Lili Krakowski on sun 29 oct 06
glazes; raku cat dishes
1. I never have glazed dried clay/greenware. But, for applying to
leatherhard clay:
Carl Judson says raw clay glazes need 40% to 50% ball clay. OR 8-13%
Bentonite, replacing even all of kaolin.
Bill Creitz says add about 12% ball clay and/or Bentonite for a total of
24. Replace spar with Bentonite.
CM says 3% Bentonite makes most glazes workable for greenware [sic] and
application thickness should be like yogurt.
I myself have simply made my inevitable blends, adding Bentonite, and found
that I can convert glazes easily to leatherhard application.
By the way: What I like about leatherhard application is that there is no
investment in bisquing, AND as I no longer am a good glazer--hands and all
that-- applying glaze with the pot still on the wheel makes life easier.
2. Ron and John invested a huge amount of time and resources developing
their glazes for their book. NO one forces ANYONE to use these glazes, and
several ClayArters (Alissa for instance) have applied these "ramping"
techniques to other glazes. (No doubt someone is working on a book called
"Other Glazes, Other Ramps.) They have every right to ask their glazes NOT
be republished, which as Ron just explained has to do with the firing
techniques.
I make a fabulous sponge cake which calls for 6 eggs, 1 c. cake flour, 1 c.
superfine sugar. Fine. The "secret" is a particular order of preparation.
Yes, an experienced baker will know what and how that goes. A novice will
get a leaden pancake. So here you have a recipe, but the key ingredient is
in the preparation. And THAT is what is being talked about.
Anyway: out of plain respect. If Ron/John said they did not want their
recipes used on Tuesdays, I think none of us should use them on Tuesdays.
3. Where do you get these cats? Every cat that I ever have worked for puts
at least one foot in the dish while eating. This is especially true with
smelly wet foods, that feel SO good between the toes, and leave SUCH nice
prints on the freshly
washed kitchen floor. What breed of cat would let a raku dish survive for
more than one or two meals?
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
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