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glaze test for blueberry/greenberry, cone 6 oxidation

updated sat 7 oct 00

 

Alisa and Claus Clausen on fri 6 oct 00


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Tested on coarsely grogged, white medium range stoneware, fired to =
1220c.
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Receipe
Blueberry
50 Gerstely Borate
30 Flint
20 Kaolin
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Add
2.5 black nikkel oxide
2.5 Colb. ox.
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Glossy and semi opaque, black blue, stable glaze.

Greenberry
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Add
5 Copper carb.
5 Colbalt oxide
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Very glossy amost black glaze, with a blue pool in center of test bowl. =
On edges where thinnest, can almost make out a green nuance.
Very dark. This glaze dripped a lot where thickest.

Best regards,
Alisa in Demmark
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