Mary Crabtree on tue 23 apr 02
Can anyone recommend a Cone 6 porcelain that is commercially available? I
have used a cone 10 porcelain in the past, but most of my glazes are Cone 6
and I'm finding it difficult to maintain a good collection of glazes for
both temps (storage space is an issue!). I just tried a lower temp
porcelain recommended by my local clay-stuff store, but all three of the
glazes I tried on it (which are superstar glazes on my Cone 6 stoneware)
were both dull/flat in color and surface and had tiny 'nubbles' (new word?)
like very tiny bubbles that didn't pop. on the upper surfaces of the
pieces.
So, does anyone know a porcelain they would like to recommend I try??
Thanks!!!
Mary Crabtree
Crabtree Pottery
david mcbeth on tue 23 apr 02
>Can anyone recommend a Cone 6 porcelain that is commercially available?
I have used Standard Ceramics Cone 6 grolleg porcelain #365 and found it
very easy to throw and beautiful under my glazes. It is definetly a C6
clay, any hotter and it begins to wilt. It can be very transluscent were
thin.
http://www.standardceramic.com/clays.html#PORCELAIN
dave
David McBeth, MFA
Associate Professor of Art
330 B Gooch Hall
Department of Visual and Theatre Art
University of Tennessee at Martin
Martin, Tennessee 38238
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Charles Moore on tue 23 apr 02
Mary,
IMCO (Industrial Minerals Co.) has a web site that features their clays:
http://www.clayimco.com. Click on "Ceramic Clays," and then "Mid Range
Clays." The first clay shown is their cone 6 porcelain. IMCO provides
percents for shrinkage and absorption for each of their clays.
They are located just south of Sacramento, CA.
Charles Moore
Sacramento
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Crabtree"
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Subject: Cone 6 porcelain?
> Can anyone recommend a Cone 6 porcelain that is commercially available?
Veena Raghavan on tue 23 apr 02
Message text written by Ceramic Arts Discussion List
>Can anyone recommend a Cone 6 porcelain that is commercially available?<=
Hi Mary,
Highwater's P-5 porcelain, which goes to Cone 6 in oxidation, was
recommended to me on Clayart some about three years ago, and I have bee=
n
using it ever since. It is a great clay to throw and trim, it glazes well=
,
and I really like it.
Hope this helps.
Veena
Veena Raghavan
75124.2520@compuserve.com
Patrick Rowe on tue 23 apr 02
Highwater Clays (Asheville, NC) makes a cone 6 porcelain called P5. It
throws well and I have had good results with cone 6 glazes on it.
www.highwaterclays.com
-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Mary Crabtree
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 10:19 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Cone 6 porcelain?
Can anyone recommend a Cone 6 porcelain that is commercially available? I
have used a cone 10 porcelain in the past, but most of my glazes are Cone 6
and I'm finding it difficult to maintain a good collection of glazes for
both temps (storage space is an issue!). I just tried a lower temp
porcelain recommended by my local clay-stuff store, but all three of the
glazes I tried on it (which are superstar glazes on my Cone 6 stoneware)
were both dull/flat in color and surface and had tiny 'nubbles' (new word?)
like very tiny bubbles that didn't pop. on the upper surfaces of the
pieces.
So, does anyone know a porcelain they would like to recommend I try??
Thanks!!!
Mary Crabtree
Crabtree Pottery
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Julya Bridgewater on tue 23 apr 02
I recently was in Sacramento and bought some of this clay. I really liked
it. I just unloaded my first pieces made with it today. I used the glazes
they recommended for this clay too; that worked well too.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Moore"
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Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: Cone 6 porcelain?
> Mary,
>
> IMCO (Industrial Minerals Co.) has a web site that features their clays:
> http://www.clayimco.com. Click on "Ceramic Clays," and then "Mid Range
> Clays." The first clay shown is their cone 6 porcelain. IMCO provides
> percents for shrinkage and absorption for each of their clays.
>
> They are located just south of Sacramento, CA.
>
> Charles Moore
> Sacramento
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary Crabtree"
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 7:19 AM
> Subject: Cone 6 porcelain?
>
>
> > Can anyone recommend a Cone 6 porcelain that is commercially available?
>
>
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Sharon on wed 24 apr 02
Tucker's makes some cone 6 porcelains. They are known for their careful
quality control.
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