Rikki Going on wed 1 feb 06
Frustration prompts this message. I need the advice and help of all glaze
gurus in potteryland. I'm using pre-bisqued reddish colored tiles for a
bathroom wall. I'm having trouble coming up with glazes in the yellow-
orange, orange, orange-red range. I'm firing to 1100C but can go lower,
not higher. Any suggestions and/or recipes would help. I'd like to end
up with approx. 2-5 different glazes in orangy color range. thanks muchly.
Rikki at rikkig@maxnet.co.nz
Dave Finkelnburg on thu 2 feb 06
Rikki,
Here's one way to go...not the only way...possibly not the way for you artistically...so you have to decide.
Get a good transparent base glaze that works for you on those tile and while you are developing that, order some stains in yellow, orange and red. Make sure the stains, though, are compatible with the chemistry of the base glaze. Cerdec makes some good cadmium inclusion stains that will hold red reliably, and shades of orange.
You can get shades of all your colors from iron, yellows from vanadium, reds from copper, but the stains will give you all the colors in oxidation at the same time with great reliability.
To me the stains have less variability, thus less visual interest, but that is a judgement.
Good tile glazing,
Dave Finkelnburg
Rikki Going wrote:
Frustration prompts this message. I need the advice and help of all glaze
gurus in potteryland. I'm using pre-bisqued reddish colored tiles for a
bathroom wall. I'm having trouble coming up with glazes in the yellow-
orange, orange, orange-red range. I'm firing to 1100C but can go lower,
not higher.
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