F.Chapman Baudelot on sat 27 jul 02
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Today, as promised, I fired a small shallow dish made from my Spanish=20
flameware clay and glazed with one of the 3 recommended glazes made by the=
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same company specifically for that clay. I couldn't even wait for the dish=
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to cool down properly before filling it with cold water and putting it on=20
my gas cooker. I let it come to a boil and left it simmering for about 15=
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minutes. Yes, no nasty surprises, and I am here to tell the tale! I=20
removed the dish from the flame, emptied out the boiling water, rinsed it=20
in cold water and inspected it for crazing, etc. Nada. Looks just as it=20
did when I removed it from the kiln. The clay is yellowish in colour when=
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raw, but it fires to an orange red at 1000C=BA. It is very easy to throw=
and=20
does not feel grogged, although it does have a slightly sandy=20
texture. Don't ask me what's in it, because here in Spain it is not easy=20
to get such information from the suppliers.
On my website there is a pic of the dish of water being boiled.
Fran=E7oise in Spain
http://indalopottery.tripod.com/fenix.html
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F.Chapman Baudelot on sun 28 jul 02
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Today, as promised, I fired a small shallow dish made from my Spanish=20
flameware clay and glazed with one of the 3 recommended glazes made by the=
=20
same company specifically for that clay. I couldn't even wait for the dish=
=20
to cool down properly before filling it with cold water and putting it on=20
my gas cooker. I let it come to a boil and left it simmering for about 15=
=20
minutes. Yes, no nasty surprises, and I am here to tell the tale! I=20
removed the dish from the flame, emptied out the boiling water, rinsed it=20
in cold water and inspected it for crazing, etc. Nada. Looks just as it=20
did when I removed it from the kiln. The clay is yellowish in colour when=
=20
raw, but it fires to an orange red at 1000C=BA. It is very easy to throw=
and=20
does not feel grogged, although it does have a slightly sandy=20
texture. Don't ask me what's in it, because here in Spain it is not easy=20
to get such information from the suppliers.
On my website there is a pic of the dish of water being boiled.
Fran=E7oise in Spain
As this post did not appear to reach the list yesterday, I am sending it=20
again with a small addendum. I have now found out from Collet's website=20
that the new flameware body contains finely ground CORDIERITE which is=20
often used for making kiln shelves.
http://indalopottery.tripod.com/fenix.html
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