bill edwards on tue 26 jul 05
Ababi Sharon had a glaze he called Robins egg at one
time. You can google his name and look at the pictures
and most of his work came with the recipes at some
point.
You might also try adding a small amount of cobalt
oxide by spritzing it on for added effect. How to
spritz? Several methods...one of which is as follows.
Mix a portion of your base glaze without the robins
egg colorants, use cobalt oxide and use a toothbrush
and rake over the bristles while holding it near your
pottery and applying at different angles which in turn
throws micro specks of colorant over the glaze you
consider robins egg. The under-glaze or dipped glaze
will show off the specks. I use a clothes pin and an
airbrush myself but thats another story for another
day. The first one works just as well and all you need
is an old worn out tooth brush and a something to rake
over it. Remember, your trying to makes specks on the
item, not yourself so this takes a little getting used
to. Wear goggles for eye protection. You will be
raking towards you.
Heres some urls to follow up.
http://www.potters.org/subject30971.htm
http://members4.clubphoto.com/ababi306910/guest-1.phtml
Ababi and I used to share lots of information. It is
my understanding that he passed away but his work and
efforts will long live on. Thanks to him, many young
potters were given an advantage.
Bill Edwards
Edmar Studio and Gallery
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Potter, Mark on wed 27 jul 05
John Balustreri (forgive me if I've spelt your name wrong John), gave a
wonderful slide show and talk about his work at Rodney Mott's Big Mama
Woodstoke kiln firing in Penryn California in 2004.
I distinctly remember one of his early gas or wood fired tea-bowls had a
thick robins egg colored glaze (a bluish white with that robins egg cast
to it). You might try tracking him down and asking him about that glaze.
It was a thickly applied glaze and very beautiful piece.=20
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From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of bill
edwards
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 11:53 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Robin's egg Glaze
Ababi Sharon had a glaze he called Robins egg at one
time. You can google his name and look at the pictures
and most of his work came with the recipes at some
point.
You might also try adding a small amount of cobalt
oxide by spritzing it on for added effect. How to
spritz? Several methods...one of which is as follows.
Mix a portion of your base glaze without the robins
egg colorants, use cobalt oxide and use a toothbrush
and rake over the bristles while holding it near your
pottery and applying at different angles which in turn
throws micro specks of colorant over the glaze you
consider robins egg. The under-glaze or dipped glaze
will show off the specks. I use a clothes pin and an
airbrush myself but thats another story for another
day. The first one works just as well and all you need
is an old worn out tooth brush and a something to rake
over it. Remember, your trying to makes specks on the
item, not yourself so this takes a little getting used
to. Wear goggles for eye protection. You will be
raking towards you.
Heres some urls to follow up.
http://www.potters.org/subject30971.htm
http://members4.clubphoto.com/ababi306910/guest-1.phtml
Ababi and I used to share lots of information. It is
my understanding that he passed away but his work and
efforts will long live on. Thanks to him, many young
potters were given an advantage.
Bill Edwards
Edmar Studio and Gallery
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com
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