Diane Woloshyn on sun 29 dec 02
To all of you testing the glazes from Ron and Jon's book, try the Warm Jade=
=20
Green (that is in the Clayart Archives) with the rim dipped in Waterfall=20
Brown. Spectacular in my opinion. =20
On my kiln, a Skutt with a controller, I program the temp at 2150=BA with a=20=
5=20
min hold. That is low for cone 6, but it comes out a prefect cone 6 bent to=
=20
touching the shelf. Had to go to 2199=BA with a 15 min hold to reach an eve=
n=20
cone 6 before I sprayed the inside with ITC. Then a fast drop to 1900 and=
=20
the 100=BA per hour to 1500=BA. The one glaze that still won't matt for m=
e is=20
the Varigated Slate Blue. All the other glazes have worked very well. The=20
whole firing takes a little over 12 hours. Must be doing something wrong=20
with the Slate Blue.=20
Diane Florida Bird Lady
Where we are having the coldest winter in many years.
Mary O'Connell on sun 29 dec 02
Dear Diane,
I am interested in knowing what the name of the book you are referring to
(Ron and Jon's)?
I like to encourage my student's to explore cone 6 processes and think th=
is
could be a very useful book for the program.
Thanks in advance.
Mary O'Connell
----- Original Message -----
From: Diane Woloshyn
To:
Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 11:02 AM
Subject: Testing Ron & Jon Glazes, ITC, and getting a matt glaze.
To all of you testing the glazes from Ron and Jon's book, try the Warm J=
ade
Green (that is in the Clayart Archives) with the rim dipped in Waterfall
Brown. Spectacular in my opinion.
On my kiln, a Skutt with a controller, I program the temp at 2150=BA with=
a 5
min hold. That is low for cone 6, but it comes out a prefect cone 6 bent=
to
touching the shelf. Had to go to 2199=BA with a 15 min hold to reach an =
even
cone 6 before I sprayed the inside with ITC. Then a fast drop to 1900 =
and
the 100=BA per hour to 1500=BA. The one glaze that still won't matt fo=
r me is
the Varigated Slate Blue. All the other glazes have worked very well. T=
he
whole firing takes a little over 12 hours. Must be doing something wrong
with the Slate Blue.
Diane Florida Bird Lady
Where we are having the coldest winter in many years.
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Ababi on mon 30 dec 02
Dear Mary O'Connell
I repeat earlier letter I have written as I am to lazy to look for them.
It is wise to let you students to explore glazing posses. The point about ^6 is that is
low(er) (than) ^10 it is high(er) than ^04 It has both, not too expensive to fire yet you
can reach good results.
http://www.masteringglazes.com/
John Hesslberth and Ron Roy are excellent experts of glazing. We call them Glazes
Gurus. They chose the hard way to achieve excellent glazes - foodsafe!
Their book is a rule of do and do not do, or the way I see it: Eat or decorate!
I must tell you I use only one glaze from their book ( but I am a glaze addicts about
two levels lower than glaze guru). Their book gives me tools to improve my glazes and
to choose my claybodies better ( or make them better).
But this is not all. You might ask why ^6?
My teacher were I had learnt used to fire to ^7.
This way she limits herself to the test she and her students do.
^6 is an international language. There is a reason for it.
Please read this article:
http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0009
Firing in Oxidation to C/4.5.6 by Val Cushing
To another glaze guru who is not on the list but his spirit is among us ( and our spirit
in his book and his future writing)
Michael Bailey wrote a book Cone Six Glazes. The way R&J's book gives you tools to
make good stable yet beautiful glazes Bailey's book teaches you: "Everything you
wanted to know about ^6 but you did not dare asking". it gives you real good tools to
understand glazing. Both books concern one cone. It is good you can learn to fire in
one ^ rather than became mixed up: Like the young potter that had visited me and
said that one time she fired high the next time low, without understanding what she
was doing and why.
^6 is good. The biggest compliments I get from people that visit my site ask me if
this or that piece is woodfire. ( Now you all know how to make me happy)
What I try to say,is, that I am sure that ^10-11 gas, or woodfire or ox ^10 no doubt
are better but ^6 ox is a great compromise
One last word to John: whenever I enter to you site
http://www.frogpondpottery.com/
I turn on the loudspeakers, and my wife is looking for the frog...
Ababi Sharon
Glaze addict
Kibbutz Shoval Israel
ababisha@shoval.org.il
http://members4.clubphoto.com/ababi306910/
http://www.milkywayceramics.com/cgallery/asharon.htm
and also
http://www.israel-ceramics.org/membersGallery/personalpage.asp?MID=507
---------- Original Message ----------
>Dear Diane,
>I am interested in knowing what the name of the book you are referring to
>(Ron and Jon's)?
>I like to encourage my student's to explore cone 6 processes and think this
>could be a very useful book for the program.
>Thanks in advance.
>Mary O'Connell
Diane Woloshyn on mon 30 dec 02
Hi Mary,
The book is called "Mastering Cone 6 Glazes" by John Hesselberth and Ron
Roy. You may get the book by contacting John at www.frogpondpottery.com. It
is well worth having and a wonderful guide for your students.
Diane Florida Bird Lady
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