Sarah A. Wilson on thu 2 feb 06
I am on a quest for the perfect transluscent pink glaze. I'd like it to
fire to cone 10, have the pooling/breaking qualities of a celadon, and be
the most delicate pink - ballet slipper pink, the pink of the inside of a
seashell... a pale barely pink pink. A tall order, my research is telling
me. To make matters even more difficult, I am a novice potter and have
never mixed a glaze before.
I would be willing to try cone 6 or cone 8.
Many thanks for your guidance!
Sarah A. Wilson
claysaround@yahoo.com
Bruce Lucas on fri 3 feb 06
Sarah A. Wilson wrote:
>I am on a quest for the perfect transluscent pink glaze. I'd like it to
>fire to cone 10, have the pooling/breaking qualities of a celadon, and be
>the most delicate pink - ballet slipper pink, the pink of the inside of a
>seashell... a pale barely pink pink. A tall order, my research is telling
>me. To make matters even more difficult, I am a novice potter and have
>never mixed a glaze before.
>
I recently came across this: http://www.lagunaclay.com/news/rare.htm
regarding rare earth oxide colorants in glazes that seem to fit the
description you're looking for.
Let us know how it works out.
Bruce Lucas
Rikki Gill on fri 3 feb 06
If you were to fire a matt white inside a sagger painted with copper carb,
you would get a pink blush. I get that all the time because I use so much
copper on glaze. It may not be uniform, but the blush I get is lovely.
Worth a try
Best, Rikki
www.rikkigillceramics.com
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Subject: looking for transluscent pink glaze
>I am on a quest for the perfect transluscent pink glaze. I'd like it to
> fire to cone 10, have the pooling/breaking qualities of a celadon, and be
> the most delicate pink - ballet slipper pink, the pink of the inside of a
> seashell... a pale barely pink pink. A tall order, my research is telling
> me. To make matters even more difficult, I am a novice potter and have
> never mixed a glaze before.
>
> I would be willing to try cone 6 or cone 8.
>
> Many thanks for your guidance!
>
> Sarah A. Wilson
> claysaround@yahoo.com
>
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Jacqueline Miller on fri 3 feb 06
Erbium oxide is a rare earth oxide that can be added to a clear base. I am
experimenting with this too. Did my first test a week ago and put in way to=
o
much erbium and got pepto-bismo. Fortunately, it was a very smal
test. However, i am pretty sure if I decrrease the percentage this will
work. We should stay in touch.
Jackie Miller
On 2/3/06, Bruce Lucas wrote:
>
> Sarah A. Wilson wrote:
>
> >I am on a quest for the perfect transluscent pink glaze. I'd like it to
> >fire to cone 10, have the pooling/breaking qualities of a celadon, and b=
e
> >the most delicate pink - ballet slipper pink, the pink of the inside of =
a
> >seashell... a pale barely pink pink. A tall order, my research is
> telling
> >me. To make matters even more difficult, I am a novice potter and have
> >never mixed a glaze before.
> >
> I recently came across this: http://www.lagunaclay.com/news/rare.htm
> regarding rare earth oxide colorants in glazes that seem to fit the
> description you're looking for.
>
> Let us know how it works out.
>
> Bruce Lucas
>
>
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Carole Fox on sat 4 feb 06
On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 20:02:16 -0500, Sarah A. Wilson
wrote:
>I am on a quest for the perfect transluscent pink glaze. I'd like it to
>fire to cone 10, have the pooling/breaking qualities of a celadon, and be
>the most delicate pink ............
>I would be willing to try cone 6 or cone 8.
Sarah - if you are willing to fire ^6 oxidation, try Laguna's WC102 Pink
Ice. No mixing required! This whole series gives interesting pooling and
breaking over texture. Laguna describes Pink Ice as "semi-opaque", but it
fires fairly transparent when applied thin, and is a lovely pastel pink
breaking white. Here is a link to the Laguna website, where you can see a
sample:
http://www.lagunaclay.com/volumev/Color2-4.pdf
Carole Fox
Dayton, OH
Tim Cronin on sun 5 feb 06
If you are interested in investing in some erbium oxide, you may be able
to get a pink "celadon" that will have all the properties you're looking
for.
Take a look at some of David Pier's work with rare earth metal oxides:
http://www.precisionporcelain.net/
In particular, look at the left front cup in the following picture:
http://www.acga.net/dapier/portfolio/pages/a%29%20Coffee%20Cups.htm
For more information on how to make glazes such as this, consult his
article on the subject, at:
http://www.lagunaclay.com/news/rare.htm
Hope this helps,
--Tim
On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 20:02:16 -0500, Sarah A. Wilson
wrote:
>I am on a quest for the perfect transluscent pink glaze. I'd like it
to
>fire to cone 10, have the pooling/breaking qualities of a celadon, and
be
>the most delicate pink ............
>I would be willing to try cone 6 or cone 8.
Eleanora Eden on thu 9 feb 06
Hi Sarah and all,
Pale delicious inside-of-a-shell pink is one of the easiest colors to
get at cone 10, because it is based on alumina which is extremely
refractory.
Get Mason stain pink #6020. (Even though I'm in a campground in FLA
at the moment I do know the # of that one.) Experiment with #6020
in, on, and under your clear glaze. I used to use it all the time
at cone 10 both under a clear glaze and over a white glaze.
Also you can get a small Duncan Cinderella pink EZ Stroke. It is, I
am quite certain, based on the same colorant and is also quite
refractory.
Experiment with both at cone 10 before compromising on your temperature.
As for the pooling/breaking, that is a function of the glaze, not the
colorant, I think,
Eleanora
>I am on a quest for the perfect transluscent pink glaze. I'd like it to
>fire to cone 10, have the pooling/breaking qualities of a celadon, and be
>the most delicate pink - ballet slipper pink, the pink of the inside of a
>seashell... a pale barely pink pink. A tall order, my research is telling
>me. To make matters even more difficult, I am a novice potter and have
>never mixed a glaze before.
>
>I would be willing to try cone 6 or cone 8.
>
>Many thanks for your guidance!
>
>Sarah A. Wilson
>claysaround@yahoo.com
>
>______________________________________________________________________________
>Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
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>melpots@pclink.com.
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