Cathi Newlin on mon 18 jun 01
Hi all!
I have a couple of things I'd like your input on...
First, while in college years ago, one of our handbuilding assignments was
to make a clay flute. Our instructor had a pattern for the hole placement.
Does anyone have such a pattern,, or know where I could get one?
Secondly, When living in Utah, and just messing around, I bought some Chun
Red glaze from Laguna Clay. I fired it on a Calico body, both ^5, in my
Skutt ^6 electric kiln and was really happy with the results (man I love
that Chun Red!)
Anyway, since moving to Mo, I've tried the same glaze on a similar body,
and it comes out dull and "milky. I'm thinking I need to fire to ^6 instead
of ^5, but got to wondering...in Utah, we were 5,600 ft in elevation. Here,
I think we're about 10. Could the elevation (and perhaps even the oxygen or
humidity) effect the glaze?
Lastly, I finally found my clay source. I had some bodies I really wanted
to try, and was a bit limited because I can currently only fire to ^6. Alot
of "local" places (within a couple hundred miles) only seemed to have a
few bodies to choose from. I ended up going to Kickwheel Pottery. If you
order 500#, they pay 1/2 the shipping. Hubby was kind enough to act as my
patron, and all I have to do is produce the Perfect Rice Bowl with some
amount of the clay ;) So I feel "clay rich" and have 6 different bodies to
play with! Guess I'd better get to making some dog bowls!
Thanks for everyone's suggestions...it seems every place I looked had
*something* I thought I needed!
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Larry Phillips on mon 18 jun 01
Cathi Newlin wrote:
> Secondly, When living in Utah, and just messing around, I bought some Chun
> Red glaze from Laguna Clay. I fired it on a Calico body, both ^5, in my
> Skutt ^6 electric kiln and was really happy with the results (man I love
> that Chun Red!)
Me too.
> Anyway, since moving to Mo, I've tried the same glaze on a similar body,
> and it comes out dull and "milky. I'm thinking I need to fire to ^6 instead
> of ^5, but got to wondering...in Utah, we were 5,600 ft in elevation. Here,
> I think we're about 10. Could the elevation (and perhaps even the oxygen or
> humidity) effect the glaze?
Probably. That Laguna Chun Red is pretty picky. Others have found that
tey have to fire it to ^6 or ^7 (some insist on ^7, but I have had good
results at ^6). Some say it needs a soak, and that may be more important
than the actual cone reached. I'm at about 300 ft. elevation.
omeone gave me the best advice when he said "Tiral and error". It's
spectacular when it works.
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Procrastinate now!
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Diane Woloshyn on wed 20 jun 01
If you refire Chun Red to 04 it will make it even redder, whether originally
fired to ^5 or ^6.
Diane Florida Bird Lady
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