Alisa Liskin Clausen on tue 18 mar 03
Dear John,
I always fired to cone 9 because that is what the facilities I worked in
fired to. When I went out on my own,
I had electric. I did not like a lot of the cone 6 look from premixed
glazes, so I thought I had better try to improve on them. That is why I
tested a lot and still do. Happy that my zillion 100 gr. batches have helped
some. I think there is a lot to be said for cone 6. Like at any cone, the
pot and glaze has infinite possibilities. Narrowing them down is the
difficult part for me personally.
The Wodo white is a glaze I use a lot. I adapted it from a Dolomite white
glaze given to me by Toni Martens, RSA. The change I made was sub. Whiting
for Wollastonite. I like the feel of the glaze. It is a matte glaze, but
not dry. It needs a good application. When I use it inside a vessel, it
covers well with normal pour and swishing around. However, on the outside
of a pot, I need to dip it in the glaze and hold it about 15 seconds. It is
a matte glaze but it should not be crusty.
Let us make sure we have the same recipe:
50 Neph. Sye
25 Dolomite
5.8 Wolalstonite
20 Ball Clay
also colors up well.
One way I have recently used it fitted a small town of houses I made. I
bisqued the houses and then washed them all in red iron or ochre. Then I
painted the WoDo on them and went over them one more time with a sponge. I
let the glaze stay in the lower parts and mostly brushed it off the higher
areas. The fired houses have a good rustic look, not glazed looking, but
more like stone.
So, I have mixed a lot of tests yesterday. I have a bisque to first with not
enough pots, so I better get busy today so I can get to the glaze.
best regards from Alisa in Denmark
OH; Spring is peeking out. Lovely, lovely.
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