Susan Cline on fri 19 may 06
I have imbedded pieces of thin copper wire in greenware and fired at
^04 to bisque and then to ^6 in my electric kiln. The copper melts at
^04 and may even run a bit -- it's very dry matte black. When fired to
^6, under a clear or white glaze for example, it's blacker and runnier
and the areas just around the copper wire fume green.
I think it is an effective decorating technique once you figure out how
much/how far the copper will run and then you can control it a bit.
Give it a try.
Sue Cline
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Potters' Council Member
On May 18, 2006, at 8:49 PM, val wrote:
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> Now....I have a question for one of you.....I have an
> electric kiln. Am I able to put copper wire on a piece
> of greenware and fire it in my kiln? I read an article
> on that too and thought it would be a neat thing to try
> but don't know if I can do it in my inhouse electric
> kiln....and I would appreciate it if someone could
> answer that for me....I am really trying to do some
> handbuilding here and want to expand more....
> thanks so much
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Crista Nelson on fri 19 may 06
In a message dated 5/19/2006 9:37:27 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
scline49@EARTHLINK.NET writes:
I have imbedded pieces of thin copper wire in greenware and fired at
^04 to bisque and then to ^6 in my electric kiln.
Would love to see a picture of the effects.... Crista
Warren Heintz on fri 19 may 06
Sorry to piggyback on your posting but I accidently deleted the original posting. I remember seeing the article as well and gave it a try. Using a fine copper wire,and firing to a o4 bisque as well. Very interesting indeed. The copper fused into the clay. Also wrapped some of the same wire onto a test piece for a 06 glaze firing, I put a clear glass over the wire,the wire retained it's shape not melting into the clay. Since I don't work extensively in ceramic clay I can't say that I have followed this out as far as I would like to have. I have some thin gauge copper sheeting.the kind used for embossing,almost like a heavy foil that I'd like to play around with,but presently I'm working in another medium than clay. The effect looks quite promising!!!
Warren
Crista Nelson wrote:
In a message dated 5/19/2006 9:37:27 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
scline49@EARTHLINK.NET writes:
I have imbedded pieces of thin copper wire in greenware and fired at
^04 to bisque and then to ^6 in my electric kiln.
Would love to see a picture of the effects.... Crista
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Patrick Cross on fri 19 may 06
Along the same lines as this, one of my profs. back at UGA (Athens, GA)
pulled out a bunch of audio tape from a cassette and wrapped it into the
soft clay of a freshly thrown pot...interesting results after firing. Ther=
e
are different kinds of tape as I remember...some with traces of different
metals...like aluminum, maybe? I know nothing about what ever toxic aspect=
s
this might entail...
Patrick (cone10soda)
On 5/19/06, Warren Heintz wrote:
>
> Sorry to piggyback on your posting but I accidently deleted the original
> posting. I remember seeing the article as well and gave it a try. Using =
a
> fine copper wire,and firing to a o4 bisque as well. Very interesting inde=
ed.
> The copper fused into the clay. Also wrapped some of the same wire onto a
> test piece for a 06 glaze firing, I put a clear glass over the wire,the w=
ire
> retained it's shape not melting into the clay. Since I don't work
> extensively in ceramic clay I can't say that I have followed this out as =
far
> as I would like to have. I have some thin gauge copper sheeting.the kind
> used for embossing,almost like a heavy foil that I'd like to play around
> with,but presently I'm working in another medium than clay. The effect lo=
oks
> quite promising!!!
>
> Warren
> Crista Nelson wrote:
> In a message dated 5/19/2006 9:37:27 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> scline49@EARTHLINK.NET writes:
>
> I have imbedded pieces of thin copper wire in greenware and fired at
> ^04 to bisque and then to ^6 in my electric kiln.
>
>
> Would love to see a picture of the effects.... Crista
>
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val on sat 20 may 06
Hmmm now to gamble or not!!!I want to wind it around a
pot so maybe that I could try if I wound it enough so
it wouldn't come undo....If I do try it I will let you
all know and send a picture. :)
Val
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Along the same lines as this, one of my profs. back at
UGA (Athens, GA) pulled out a bunch of audio tape from
a cassette and wrapped it into the soft clay of a
freshly thrown pot...interesting results after firing.
There are different kinds of tape as I remember...some
with traces of different metals...like aluminum, maybe?
I know nothing about what ever toxic aspects this might
entail...
Patrick (cone10soda)
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> embossing,almost like a heavy foil that I'd like to
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> with,but presently I'm working in another medium than
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> Warren
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> I have imbedded pieces of thin copper wire in
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> Would love to see a picture of the effects.... Crista
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Edy Nathan on sat 20 may 06
Hi All,
Just did a wood firing and decided to use some thin
gauge copper wire to see what the results would be
like.
Interesting. I had used two differednt clay bodies, a
porcelain and a groggy stoneware.
The porcelain piece was on the smallish side so I just
wrapped the wire around the vase. It resulted in
little black dots displayed on the piece where the
copper wire had been. On the more groggy claybody, it
was a bigger piece and so I put more of the copper
wire on it, though it was still a thin gauge. This
left black trails where the copper had been.
Don't know if the placement of the pieces in the kiln
had an affect on the outcome as it so seems to matter
when doing a wood firing
Would like to experiement with a thicker gauge and in
one of my ^6 firings instead of the wood fire, which I
do so less frequently.
Edy www.visioninclay.com
--- Patrick Cross wrote:
> Along the same lines as this, one of my profs. back
> at UGA (Athens, GA)
> pulled out a bunch of audio tape from a cassette and
> wrapped it into the
> soft clay of a freshly thrown pot...interesting
> results after firing. There
> are different kinds of tape as I remember...some
> with traces of different
> metals...like aluminum, maybe? I know nothing about
> what ever toxic aspects
> this might entail...
>
>
> Patrick (cone10soda)
>
> On 5/19/06, Warren Heintz
> wrote:
> >
> > Sorry to piggyback on your posting but I
> accidently deleted the original
> > posting. I remember seeing the article as well
> and gave it a try. Using a
> > fine copper wire,and firing to a o4 bisque as
> well. Very interesting indeed.
> > The copper fused into the clay. Also wrapped some
> of the same wire onto a
> > test piece for a 06 glaze firing, I put a clear
> glass over the wire,the wire
> > retained it's shape not melting into the clay.
> Since I don't work
> > extensively in ceramic clay I can't say that I
> have followed this out as far
> > as I would like to have. I have some thin gauge
> copper sheeting.the kind
> > used for embossing,almost like a heavy foil that
> I'd like to play around
> > with,but presently I'm working in another medium
> than clay. The effect looks
> > quite promising!!!
> >
> > Warren
> > Crista Nelson wrote:
> > In a message dated 5/19/2006 9:37:27 A.M. Central
> Daylight Time,
> > scline49@EARTHLINK.NET writes:
> >
> > I have imbedded pieces of thin copper wire in
> greenware and fired at
> > ^04 to bisque and then to ^6 in my electric kiln.
> >
> >
> > Would love to see a picture of the effects....
> Crista
> >
> >
> >
>
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Heloisa Nunes on sun 21 may 06
>Also wrapped some of the same wire onto a test piece for a 06 glaze firing,
>I put a clear glass over the wire,the wire retained it's shape not melting
>into the clay. <
Do you guys think the glass may protect the wire even at higher temperatures
n(e.g. Cone 6 electric)? This may me VERY interesting for me for decorative
work...
Thanks,
Heloisa Nunes,
São Paulo, Brazil
david moynihan on thu 25 may 06
I couldn't be bothered trying to get wire to stay on my pots so I
played with inlay of straight copper carbonate.
I used a ball point pen for my groove. Pointed it slightly down while marking the pot. Then I take a light sponge over it leaving a raised edge to catch or at least slow the flow at melt. I don't put the copper in until after bisque. Had to spray the glaze so as not to rinse out the copper though.
This is fun with stains to!
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