Friday
Jan222010
Some New Pots. And Test Results
Friday, January 22, 2010 at 11:21PM
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbT9y3IoGcE
Friday, January 22, 2010 at 11:21PM
Reader Comments (14)
ooooh yeh your teapot bowl is a stunner!....very cool load and lots of stuff to work on too...
Ron -- great firing & your tests look promising. What base did you end up using? I like your new amber. And I like how you are varying the slip application & your crosshatch lines. Good stuff!
Ron, thanks so much for sharing that video! It is really fun for the rest of us to see what you are up to and hear you describe your thoughts in this way. There is so much information packed into what you give us, and the video is a nice way of presenting your work.
Good luck with your tests! I am so glad you are back to working with your amber glaze. The honey glaze sounds promising too. It looks like you are having a lot of fun!
It's great to get that kind of pot tour, Ron. Thanks for that. Almost like being there.
Glad you all liked it. Thanks for the feedback.
The base for those new tests is the Batz glaze.
The old amber was a Gail Kendall glaze that did not fit my clay body and slip. I have changed both the slip and clay in the last 6 months and it seems like the old amber/Kendall is fitting well. No crazing so far. I've got tests in the freezer right now and I'm going to hit them with some boiling water later to see what happens. Ha! Fun stuff.
Thanks for the tour, your sketches on the sides of the bowls must be difficult to do. I like the cross hatching on the rim of the bird in branch bowl and the variations in slip application and the thicker lines.
( I like the note you wrote on the underside of you hand ,personally!) Hehe
We'll talk POTS when I see you in Shelby. LUNCH???
Hey ron, Looks like you got some good tests out. I know Linda Christianson used the batz glaze on her redware peices for a while. We cant use b. carb here at school though.:(...BUT! i was goofin around a bit with ston carb..
NW Fake lead base ^ 03
43.00 Frit 3195
28.00 Frit 3134
23.00 EPK
3.00 Strontium Carbonate
3.00 Flint
This gave me great results with 10 % B. Umber
I dont know what your using for a clay body but were not allowed to use talc in our bodies (ridiculous) so I use
NW Functional Red ^03
70.00 Redart
10.00 Goldart
10.00 Om4
6.00 Frit 3124
4.00 Grog
1.50 Wollastonite
OH! almost forgot...add a 2 tablespoons of epson salt to stop deflocculation and 1/4 cup b. carb (duh)
Hey Thanks Nate.
I guess I should have put the recipe up there. This is actually a variation w/o the barium.
Batz Amber (No barium variation)
frit 3124 86.21
epk 10.35
strontium 2.50
burnt umber 5-7%
I'm currently using Stan's Red which is a Highwater body.
i enjoyed seeing the pots... i think the thick/thin slip application is a winner
best batch yet....
What a great video! The clothesline pieces are refreshing. Have you always covered your slip with clear glaze? Like Jim, I enjoy the thick and thin variation.
Thanks you all.
Heidi, I have used the clear predominately for the last 7 or 8 months. I'm considering warming things up a bit by going with a honey glaze, much like was used on traditional English slipware.