Ron Roy on fri 14 nov 03
(was General for Glaze tests))
I'll say this again - there are two kinds of fat when taliking about glazes.
One is the mutton fat or magnesia type - butter fat (greasy) feeling glazes
- yes - usually semi opake or opake.
The term fat is also used to describe a glaze with "body" covering the clay
well, cannot feel the clay under it - lots of depth - silica rich. They can
be clear, semi opake or opake. Well balanced glazes that have a good
melting range - are probably durable and feel great on a handle.
RR
>Not to my knowledge. The reason being that "fat" is opaque by its
>very definition. That means it will not be translucent and clear,
>but "milky". It is rather like the difference between
>water-colour and poster paint. The former will allow the ground
>to show through and the other will not.
Ron Roy
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