Gabrielle on tue 5 dec 00
Hi Jennie,
the best advice and probably the real success ticket to getting
a good gold luster in reduction, (I assume for a Raku firing) is
some very appreciated advice that I was given recently:
Remove immediately from the kiln, and reduce heavily. there is also
a temp. range to keep the glaze under as it can be fugitive at too
high a temp.
Gabrielle
Vancouver Island, BC
In clayart@egroups.com, Jennie Chien wrote:
Could anyone talk about their experience with getting a good gold
luster?
I have had mixed results.
I've also had to substitute silver carbonate for silver nitrate (can't
get it easily anymore and my clay center won't special order it), and
I
double the amount in the recipe. I use two clear recipe bases. One is
very fluid and can be taken out at 1500 F and another that is less so
and is higher fire to 1750 F.
However, sometimes a THICK application works better, sometimes a THIN
one works better. I've had glazes that were months old and still
worked. I've had newly-mixed glazes that didn't fire so well. The
kiln
we use is soft brick 3.4 cubic ft, one side burner, propane fired.
Thanks,
Jennie Chien
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