Marianne Lombardo on mon 5 nov 01
I have just spent an hour search the archives, using google, etc. =
Searche for engobe, englobe, slip. Can't find what I want. But my mind =
insists that someone very recently posted a message with an all-purpose =
engobe. Supposed to work on greenware or bisque. But I can't find a =
thing. If anyone has such a recipe and doesn't mind, would you please =
email it to me?
Thanks, Mariane
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Ababi on tue 6 nov 01
I resend my letter from last week focusing the ENGOBS
>From: Ababi
>To: clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 21:41:41 +0200
>Subject: Re: Mason Stains as underglazes ??
> I found out that using
>engobs
>in raku firing gave better results than plain stains (Mason etc).
>Lately, I made my own engob. No! Conard's own engob. I
>make 5 k'g at a time and add colorants as I want. OF COURSE if you
want
>exact results like the last time you should do it with dry powder.
>This engob works on wet, dry bone dry and bisque.Raku and electric
>kiln. I fire up to ^6.
>Here is Conard Engob as I found in Lana Wilson's book.
> Conard's engob for green or bisque 04-8
>=========================================
> BORAX............... 5.00
> POTASH FELDSPAR. 15.00
> WHITING............. 5.00
> KAOLIN...... 20.00
> NEPHELINE SYENITE... 10.00
> BALL CLAY........... 20.00
> QUARTZ/flint.............. 25.00
> ========
> 100.00
>Ababi Sharon
>Kibbutz Shoval- Israel
> Glaze addict
>sharon@shoval.org.il
>http://members4.clubphoto.com/ababi306910/
>http://www.milkywayceramics.com/cgallery/asharon.htm
>http://www.israelceramics.org/
---------- Original Message ----------
>I have just spent an hour search the archives, using google, etc.
>Searche for engobe, englobe, slip. Can't find what I want. But my
>mind insists that someone very recently posted a message with an
>all-purpose engobe. Supposed to work on greenware or bisque. But I
>can't find a thing. If anyone has such a recipe and doesn't mind,
>would you please email it to me?
>Thanks, Mariane
>Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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Penny Hosler on tue 6 nov 01
>I have just spent an hour search the archives, using google, etc.
Searche for engobe, englobe, slip. Can't find what I want.<
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Marianne,
I believe the message you're remembering was from Ababi. Here 'tis:
Penny in WA
At my school my teacher thought me to add about one spoon of
commercially made dry engob to 100 grams of commercial stain like mason.
It was possible to work, yet was not really good connected after the
bisque, means you might smear it un purposely.
It was too difficult for me to explain to my beloved students that
applying too much stain would cause disconnecting of the glaze to the
pot, so this is what I did I add 50 grams of stain (mason or family)
to 100gram dry engob. The result was a very rich engob. You can use it
as a thick paint or like a delicate paint. I found out that using engobs
in raku firing gave better results.
Lately, being a miser, I made my own engob. No! Conard's own engob. I
make 5 k'g at a time and add colorants as I want. OF COURSE if you want
exact results like the last time you should do it with dry powder.
This rich engob works on wet, dry bone dry baked and well done
claybody(bisque). It solved al my problems, I do not keep stains
separately and engob
separately. I fire up to ^6.
Here is Conard Engob as I found in Lana Wilson's book. He has more
recipes but why bother?
Conard's engob for green or bisque04-8
=========================================
BORAX............... 5.00
NR POTASH FELDSPAR. 15.00
WHITING............. 5.00
ENGLISH KAOLIN...... 20.00
NEPHELINE SYENITE... 10.00
BALL CLAY........... 20.00
QUARTZ.............. 25.00
========
100.00
Ababi Sharon
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