Miri on sat 7 may 05
Good luck with the new kiln.
As far as books go, I recently purchased John Britt's Book (The Complete
Guide to High-Fire Glazes; Glazing & Firing at Cone 10) and am finding it
an enlightening read! I only just started mixing my own glazes and am
learning so much from this book. Great pictures too!
John goes through the whole glazing process (from a great introduction to
breakdown of glaze materials and what they do, to mixing and application
and finally the actual glazes). I'm skipping over a lot of content of
course, but you get the general idea; its very comprehensive and a great
read!
Especially helpful is a very detailed discussion of firing cycles (both
reduction and oxidation). For each glaze, as well as discussing the
qualities and characteristics of the glaze (and how best to apply) he also
illustrates how it behaves in different environments (i.e., Oxidation vs.
Reduction) and which cycle suits it best.
As far as Shinos go (and I share you frustration...), John discusses why
Shino is really a reduction exclusive (pg. 87). If anyone has an oxidation
recipe that approximates something interesting, I'd love to see it too!
You can buy the book directly from John (a fellow clayarter) at
http://www.johnbrittpottery.com/pub.htm
All the best,
Miri
On Fri, 6 May 2005 09:39:20 -0400, Victoria Cherney
wrote:
>Many thanks to those who advised me on the purchase of an L&L J236
>kiln. I just purchased it (not yet delivered). I'm excited yet
>terrified, as I've never even fired any kiln before. It will be some
>time before I'm able to put it to use, as I need to regroup financially
>before I can have it wired in and acquire all the glaze-making
>equipment I'll need to get started.
>
>I've searched the archives for the past 20 years and wasn't able to
>find any shino recipes for c10 oxidation. There was some discussion
>of c6 shinos but I'm inclined to stick with high fire. I'll likely be
>using porcelain. If you know of any c10 shino recipes you'd like to
>share, I'd be grateful. If you do, and you could share them in the
>final format (calculations done) all the better. I've never mixed a
>glaze before either.
>
>Also, if you know of good glaze or firing books, please note them. Is
>there a book called The Potter's Encyclopedia, and if so, would you
>recommend it?
>
>Thanks for wading through this message. Seems I know little or nothing
>and have everything to learn. Isn't learning great though? Thanks for
>your help.
>
>Victoria Cherney
>a beginner in Vermont
>
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Edouard Bastarache Inc. on sat 7 may 05
Hello,
" As far as Shinos go (and I share you frustration...), John discusses why
Shino is really a reduction exclusive (pg. 87). If anyone has an oxidation
recipe that approximates something interesting, I'd love to see it too!"
I have a C/04 glaze that looks a bit like an orange/red Shino.
It is posted on Lee Love's blogspot with a picture and carries
the name "Rouille" : http://claycraft.blogspot.com/
I think it would be worth trying to approximate this result at C/10
by using a standard grey/white Shino recipe and adding the same
opacifier/colourant mixture I used.
Now, my purist friends on Lee's list will probably argue it is
not a real Shino because an opacifying/colouring mixture is added,
but then you could call it a Quebec Shino as per a suggestion made
by Eric "Wabi Sabi" Hansen concerning my habit of using opacifiers
and/or colourants in my Shino: "Vive le Quebec Libre"
(Hehehehehehe).
Later,
"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"
"They are insane these quebekers"
"Están locos estos quebequeses"
Edouard Bastarache
Irreductible Quebecois
Indomitable Quebeker
Sorel-Tracy
Quebec
edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca
www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm
http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/
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