Sandy Miller on thu 3 jan 02
Several potters in our area fire a ^6 oxidation and are always in search =
of the perfect glaze. Some glazes I hate, some one else loves. So we =
were talking and most of us had saved our 100 - 500 gram test batches of =
glaze. Last count I had 40 - 50 little containers with attached tiles & =
formulas. Like the old quilting bees of long ago we thought it would be =
fun to bring all our test batches to a meeting and bring as many test =
tiles of your clay body that you can carry and have; The Day of 1,000 =
Glazes. With 5 of us that mix test glazes pretty regularly the =
possibilities are endless. (You are going to have to keep really great =
records!!) Take your dipped tiles home and test them in your kiln, =
under your firing conditions. We will all get together a month later =
and compare notes. Most of us are working on the chemistry of glazing =
and I think this would help us all. Ok Clayarters what do you think???
Sandy Miller
Wanda Holmes on thu 3 jan 02
I like it. In fact, I might adopt the idea for a cone 6 'group' that some
us are trying to put together locally. It beats the heck out of dumpting
all those test batches that you aren't using. Wanda
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Subject: an idea for sharing glazes....
Several potters in our area fire a ^6 oxidation and are always in search of
the perfect glaze. Some glazes I hate, some one else loves. So we were
talking and most of us had saved our 100 - 500 gram test batches of glaze.
Last count I had 40 - 50 little containers with attached tiles & formulas.
Like the old quilting bees of long ago we thought it would be fun to bring
all our test batches to a meeting and bring as many test tiles of your clay
body that you can carry and have; The Day of 1,000 Glazes. With 5 of us
that mix test glazes pretty regularly the possibilities are endless. (You
are going to have to keep really great records!!) Take your dipped tiles
home and test them in your kiln, under your firing conditions. We will all
get together a month later and compare notes. Most of us are working on the
chemistry of glazing and I think this would help us all. Ok Clayarters what
do you think???
Sandy Miller
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L. P. Skeen on thu 3 jan 02
O that sounds like SO much fun, especially if you can mark the tiles so you
know you dipped this one in your green and Mary's purple. ;0)
L
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy Miller"
To:
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 10:08 AM
Subject: an idea for sharing glazes....
Several potters in our area fire a ^6 oxidation and are always in search of
the perfect glaze. Some glazes I hate, some one else loves. So we were
talking and most of us had saved our 100 - 500 gram test batches of glaze.
Last count I had 40 - 50 little containers with attached tiles & formulas.
Like the old quilting bees of long ago we thought it would be fun to bring
all our test batches to a meeting and bring as many test tiles of your clay
body that you can carry and have; The Day of 1,000 Glazes. With 5 of us
that mix test glazes pretty regularly the possibilities are endless. (You
are going to have to keep really great records!!) Take your dipped tiles
home and test them in your kiln, under your firing conditions. We will all
get together a month later and compare notes. Most of us are working on the
chemistry of glazing and I think this would help us all. Ok Clayarters what
do you think???
Sandy Miller
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