Jody Lebrenz on sun 28 sep 03
I occasionally get the opportunity to participate in
wood firings (about once every 6 months with 10-15
smaller pieces.) Unfortunately, this does not allow
much in the way of experimentation so I usually follow
glaze formulas and techniques found in print and
online (love the clayart archives!) I will be doing a
said firing in late October.
After receiving my latest copy of Ceramics Monthly I
was thrilled to see an article with gorgeous wood
fired pieces by Chris Gustin. But I have a few
questions maybe this list could help answer.
One drawback of my wood firing participation is that I
have to bring my pieces (traveling about 65 miles)
already glazed. First, can I apply shino slip to
greenware and then bisque fire. Secondly, can I do
the same with the Bauer and Blair's Red slips shown
in the article. Will bisque firing somehow diminish
the affects these slips will produce in the wood
firing? Being able to do this would greatly ease my
transportation concerns. I have had success using a
Helmer's slip applied on greenware in the past.
Any help or other suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.
jody
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Hollis Engley on sun 28 sep 03
From: Jody Lebrenz
To:
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 11:05 AM
Subject: Slips and Wood Firing
One drawback of my wood firing participation is that I
> have to bring my pieces (traveling about 65 miles)
> already glazed. First, can I apply shino slip to
> greenware and then bisque fire. Secondly, can I do
> the same with the Bauer and Blair's Red slips shown
> in the article. Will bisque firing somehow diminish
> the affects these slips will produce in the wood
> firing?
Hi, Jody. I don't know why bisque-fired slips wouldn't work just fine. But
maybe someone else on the list has tried it and knows for sure one way or
the other. I usually slip or glaze my bisqued wood pots and wrap them
carefully and take them to the kiln site. I always bring little containers
of glaze or slip to use as touch-up, but have rarely needed them.
It happens that the wood kiln I have fired in a half-dozen times in the past
few years is Chris Gustin's anagama. Chris gets amazing results on his pots,
especially with his shinos. Though he just chuckles when people talk about
digging through his studio for his glaze recipe book, he's very generous
with advice on practically anything. He recommended that I try Laguna's
B-Mix when I was having some serious clay-body problems. He was right and
you might try it. Laguna (or Miller) also makes a brown stoneware #950,
whose unglazed surface takes the ash very well, especially if it's in a
place where it will get lots of ash. Bagwall pots, for example.
Also, I have a Malcolm Davis shino recipe passed on to me by Virginia potter
Jennifer Pease which is lovely in wood (Gustin-like at times, in fact) and
takes ash especially well. I'm happy to pass it on to you if you want it.
You can contact me off-list, or I can post it generally.
Hollis Engley
Hatchville Pottery
Falmouth, Mass.
hengley@cape.com
Connie Christensen on sun 28 sep 03
Jody wrote:
First, can I apply shino slip to
> greenware and then bisque fire. Secondly, can I do
> the same with the Bauer and Blair's Red slips shown
> in the article. Will bisque firing somehow diminish
> the affects these slips will produce in the wood
> firing?
Hi Jody
I've used both the Shino and Bauer slips on greenware and bisqued them
before putting into a wood fire and it worked very well.
Connie Christensen
Denver
Earl Krueger on sun 28 sep 03
On Sunday, September 28, 2003, at 08:05 AM, Jody Lebrenz wrote:
> One drawback of my wood firing participation is that I
> have to bring my pieces (traveling about 65 miles)
> already glazed.
Jody,
I assume your concern is damage to the glaze coating.
Speaking with little experience in these things, have you
considered adding some CMC to your glaze to act like
a glue? There's info in the Clayart archives on this or
http://digitalfire.com/ then search on CMC.
Earl...
Bothell, WA
Fredrick Paget on sun 28 sep 03
>
>
>One drawback of my wood firing participation is that I
>have to bring my pieces (traveling about 65 miles)
>already glazed. First, can I apply shino slip to
>greenware and then bisque fire. Secondly, can I do
>the same with the Bauer and Blair's Red slips shown
>in the article. Will bisque firing somehow diminish
>the affects these slips will produce in the wood
>firing?
>
>jody
> I am going to the Tozan noborigama firing in a few weeks and I
>have to travel about 1000 miles to get there. I have been glazing
>pieces with a number of glazes and rebisqueing them. The only glaze
>that caused trouble so far, was shino. It did not stick and flaked
>off rather badly. It remains to be seen how this all works out.
>Anything in the Tozan gets a strong dose of ash anyway and most
>glazes are altered toward the brown side of the color wheel.
>Fred
--
From Fred Paget, Marin County, California, USA
fredrick@well.com
Sue Leabu on mon 29 sep 03
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 12:33:49 -0400, Hollis Engley wrote:
>He recommended that I try Laguna's B-Mix when I was having some serious
clay-body problems. He was right and you might try it.<
I'd have to second the recommendation to try B-Mix in the wood kiln. It
flashes wonderfully from blues to corals to russets. Just lovely.
Sue
Kalamazoo, MI
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