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Hi everyone. I am new to the group so I don't know what questions have been
asked. Here's mine... I've been making pottery at a community studio for the past 3-4 years. This studio uses gas fired (cone 10) kiln and glazes. Recently, I've been using a couple of different slips (dark blue, chrome green, etc...) and covering them with nelson celedon. [The glazes are provided by the studio. They also have an amber celedon and "g" celedon (which might stand for green or ginny -- I am not sure, but it is more greenish than the nelson celedon)]. So..., here is my question. Are there other clear/transparent high fire glazes that will work over slips in a high-fired, gas kiln? I would like to try different color slips, but want a glaze that is something lighter and/or more transparent than the greenish/bluish color the nelson celedon. (I should note, I have no control over the kiln because it is a community kiln.) Any suggestions? Thanks. Rick |
In reduction firings the celedon coloring in a true celedon comes from Iron
in the glaze. There are certainly clear glazes for reduction cone 10 and I'm surprised the studio doesn't have any. They are typically used as liner glazes. Can you post the ingredients in the glazes that are being used? If so, it might be possible to tweak those glazes for what you want and you can ask if they can make you up a small batch. "5string" wrote in message ... Hi everyone. I am new to the group so I don't know what questions have been asked. Here's mine... I've been making pottery at a community studio for the past 3-4 years. This studio uses gas fired (cone 10) kiln and glazes. Recently, I've been using a couple of different slips (dark blue, chrome green, etc...) and covering them with nelson celedon. [The glazes are provided by the studio. They also have an amber celedon and "g" celedon (which might stand for green or ginny -- I am not sure, but it is more greenish than the nelson celedon)]. So..., here is my question. Are there other clear/transparent high fire glazes that will work over slips in a high-fired, gas kiln? I would like to try different color slips, but want a glaze that is something lighter and/or more transparent than the greenish/bluish color the nelson celedon. (I should note, I have no control over the kiln because it is a community kiln.) Any suggestions? Thanks. Rick |
Thanks. I'll check with the studio. Rick
"DKat" wrote in message ... In reduction firings the celedon coloring in a true celedon comes from Iron in the glaze. There are certainly clear glazes for reduction cone 10 and I'm surprised the studio doesn't have any. They are typically used as liner glazes. Can you post the ingredients in the glazes that are being used? If so, it might be possible to tweak those glazes for what you want and you can ask if they can make you up a small batch. "5string" wrote in message ... Hi everyone. I am new to the group so I don't know what questions have been asked. Here's mine... I've been making pottery at a community studio for the past 3-4 years. This studio uses gas fired (cone 10) kiln and glazes. Recently, I've been using a couple of different slips (dark blue, chrome green, etc...) and covering them with nelson celedon. [The glazes are provided by the studio. They also have an amber celedon and "g" celedon (which might stand for green or ginny -- I am not sure, but it is more greenish than the nelson celedon)]. So..., here is my question. Are there other clear/transparent high fire glazes that will work over slips in a high-fired, gas kiln? I would like to try different color slips, but want a glaze that is something lighter and/or more transparent than the greenish/bluish color the nelson celedon. (I should note, I have no control over the kiln because it is a community kiln.) Any suggestions? Thanks. Rick |
http://www.potters.org/subject33346.htm
This is a find on what you are looking for but I suspect that the powers that be at your studio would be less inclined to do a new glaze where they might accept adapting a used one (if nothing else, you know they have the ingredients). www.potters.org is a good place to go to search for pottery info www.digitalfire.com is one I cannot recomment highly enough. If you really get interested in glazing I recommend buying their software. If you just want to play around with formulas and to see what glaze chemistry looks like, I have freeware you can have. http://www.masteringglazes.com/ is another excellent site for glaze info (you will need to buy the book and software). "5string" wrote in message ... Hi everyone. I am new to the group so I don't know what questions have been asked. Here's mine... I've been making pottery at a community studio for the past 3-4 years. This studio uses gas fired (cone 10) kiln and glazes. Recently, I've been using a couple of different slips (dark blue, chrome green, etc...) and covering them with nelson celedon. [The glazes are provided by the studio. They also have an amber celedon and "g" celedon (which might stand for green or ginny -- I am not sure, but it is more greenish than the nelson celedon)]. So..., here is my question. Are there other clear/transparent high fire glazes that will work over slips in a high-fired, gas kiln? I would like to try different color slips, but want a glaze that is something lighter and/or more transparent than the greenish/bluish color the nelson celedon. (I should note, I have no control over the kiln because it is a community kiln.) Any suggestions? Thanks. Rick |
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