Les Elford on fri 10 nov 06
Nancy
I have used wood ash with other glazes at cone 6 including Ron Roys glazes adding anywhere from 25% to 50% with incredible results. Just mixing 100 gram batches for testing. His rasberry glaze turns out looking like a rasberry milk shake very pretty using 25% woodash.
Believing you will have the same kind of results.
My wood ash is mostly fur and pine.
Les in the BIG SKY Country MONTANA
From: Hilltop Pottery <nbraches@HILLTOPPOTTERY.COM>
Reply-To: Clayart <CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG>
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: What can I use my washed wood ash for at Cone 6?
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:07:34 -0500
>Hi everyone!
>
>I found on Bert Gartside's site how to wash wood ash and get it
>ready
>for use in glazes. So I took my 5 gallon bucket, spent a couple of
>hours washing, rinsing, washing, rinsing, washing, rinsing and then
>sieve in my 80 mesh. It's smooth, creamy and attractive just like
>that
>but I don't really know what to do with it now. I'm thinking of
>painting some on pieces of bisque and then glazing over it or
>glazing
>then
painting some on...mixing some in with different glazes to see
>how
>it reacts but here's the problem. I haven't a clue! ( :D) .... can
>I
>do these things at cone 6 or am I just wasting my time? Does anyone
>have a nice wood ash cone 6 glaze recipe?
>
>Thanks in advance for any input...I appreciate everyone's help.
>
>Nancy
>
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Hilltop Pottery on fri 10 nov 06
Hi everyone!
I found on Bert Gartside's site how to wash wood ash and get it ready
for use in glazes. So I took my 5 gallon bucket, spent a couple of
hours washing, rinsing, washing, rinsing, washing, rinsing and then
sieve in my 80 mesh. It's smooth, creamy and attractive just like that
but I don't really know what to do with it now. I'm thinking of
painting some on pieces of bisque and then glazing over it or glazing
then painting some on...mixing some in with different glazes to see how
it reacts but here's the problem. I haven't a clue! ( :D) .... can I
do these things at cone 6 or am I just wasting my time? Does anyone
have a nice wood ash cone 6 glaze recipe?
Thanks in advance for any input...I appreciate everyone's help.
Nancy
William & Susan Schran User on fri 10 nov 06
On 11/10/06 11:07 AM, "Hilltop Pottery" wrote:
> I found on Bert Gartside's site how to wash wood ash and get it ready
> for use in glazes. So I took my 5 gallon bucket, spent a couple of
> hours washing, rinsing, washing, rinsing, washing, rinsing and then
> sieve in my 80 mesh. It's smooth, creamy and attractive just like that
> but I don't really know what to do with it now. I'm thinking of
> painting some on pieces of bisque and then glazing over it or glazing
> then painting some on...mixing some in with different glazes to see how
> it reacts but here's the problem. I haven't a clue!
Now you simply need to dry it out, so you will have dried, washed wood ash
to weigh out in the ash recipes.
You can also experiment with the wet ash over glazes, but be careful of the
additional fluxing action of the ash.
--
William "Bill" Schran
wschran@cox.net
wschran@nvcc.edu
http://www.creativecreekartisans.com
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