Allyson May on fri 10 nov 06
Hey Nancy,
I use a wood ash ^6 glaze on a lot of my work. The glaze I use I =
believe I got from the archives and is Val Cushing's ^6 wood ash glaze. =
It is lovely at ^6 and can be colored with cobalt, copper or rutile. I =
also have used a Mark Issenberg (sp?) ash glaze formulated for ^6 also =
in the archives I believe. Both are webby with runs and rivulets just =
like high fire ash glazes. Only gaze about 1/2 way down and taper the =
application as you get to the 1/2 way mark. Spraying works best for me. =
Use a stiff glaze at the bottom of your pieces to catch the runs. I =
have had to grind a few shelves during my experimentation with this type =
of glaze. If you can't find the recipes, let me know and I will send =
them to you. I did tests with both washed and unwashed ash and I =
couldn't tell the difference between the two. So, now I don't wash the =
ash cause its just an extra time consuming step. (All you washed ash =
fans out there: I know about the hazards of ash! Please don't lecture =
me on safety.) Make sure you wear gloves when mixing/glazing/handling =
this glaze as unwashed ash is very caustic and can lead to serious =
irritation of the skin. Hope this helps. Happy glazing!
Peace,
Allyson May
Stoney Creek Pottery
Bloomington, IN
AMay4@msn.com
Mark Issenberg on fri 10 nov 06
Hi ya,, in my cone 6 ash glaze I read where I was using Gold art..For the
cone 6 ash glaze I would try Red art, Plastic Vitrox, Ball clay, Nepsy, all the
feldspars, Epk,,, test and test and share the results.
Ashglaze goes right through kilnwash and also eats kiln shelves, its like
the blood in the Alien Movies. Ive been using wadding on some of my cone 10
stuff.. Its a whole lot better than chipping pots of shelves and breaking the
pots..
If any of you are near Chattanooga there is a show at the River Gallery with
Richard Aerni the ash glaze master, the pots are super. He had some large
bottles with ash and Oribe over the ash ,, Awesome pots..
Also I do have my ashglazed pots at the Gallery in Redbank,
Also we just got back from a little Georgia trip. It was 3 hrs to get there
and 8 hrs to get home.. Had to check out any place that sold pottery.What
fun,,
One place we went to was the "Folk Pottery Museum" at Sautee-Nacoochee,,
lots of face jugs , lots of very old ashglazed syrup bottles and other cool old
Ashglazed pots. They have a set up of a old pottery with a wheel and a wood
fired kiln with a great 15 minute movie of the Meaders talking and making
pots.. After we left the museum I said "sure need a cup of coffee" and as we made
the next right turn there was coffee shop with hand made mugs.Its called the
Sweetwater Coffeehouse, there motto was "sleepless in Sautee"
Any way test ashglazes and share the results
Mark Issenberg
_www.lookoutmountainpottery.com_ (http://www.lookoutmountainpottery.com)
Dan Hill on sat 11 nov 06
Hi Allyson
I would be interested in the recipes as a starting point for some tests.
I use ash a bit in my soda firing at ^6 but would like to expeiment further.
Dan Hill
Wilno, Ontario Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allyson May"
To:
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: Wood ash at ^6
Hey Nancy,
I use a wood ash ^6 glaze on a lot of my work. The glaze I use I believe I
got from the archives and is Val Cushing's ^6 wood ash glaze. It is lovely
at ^6 and can be colored with cobalt, copper or rutile. I also have used a
Mark Issenberg (sp?) ash glaze formulated for ^6 also in the archives I
believe. Both are webby with runs and rivulets just like high fire ash
glazes. Only gaze about 1/2 way down and taper the application as you get
to the 1/2 way mark. Spraying works best for me. Use a stiff glaze at the
bottom of your pieces to catch the runs. I have had to grind a few shelves
during my experimentation with this type of glaze. If you can't find the
recipes, let me know and I will send them to you. I did tests with both
washed and unwashed ash and I couldn't tell the difference between the two.
So, now I don't wash the ash cause its just an extra time consuming step.
(All you washed ash fans out there: I know about the hazards of ash!
Please don't lecture me on safety.) Make sure you wear gloves when
mixing/glazing/handling this glaze as unwashed ash is very caustic and can
lead to serious irritation of the skin. Hope this helps. Happy glazing!
Peace,
Allyson May
Stoney Creek Pottery
Bloomington, IN
AMay4@msn.com
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Nancy on mon 13 nov 06
Thanks everyone for the ideas with the woodash. I'll be testing and
will post the results.
Nancy
www.hilltoppottery.com
Lee Burningham on tue 14 nov 06
Howdy Mark,
I have been under the impression your ash glazes were ^10. Good thing I
haven't mixed up a batch and fired the Hell out of them so far. I have a
bunch of kids that are looking very close at going to wood ash glazes
like ours. Are all of your pots/glazes fired at ^6?
See you in Louisville!
Lee Burningham
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From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Mark
Issenberg
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 4:05 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Wood ash at ^6
Hi ya,, in my cone 6 ash glaze I read where I was using Gold art..For
the
cone 6 ash glaze I would try Red art, Plastic Vitrox, Ball clay, Nepsy,
all the
feldspars, Epk,,, test and test and share the results.
Ashglaze goes right through kilnwash and also eats kiln shelves, its
like
the blood in the Alien Movies. Ive been using wadding on some of my cone
10
stuff.. Its a whole lot better than chipping pots of shelves and
breaking the
pots..
If any of you are near Chattanooga there is a show at the River Gallery
with
Richard Aerni the ash glaze master, the pots are super. He had some
large
bottles with ash and Oribe over the ash ,, Awesome pots..
Also I do have my ashglazed pots at the Gallery in Redbank,
Also we just got back from a little Georgia trip. It was 3 hrs to get
there
and 8 hrs to get home.. Had to check out any place that sold
pottery.What
fun,,
One place we went to was the "Folk Pottery Museum" at Sautee-Nacoochee,,
lots of face jugs , lots of very old ashglazed syrup bottles and other
cool old
Ashglazed pots. They have a set up of a old pottery with a wheel and a
wood
fired kiln with a great 15 minute movie of the Meaders talking and
making
pots.. After we left the museum I said "sure need a cup of coffee" and
as we made
the next right turn there was coffee shop with hand made mugs.Its
called the
Sweetwater Coffeehouse, there motto was "sleepless in Sautee"
Any way test ashglazes and share the results
Mark Issenberg
_www.lookoutmountainpottery.com_ (http://www.lookoutmountainpottery.com)
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Mark Issenberg on wed 15 nov 06
I did cone six ash glazes before I had my Alpine. I fire cone 10 ..Also im
hoping to bring lots of mugs to NCECA..
Last Saturday We went to Knoxville Tenn to spend the day firing a shift with
Marc Ward firing Pete Rose's Anagama..What a nice kiln.It was different than
firing my roaring Alpine. It was cold and raining but I sat close to the
kiln and was warm. I was wearing to layers of insulated jackets. Firing in the
front of the kiln was not really hot, im not sure how it was when they fired
off the second salt chamber. That looks there would be some heat coming off the
kiln.
Mark
lookout mountain
rising fawn ga
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