Snail Scott on thu 2 nov 00
Maybe - coarse-ground cullet? Take window or bottle glass, mash it up,
and seive out the fine particles. then seive out the too-big ones.
Take the sand-sized bits (not too many) and mix it into an underglaze
or matt engobe. *CAVEAT* - I just made this up; I've never tried it! :)
-Snail
At 11:39 AM 11/2/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>I'd like to develop my own sandstar type glaze using flat underglazes with
crystals at 06-04...
>g.
>mail@gabriellem@telus.net
Kim & Gabrielle Madsen on thu 2 nov 00
Hi everyone,
I'd like to develop my own sandstar type glaze using flat underglazes =
with crystals at 06-04 A while back I think I tried silica sand in the =
mix but it didn't seem to work. Can anyone shed a little light, or =
advise what I could use to achieve the effect. Perhaps a higher fired =
clear glaze that could be fired in a layer of sorts and then crushed =
afterwords.... Although I realize I could purchase the glaze ready-made =
through Duncan, I can not bring myself to become dependant upon a =
company for my glaze, because you just never know what will happen. =
Kind of like gerstley borate!!
I really love the look of the flat glaze with the tiny flecks of shiny =
color and I have a new design that I would like to use this glaze on, =
but I'd prefer to develop my own glaze first. Hope someone has some =
great ideas, thanks,
g.
mail@gabriellem@telus.net =20
Tommy Humphries on fri 3 nov 00
Hello, I read your post and checked today, at work to see just what the
crystal additive looked `like in our glaze. What I found was a two part
mixture of clear and black glass pellets, slightly coarser than granular
rutile. The clear reminded me of the glass beads that they use to
reflectorize road stripes, check with the local hiway department???
We mix the crystals in with the matt glaze base and brush it on, we use a
commercial glaze from Italy, so the formula is unknown, though the name of
the manufacturer is (I believe) colorabia.
Luck to you!
Tommy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim & Gabrielle Madsen"
To:
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 1:39 PM
Subject: Sandstar type glaze--crystal??
Hi everyone,
I'd like to develop my own sandstar type glaze using flat underglazes with
crystals at 06-04 A while back I think I tried silica sand in the mix but
it didn't seem to work. Can anyone shed a little light, or advise what I
could use to achieve the effect. Perhaps a higher fired clear glaze that
could be fired in a layer of sorts and then crushed afterwords.... Although
I realize I could purchase the glaze ready-made through Duncan, I can not
bring myself to become dependant upon a company for my glaze, because you
just never know what will happen. Kind of like gerstley borate!!
I really love the look of the flat glaze with the tiny flecks of shiny color
and I have a new design that I would like to use this glaze on, but I'd
prefer to develop my own glaze first. Hope someone has some great ideas,
thanks,
g.
mail@gabriellem@telus.net
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