Rikki Gill on wed 28 aug 02
But there is the deservedly famous, "All animals are equal, but some are
more equal than others". As a new member of any organization I have seen
that one many, many times. Thank you, George Orwell.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Bowen"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 7:54 AM
Subject: ame glaze
> We are looking for a recipe for an "ame" (caramel) glaze
> recipe. The only information we have is that it is a
> Japanese feldspathic glaze colored by iron. We normally fire
> cone 10 reduction .
>
>
> "All humans are human. No humans are more human than
> others."
> Gen. Romeo Dellaire.
>
>
____________________________________________________________________________
__
> Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
> You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
> settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
> Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at
melpots@pclink.com.
>
James Bowen on wed 28 aug 02
We are looking for a recipe for an "ame" (caramel) glaze
recipe. The only information we have is that it is a
Japanese feldspathic glaze colored by iron. We normally fire
cone 10 reduction .
"All humans are human. No humans are more human than
others."
Gen. Romeo Dellaire.
Edouard Bastarache on wed 28 aug 02
Hello James,
here is one coloured differently:
CARAMEL C/9-10R
Dolomite 7
Gerstley borate 12
Talc 15
G-200 Spar 41
EPK 5
Flint 20
Totals 100
Ilmenite 1.5
Manganese dioxide 2
Edouard Bastarache
Irreductible Quebecois
Indomitable Quebeker
Sorel-Tracy
Quebec
edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca
http://sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm
John Kimpton Dellow on thu 29 aug 02
Aem glaze from H.H.Sanders " The World of Japanese Ceramics "
Oxidation fire Cone 9 -10
Dark amber glaze on porcelain ( ie white poop ) and red-brown
on
redstone clay ( ie. real potters clay :) ).
limestone 70
common ash (pine.oakand red
wood,predominantly pine.) 25
red lead 5
red iron oxide 8
John Dellow "the flower pot man"
Home Page http://www.welcome.to/jkdellow
http://digitalfire.com/education/people/dellow/
John Stromnes on fri 30 aug 02
Here's what I use in my kiln for Ame glaze, adapted from Wilson's Inside
Japanese Ceramics. I tend toward the low end of iron oxide as an addition,
because my pine ash seems to be high in iron. A lot will depend on the ash
you use. Wilson suggests four to eight percent iron oxide, and I tried
eight and it was very dark, not at all amber.
This melts at cone 8, I fire to cone 9.If you fire to Cone 10, just replace
the syenite with more potash spar. Wilson recommends oxidation firing. I
take whatever I get out of my kiln, and it is moslly reduction ware,
depending on factors too numerous and complex to mention. This glaze is a
muted glaze. You could use red art or ochre instead of iron oxide. I tried
ochre once and it was kind of a mustard-sauce yellow. I don't think I've
achieved the true ame or 'amber' color prized by the Japanese as yet,
because mine seems to be too dark. But I am on the edge of amber, and who
knows, amber may well be in the eye of the beholder.
My Ame Glaze
Nepheline Syenite 300 grams
Potash spar 322.2 grams
Pine wood ash, once washed 300 grams
Whiting 5.8 grams
Silica 72 grams
1000 grams
Add Sp. Red Iron Oxide 40 grams
Bye
John Syodo Stromnes
P.S., you don't have to wash your ash. It might be a more interesting glaze
with unwashed ash, just strained to get the big zits out.
James Bowen on sat 31 aug 02
thank you all for the help. The one in Japanese Ceramics
looks right. What a great book. Twenty bucks and worth every
penny many times over. For whatever reason I didn't look
there for a glaze recipe. Guess I always thought of it as a
technique book. One of the best. Thanks to Edwouard for the
very interesting (we will use it) recipe and thoughts on
much more than ceramics . He knows about Gen. Dellaire, too.
The recipe with the red lead is an oxidation recipe. Anyone
know how to get the lead out and make it for high fire
reduction?
"We cannot speak of democracy if we are not ready to play by
it's rules. The main aspect of democracy is the right of
people to change a government if they do not like it."
Mohammad Khatami
| |
|
