Stephani Stephenson on thu 31 jul 03
Hi Kelly!
One product, if you are in a
'gotta have something now, do my homework later'
kind of a mood is
Amaco white 'Arroyo' glaze
It will look all dried up and parched.
Fire it onto a piece then go back and apply stains mixed with water.
Paint them on like watercolors so that the stain soaks into the crevices
or paint on rub/sponge off.
Very workable...receptive to colors. lowfire, up to 04 possibly higher.
If you are working at cone 5-6 there's an odd 'glaze' and i use the term
loosely . called 'Desert Wash'
50% borax,
50% zircopax... same thing.. an easy one to try with different
colorants and additives, and try thick and thin..
For a beautiful brick orange to red , , hideously pumpkin colored on
white clay, kind of wonderful on red terra cotta, (says it is cone 08 to
06 but goes to 04), try 'Kansas City Red'... another weird one very
dear to my heart, passed on to me by another CLAYART member
50 Gerstley (yes gerstley... haven't subbed it on this one yet)
50 Borax
50 Rutile
I know Ron must be cringing....
Other than that, there are a number of basic white Engobe recipe's in
Chappells book, for example, where you can find one to suit the
temperature you work at. You can start with one then try different
additives...on a very broad and general basis , magnesium carbonate
added to anything will tend to dry it out and induce crawling , 5%, 10%,
15%
yes if you want dried ancient looking finishes that are more than just
a melted stain, but still durable and will not flake or rub off, you are
in slip and engobe country!
p.s.
my specialty use to be dilly beans. Pickled green beans with garlic
and a cayenne pepper, just for kicks.
those were the days!
jam on!
Stephani Stephenson
steph@alchemiestudio.com
Ha! just noticed my spellcheck tried to replace 'rutile' with 'futile'
oh! only 50% futile?!!
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