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appeal for electric cone 6 galzes

updated sun 4 mar 01

 

Wade Blocker on fri 2 mar 01


Dear Cindy,
Which ultra clear do you use? #1214Q,or 1214T, or there is even an 121ww
or perhaps one that I did not list. Would really appreciate hearing from
you on this. The ordinaray 20,20 recipe even with some variations did
nothing for me, that is aesthetically speaking. I have a lot of GB, so if
that is the recipe you used that would be fine with me. Thank you, Mia in
springlike ABQ

Ken Russell on fri 2 mar 01


Lynne,

The Hansen 5X20 base glaze will probably do the trick VERY nicely. You can
tweak it to come out more matte, add oxides/stains/etc to it for color, add
zirc or tin or titanium to make it more/less opaque and it's a sweetheart
and food safe glaze. It's as consistent as the sun coming up every day.
Use it in a good mid-range body that has low absorption at ^6 (1-2%) and you
will love the stuff.

Here it is:

20 Silica
20 3134 Frit
20 Wollastonite
20 EPK
20 Feldspar (Custer or G200)

Ken Russell
The Russell Pottery
gone2pot@ispchannel.com

Cindy Strnad on fri 2 mar 01


Lynne,

Ken is right (post follows, for those of you who may have missed it) about
Tony H's 5x5 glaze. But don't just try to work from the recipe. Tony has an
extensive article available on this glaze in the educational section of
http://www.digitalfire.com which will tell you the reason each material is
in there and what to do if the glaze needs adjusting to meet your own needs.

There's also an article on his ultra clear glaze and his matte glaze, both
of which I have found to be very nice for my clay.

Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels Pottery
RR 1, Box 51
Custer, SD 57730
USA
earthenv@gwtc.net
http://www.earthenvesselssd.com


The Hansen 5X20 base glaze will probably do the trick VERY nicely. You can
tweak it to come out more matte, add oxides/stains/etc to it for color, add
zirc or tin or titanium to make it more/less opaque and it's a sweetheart
and food safe glaze. It's as consistent as the sun coming up every day.
Use it in a good mid-range body that has low absorption at ^6 (1-2%) and you
will love the stuff.

Here it is:

20 Silica
20 3134 Frit
20 Wollastonite
20 EPK
20 Feldspar (Custer or G200)

Ken Russell
The Russell Pottery
gone2pot@ispchannel.com

Cindy Strnad on sat 3 mar 01


Hello, Mia.

Well, I haven't been to Tony's site in a while. Sounds like he's added more
information on his Ultra Clear glaze, as I don't remember several versions.
Here is the one I use. I have been *extremely* pleased with it. This glaze
went on over some green-painted dragons my two little shop assistants did
last week, and boy did they ever pile on the green stain. Absolutely no
crawling at all. I could not believe it.

Tony's Ultra-Clear
EPK KAOLIN 25
F-4 FELDSPAR 20
FRIT 3134 30
SILICA 15
WOLLASTONITE 10

Tony does warn that this glaze may not be as hard as it could be because of
the high boron content. I've only used it in ornamental applications, so I
haven't tried scratching it. The name Ultra Clear triggered a memory of some
alcohol I once bought (to dissolve essential oils, guys, okay?) with that
name. So I wrote "Moonshine" on the glaze bucket, which I think is a much
more poetic name than "Ultra Clear". ;)

Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels Pottery
RR 1, Box 51
Custer, SD 57730
USA
earthenv@gwtc.net
http://www.earthenvesselssd.com

Ababi on sat 3 mar 01


Try this one.
I posted shot time ago it is the among the two last glazes I have with frit
3134 . If the price of this frit was reasonable here, I would not look for
another clear gloss glaze easier even than the 20/5
>From the clayart glazes in the ceramic web!

Clear (Huddleston)
===================
cone: 5 - 6
color: transparent clear
surface:glossy, shiny
50.00 Ferro Frit 3134
30.00 EPK
20.00 Silica
100.00 % Totals:
And in the end:

"in the sun in the Mojave joyce lee, jim lee" meunier@ridgecrest.ca.us>

Ababi Sharon
ababisha@shoval.ardom.co.il
http://members4.clubphoto.com/ababi306910/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy Strnad"
To:
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: Appeal for electric cone 6 galzes


> Hello, Mia.
>
> Well, I haven't been to Tony's site in a while. Sounds like he's added
more
> information on his Ultra Clear glaze, as I don't remember several
versions.
> Here is the one I use. I have been *extremely* pleased with it. This glaze
> went on over some green-painted dragons my two little shop assistants did
> last week, and boy did they ever pile on the green stain. Absolutely no
> crawling at all. I could not believe it.
>
> Tony's Ultra-Clear
> EPK KAOLIN 25
> F-4 FELDSPAR 20
> FRIT 3134 30
> SILICA 15
> WOLLASTONITE 10
>
> Tony does warn that this glaze may not be as hard as it could be because
of
> the high boron content. I've only used it in ornamental applications, so I
> haven't tried scratching it. The name Ultra Clear triggered a memory of
some
> alcohol I once bought (to dissolve essential oils, guys, okay?) with that
> name. So I wrote "Moonshine" on the glaze bucket, which I think is a much
> more poetic name than "Ultra Clear". ;)
>
> Cindy Strnad
> Earthen Vessels Pottery
> RR 1, Box 51
> Custer, SD 57730
> USA
> earthenv@gwtc.net
> http://www.earthenvesselssd.com
>
>
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Wade Blocker on sat 3 mar 01


Thank you Cindy for the recipe. I mainly use glossy glazes. Recently I
bought some small bowls from a good production potter who is in the same
gallery. Every time I use my spoon to eat my breakfast cereal there is
this nasty grating sound which one gets when matt glazes come in contact
with cutlery. So far it has not hurt the glaze, just my ears.The glaze
looks like a magnesium matt to me.
I am not a production potter, and my bowls are just about one of a kind.
I avoid using glazes that might be harmful, eg barium, or saturated oxides,
but really doubt if any of my ware gets anything but occasional use for
food.So my main concern is for a glaze to be interesting and good looking.
Mia in ABQ