Paul Herman on wed 31 dec 03
Hello Teresa,
Sure you can do that. Just burn some nice clean wood with no nails in
it. If you want brown, you can always add some Iron or dirt later. Sift
the ashes as fine as you like, and use them.*
* Some people are sensitive to the alkali. I'm not, maybe from living in
the Desert for so long. Don't breath the dust, blah, blah, etc.
Best wishes,
Paul Herman
Great Basin Pottery
423-725 Scott Road
Doyle, California 96109 US
potter@psln.com
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>From: Teresa Testa
>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: Ash Glaze from the Fire Place??
>Date: Wed, Dec 31, 2003, 3:16 PM
>
> I would like to make a single fire ash glaze from the ashes in my fire
> place. Has any one ever done this before? Do you have any suggestions.
>
> Teresa
>
> Windancer Studio
Teresa Testa on wed 31 dec 03
I would like to make a single fire ash glaze from the ashes in my fire
place. Has any one ever done this before? Do you have any suggestions.
Teresa
Windancer Studio
Ababi on thu 1 jan 04
Yes you can
Ababi
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Subject: Ash Glaze from the Fire Place??
I would like to make a single fire ash glaze from the ashes in my fire
place. Has any one ever done this before? Do you have any suggestions.
Teresa
Windancer Studio
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Craig Edwards on thu 1 jan 04
Teresa:
Yeah. I would watch what you burn. Sieve it through a window screen. My
favorite ash glaze is
50 % wood ash and 50 % creek settlin. It's a good place to start.
In my next firing I've got a bunch of sunflower ash from North Dakota
and some settlin's from the Missouri River by Yankton, SD.
Craig Edwards
New London MN
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Donald G. Goldsobel on thu 1 jan 04
It all depends on the wood you use. I used some boards from demolition at a
construction site-nails still in. I ended up with a very high iron content.
When I sifted the ash I had several pounds of nails left. The wood was a mix
of fir from the construction site and eucalyptus. I got a very greem glaze
from it. I now use it dry on the damp rims of pots glazed with tenmoku -tea
dust glazes.
Happy glazing.
Donald
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Lee Love on fri 2 jan 04
I've been burning trimmings from grape vines in my wood
stove in the studio. Smells sweet. Parts of the vine is 40 years old
and as be around as an elm tree. Very dense too. The lady farmer told us
that the vine didn't produce good tasting grapes anymore.
Will test some for glaze soon. My teacher's base glaze (Nami
Jiro) begins as 50% ball clay and 50% wood ash, with 5% to 25% kaolin
added, according to which kiln and at what temperature it will be fired.
That is probably where I will start with my tests.
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Lee In Mashiko, Japan
http://Mashiko.org
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