Dale Neese on wed 4 may 05
Anne,
I use Black Mountain Clay for some of my vessels. I love the aesthetic
quality for reduction firing. Sometime I mix in some Feldspar chips. I do
not recommend firing beyond cone 10 because it will slump and will adhere to
shelves if the shelves are not properly protected. Also I have discovered
Black Mountain bloats when reduction is started earlier that cone 09.
Learning to work with some slips and in reduction, salt and soda atmospheres
Black Mountain is wonderful. Black Mountain throws really well and I will
continue to have fun with it. You can see a teapot &, teabowls, the three
side-fired pieces (driftwood bases compliments of Louis Katz) directly below
the teapot I made from Black Mountain on the San Antonio Potters Guild
website, www.sanantoniopottersguild.com Click members work.
Also in the past weeks there have been conversations about firing glass and
Ferguson's Red. One photo shows a small bowl with colored glass melted in
the bottom. Trick here is not to use a whole lot of glass. Still you have to
make your patrons aware that added glass is only a decorative element and
should not be used with food.
Then next to it is a photo of my hand holding a bowl with my formulation of
the red iron glaze using pure bone ash. Slowly cooled to develop crystals.
Dale Tex
"across the alley from the Alamo"
San Antonio, Texas USA
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