really well if
the clay is good looking. But you have to be gentle, not to wipe it off in
a messy way. Sometimes and I hate to admit it, I rub the glaze back when
it's dry, over the bucket of glaze (I usually wear a respirator but it's
been a hundred degrees lately)
I work with a black clay that this does especially well with. But, I think
it would work with a light clay. Also a breaking glaze is perfect for
texture. Just don't glaze your pieces so thickly that you cover the texture
altogether.
chris clarke
Temecula, CA
chris@ccpots.com
www.ccpots.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: Linda Paul
To:
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 9:51 PM
Subject: glazing textured pieces
> Hello all. It's been a while since I've been with clay
> (a while, too, since on clayart). I am fairly new to
> both and I am glad to be back.
>
> My throwing is a bit rusty so I'm starting off with
> smaller pieces using a porcelain-like cone 6
> body that will be fired in oxidation. I now find
> myself happily adding a great deal of texture to
> my pots and would like to continue to do so.
>
> Problem is I am at a loss as to how to glaze the
> pieces so that the texture is enhanced and
> wonder what approach others use.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Linda Paul
> TheClosetPotter@aol.com
> Kew Gardens, NY
>
>
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Gayle Bair on thu 21 sep 00
Linda,
Try an oxide wash on your bisqued piece.
I have used red, black and burnt umber.
I now use a combination of all three.
Sponge it on getting it into all the crevices,
then lightly wipe it off.
Use a semi-transparent or transparent glaze if you want
all details of your textured surface to show.
Gayle Bair-making a series of teapots today
Snip> I now find
myself happily adding a great deal of texture to
my pots and would like to continue to do so.
Problem is I am at a loss as to how to glaze the
pieces so that the texture is enhanced and
wonder what approach others use.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Linda Paul
TheClosetPotter@aol.com
Kew Gardens, NY
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WHew536674@CS.COM on thu 21 sep 00
Linda,
Highly textured pieces are easiest glazed by spray glazing. Don't have to
worry about glaze getting too thick in the recessed areas. A glaze that
"breaks" like a cobalt and rutile glaze is a great glaze for that texture.
If you are firing to cone 9 and want the recipe e-mail me off list and I'll
send it to you. Even with a slip under it breaks nicely.
Joyce A.
Mission, TX
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