Frank Gaydos on wed 15 nov 00
This subject comes up at least yearly on Clayart. Should be lots of info in
the archives.
Potters are not the only artists using human ash.
Saw a painter on TV last week, mixing the ash in paint and getting
textural surfaces for a remembrance painting
Frank Gaydos
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Subject: Re: Human ash glaze?
> >Does anyone out there have any experience using human ashes in glazes? A
> >neighbor lost a friend recently and asked if human ash works like wood
ash,
> >and would like me to glaze a pot for him with some of his friends ashes.
> >Bill Campbell
Craig Martell on wed 15 nov 00
Bill axed:
>Does anyone out there have any experience using human ashes in glazes? A
>neighbor lost a friend recently and asked if human ash works like wood ash,
>and would like me to glaze a pot for him with some of his friends ashes.
Hi:
This has been discussed via Clayart many times. There should be lots of
posts on this subject in the archives. Human ash is, of course, much more
akin to using bone ash than wood ash.
regards, Craig Martell in Oregon
WHC228@AOL.COM on wed 15 nov 00
Does anyone out there have any experience using human ashes in glazes? A
neighbor lost a friend recently and asked if human ash works like wood ash,
and would like me to glaze a pot for him with some of his friends ashes.
Bill Campbell
whc228@aol.com
Hank Murrow on wed 15 nov 00
>Does anyone out there have any experience using human ashes in glazes? A
>neighbor lost a friend recently and asked if human ash works like wood ash,
>and would like me to glaze a pot for him with some of his friends ashes.
>Bill Campbell
>whc228@aol.com
Dear Bill;
You would be better off treating human ash like bone ash, which it
largely is. I have successfully glazed several friends by subbing human ash
for bone ash. One of my really nice glazes uses 50% bone ash, so it is a
natural for human ash. Try a Currie-style assessment tile with human ash
50% and either petalite or spodumene in the "C" corner(I prefer Low Melt
Spod from Tanco). Should have several good glazes from such a set. You will
have to grind some of the remains, or ball mill them to get the whole
amount ready for use. Good Hunting! Hank in Eugene
Polly Harris on wed 15 nov 00
I have made a glaze out of human ash for a friend whose father was hit by
lightening. I combined ash and water and screened it through a 200 mesh
screen. It alone came out a yellow-ochre. I put mason stains in another
sample and it took it quite well. Another test I combined some custer
feldspar with the ash, screened and it also formed a nice glaze that was
easier to apply. Questions that came up. Since he was killed by a direct
lightening strike the mortician stated that the ash was a different color
than any he had seen previously. This might be the cause of the yellow color
when mixed with just water. You will definitely need to screen the ash
through a very fine mesh as the cremation process is not that high a "firing"
and a large quantity of bone chip, fillings, any metal in the body from
surgery, etc. even down to collar buttons will be found in the ash. I fired
to a cone 9 down oxidation. I hope this helps, I could find no written
information on the subject.
Polly the Potter
Judy Duboff on wed 15 nov 00
Bill,I used human ash one time many years ago as a
substitute for wood ash and it worked very well. I can't
remember well but I think I used the same amount as wood
ash.
WHC228@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> Does anyone out there have any experience using human ashes in glazes? A
> neighbor lost a friend recently and asked if human ash works like wood ash,
> and would like me to glaze a pot for him with some of his friends ashes.
> Bill Campbell
> whc228@aol.com
>
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LJTCW@AOL.COM on thu 16 nov 00
Dear Bill,
I used human ash in a dimple on a vase. It did not completely melt at ^6. I
put it on top of the glaze.
Louise
<< Does anyone out there have any experience using human ashes in glazes? A
neighbor lost a friend recently and asked if human ash works like wood ash,
and would like me to glaze a pot for him with some of his friends ashes.
Bill Campbell
whc228@aol.com
>>
Louise Jenks
Cincinnati OH USA
Carol Sandberg on thu 16 nov 00
Bill,
The thought of using human ash in a glaze seemed horrific and fictional when
I first heard about it during my undergraduate years. Stories were told
about potters whose final wishes were to be deceased in giant kilns, their
ashes later to be reserved for a metaphorical application to a vessel. But
not too long ago, a very dear friend of mine successfully created a glaze
out of her deceased, estranged, unfaithful husband's remains. Her final
parting comment: "He made a lot better glaze than he ever made a husband."
I have contacted her with your email address. I hope she can be of
assistance to you.
Carol
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> Does anyone out there have any experience using human ashes in glazes? A
> neighbor lost a friend recently and asked if human ash works like wood
ash,
> and would like me to glaze a pot for him with some of his friends ashes.
> Bill Campbell
> whc228@aol.com
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