Randy O'Brien on thu 22 jan 04
I'm somewhat reluctant to admit it, but I originally developed and named =
this glaze.
In 1991 I was living in a small cabin with a huge studio 20 miles past =
Homer, Alaska on 2 acres of land alongside Falls Creek (wood stove, =
outhouse, no running water.. went to town once every 2 weeks for =
groceries and to stock my shelves at Ptarmigan Arts). I was doing lots =
and lots of glaze testing at this time, mostly cone 6 oxidation. This =
was before I started using glaze programs, so although I was familiar =
with the UMF, it was mostly "let's add some of this and some of that and =
see what happens". The original glaze that Falls Creek Shino was =
derived from was:
Randy's Midnight Black c/5
Alberta slip 60
gerstley borate 20
kona f-4 10
red iron oxide 10
copper carb 1
cobalt carb .5
(note-this glaze turns dark blue after years of dishwashers. I doubt it =
is food safe)
I wanted to create a shino glaze for cone 6 oxidation only I had no idea =
what a shino glaze actually was. The Falls Creek Shino glaze is more =
wishful thinking than it is an actual shino. It kinda looked like a =
shino after a couple beers so I slapped on the name and hollered =
success. Another glaze that is interesting that came out of that series =
is:
Randy's Acid Grey c/5
Alberta slip 60
gerstley borate 20 =20
kona f-4 10
red iron oxide 10
bone ash 10
In the fall of 1994 I was in my first semester at Alfred. Clayart had =
only a few hundred subscribers. Brian Kemp from Singapore posted a =
request for a cone 6 oxidation shino. I posted the recipe for Falls =
Creek shino naively thinking that probably he would be the only one to =
try it and that would be the end of it. Since then it has taken on a =
life of it's own.=20
My main reason for writing this is that this glaze really isn't a shino. =
I think it is misleading to have this glaze around people who are =
beginning in ceramics and who might create their own definition of a =
shino based on this glaze. I haven't used this glaze in years but when =
I do give it out, it has the name Randy's Oatmeal Rust. So here it is:
Randy's Oatmeal Rust (was Falls Creek Shino) c/5
Alberta slip 60
gerstley borate 20 =20
kona f-4 10
silica 10
lithium carb 7
superpax 10
tin oxide 5
Notice the totals don't add up to 100 due to how I developed these =
glazes. It was more "let's see what 10 grams of bone ash will do, than =
I think this needs 10 grams of bone ash". The version that keeps =
showing up on clayart has been adjusted to total 100. Another =
interesting thing though, the tests with only one opacifier didn't break =
red the way it does with both tin and superpax.
So I would like to respectfully request that if you see this glaze in a =
community setting or even your own studio for that matter. Would you =
mind changing the name? I really wish I could turn back time on this =
one.
thanks,
Randy O'Brien
http://www.dakotacom.net/~rdobrien
Veena Raghavan on fri 23 jan 04
Hi Randy,
Thank you for posting your very interesting history of this glaze. I have=
used it with some success and love it. From now on, I will heed your
request and change the name to Randy's Oatmeal Rust! =
Are you the creator of the famous Randy's Red? That too, is a lovely glaz=
e,
although I gather there are many versions of it out there. So, I guess th=
at
one also took on a life of its own.
All the best.
Veena
Message text written by Clayart
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Randy's Oatmeal Rust (was Falls Creek Shino) c/5
Alberta slip 60
gerstley borate 20 =
kona f-4 10
silica 10
lithium carb 7
superpax 10
tin oxide 5<
Veena Raghavan
75124.2520@compuserve.com
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