Jeff Lawrence on fri 5 jan 01
Cheryl Hanley was asking who works with crystalline glazes
Hi Cheryl,
I'm enamored of macrocrystalline glazes and am getting reasonable results at
firing #8 at cone 6. I suggest you absorbe Diane Greber and Peter Ilsley's
books on the topic. There was a good article by William Schran about two
CLaytimes issues back that was quite good.
If you have a computer controller, it's fairly trivial to get crystals but
getting the right shape to show them off and catchment systems can get
arduous. I've been using viscous glazes as retarding agents, with the
benefit of seeing the flowing glazes marching down the stiff glaze
surface... and gluing the pot to the catcher!
Jeff Lawrence ph. 505-753-5913
Sun Dagger Design fx. 505-753-8074
18496 US HWY 285/84 jml@sundagger.com
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Jeff Lawrence ph. 505-753-5913
Sun Dagger Design fx. 505-753-8074
18496 US HWY 285/84 jml@sundagger.com
Espanola, NM 87532 www.sundagger.com
Jeff Lawrence on sat 6 jan 01
Oops -- I sent an incomplete message! following duplicates a bit but
finishes the thought
Cheryl Hanley was asking who works with crystalline glazes
Hi Cheryl,
I'm enamored of macrocrystalline glazes and am getting reasonable results at
firing #8 at cone 6. I suggest you absorb Diane Greber, Peter Ilsley and
Herbert Sanders (if you can locate one)who all wrote books on the topic.
There was an article by William Schran in one of the 2000 autumn CLaytimes
issues back that was quite good -- I'm using the MFE glaze he published to
pretty good effect.
If you have a computer controller, it's fairly trivial to get crystals but
getting the right shape to show them off and catchment systems can get
arduous. I've been using viscous glazes as catchers, with the benefit of
seeing the flowing glazes marching down the stiff glaze surface leaving
crystal encrusted interface lines.
Jeff Lawrence ph. 505-753-5913
Sun Dagger Design fx. 505-753-8074
18496 US HWY 285/84 jml@sundagger.com
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