Cindy Strnad on sat 29 sep 01
Hi again, Nikki.
You should sieve your glaze if you're using the
5x20 recipe--not because of the silica, but
because of the wollastonite. I'm not sure what
mesh size silica I have. My supplier just sells
one variety of silica, and I have dumped it into a
plastic trash bin, so I can't check the bag. If
the stuff you have doesn't work, then try 325
mesh. Probably, though, it will be adequate.
Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels Pottery
RR 1, Box 51
Custer, SD 57730
USA
cindy@earthen-vessels-pottery.com
http://www.earthen-vessels-pottery.com
Nikki Simmons on sat 29 sep 01
I know we have discussed this before on Clayart...but I am just now getting
back into glaze mixing/testing and would like to hear an update.
I would like to know if anyone has actually run tests using different mesh
silica for their glazes. I use 200 mesh silica in my claybody and would
like to also use it in my glazes instead of 325 mesh. I plan to run tests
on many recipes I have found on Clayart, but seldom does anyone post what
mesh silica/flint they use.
Thanks to Alisa and many others I have been able to find some glazes I am
excited to try. For those of you that test glazes found on clayart, what
mesh are you using?
Sincerely,
Nikki Simmons
nsimmons@mid-mo.net
Steve Mills on sun 30 sep 01
When I first started making pots, I used to sieve everything in stages,
starting with a coarse one, and finishing with a fine one. gradually
over the years I have simplified down to the point where I now sieve
earthenware through a 100 mesh, and stoneware (if I sieve it at all)
through a 60 mesh. With stoneware I work on the principle that if I
sieve it down too fine, I might lose something interesting!
Steve
Bath
UK
In message , Nikki Simmons writes
>I know we have discussed this before on Clayart...but I am just now getting
>back into glaze mixing/testing and would like to hear an update.
>
>I would like to know if anyone has actually run tests using different mesh
>silica for their glazes. I use 200 mesh silica in my claybody and would
>like to also use it in my glazes instead of 325 mesh. I plan to run tests
>on many recipes I have found on Clayart, but seldom does anyone post what
>mesh silica/flint they use.
>
>Thanks to Alisa and many others I have been able to find some glazes I am
>excited to try. For those of you that test glazes found on clayart, what
>mesh are you using?
>
>Sincerely,
>Nikki Simmons
>nsimmons@mid-mo.net
--
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
Ababi on sun 30 sep 01
I must thank you again Steve for your 'unshiveing' idea.
I cannot imagine myself doing these last 100 tests with shieving.
If I find latter that the test failed because it was not well blended by my
electric drill, I repeat the test. As for the 1 kg batches, I shive, as I do
it not so often. Still there are some glazes that I do not shive the 1 kg
batch hope to get uneven coloring.
Ababi Sharon
ababisharon@hotmail.com
http://members4.clubphoto.com/ababi306910/
http://www.milkywayceramics.com/cgallery/asharon.htm
http://www.israelceramics.org/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Mills"
To:
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 12:54
Subject: Re: What Mesh Silica in Glaze?
> When I first started making pots, I used to sieve everything in stages,
> starting with a coarse one, and finishing with a fine one. gradually
> over the years I have simplified down to the point where I now sieve
> earthenware through a 100 mesh, and stoneware (if I sieve it at all)
> through a 60 mesh. With stoneware I work on the principle that if I
> sieve it down too fine, I might lose something interesting!
>
> Steve
> Bath
> UK
>
>
> In message , Nikki Simmons writes
> >I know we have discussed this before on Clayart...but I am just now
getting
> >back into glaze mixing/testing and would like to hear an update.
> >
> >I would like to know if anyone has actually run tests using different
mesh
> >silica for their glazes. I use 200 mesh silica in my claybody and would
> >like to also use it in my glazes instead of 325 mesh. I plan to run
tests
> >on many recipes I have found on Clayart, but seldom does anyone post what
> >mesh silica/flint they use.
> >
> >Thanks to Alisa and many others I have been able to find some glazes I am
> >excited to try. For those of you that test glazes found on clayart, what
> >mesh are you using?
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >Nikki Simmons
> >nsimmons@mid-mo.net
>
> --
> Steve Mills
> Bath
> UK
>
>
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