Chris Leake on wed 4 may 05
Hi Anne,
I have never used Black Mountain to cone 10, but I did find it a beautiful clay to work with. It handbuilds well and throws well. It fires to a nice brown at cone 6 oxidation. Have seen the results of it fired in cone 6 reduction and it was a very good dark brown. It can be a very striking clay and I would personally use it where I could leave some of the bare clay showing. I hope you will let us all know how it works for you.
Chris
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From: Anne Webb
Sent: May 4, 2005 1:24 PM
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Subject: Aardvark Clay - Black Mountain
Hi..
I was using up some old clay that was hanging around my studio. Found some
Aardvark Black Mountain. I was wondering if anyone who has tried it had
anything to say about it. Its a cone 10 brown stoneware, according to the
aardvark web site, but i guess i was wondering if anyone had anything else
to add re their likes/dislikes or any probs they may have had.
Its pretty nice to throw but i have yet to fire it.
Thanks :)
anne
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Anne Webb on wed 4 may 05
Hi..
I was using up some old clay that was hanging around my studio. Found some
Aardvark Black Mountain. I was wondering if anyone who has tried it had
anything to say about it. Its a cone 10 brown stoneware, according to the
aardvark web site, but i guess i was wondering if anyone had anything else
to add re their likes/dislikes or any probs they may have had.
Its pretty nice to throw but i have yet to fire it.
Thanks :)
anne
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Eric Suchman on wed 4 may 05
I used to use it as an inlay into the hump when throwing white stoneware to
give a striped or spiral effect. I also used it as a slip.
Eric in Oceanside
> From: Anne Webb
> Reply-To: Clayart
> Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 15:24:26 -0500
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: Aardvark Clay - Black Mountain
>
> Hi..
>
> I was using up some old clay that was hanging around my studio. Found some
> Aardvark Black Mountain. I was wondering if anyone who has tried it had
> anything to say about it. Its a cone 10 brown stoneware, according to the
> aardvark web site, but i guess i was wondering if anyone had anything else
> to add re their likes/dislikes or any probs they may have had.
> Its pretty nice to throw but i have yet to fire it.
>
> Thanks :)
> anne
>
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Daniel Semler on wed 4 may 05
Hi Anne,
Been a while since I used it. Here's what I recall.
Messes up your clothes well :)
Its very strongly coloured so glazing is an interesting proposition. One thing
I did do with it that I liked, was to make small bottles and apply a thick white
slip over them. Then you can paint black underglaze brushwork on the slip, cover
with a clear glaze. Gives a nice mixture of dark brown breaking through the
slip, the white slip and the contrasting brushwork, except my brushwork is
nothing to write home about :(
HTH
D
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