Work In Progress

 Have spent most of this winter calculating glazes and their color effects on forms.

As to the forms? These are pots recentlly thrown. Am waiting for the clay to dry thoroughly so they can be bisqued.


This vase is 18 n' 1/2 inches tall.

These matching goblets: 13 n' 3/4's:

Two views of

a fat-bellied, rear-ended pot.  10 n'1/4 inches tall.

Clunky vase: 16 n'1/2 inches tall:

It surely is a long, long journey to success if someone keeps throwing crooked roadblocks in your path.  As Donovan would say: onwards and upwards.  For me, for now, i would merely echo -- onwards -- if you can.
Chae

Sweet Glazes

This pot is approx. 5 'n 1/2 inches tall (at its tallest point) and 5 'n 1/2 inches wide (at its widest point).  Probably should have photographed it from a lower angle to give a better perspective of its size.


Anyhooo . . . the glaze is:
A Rhodes #18 with:
4.5   Titanium
0.5   Copper Carb
0.5   Zinc
This glaze produces both the light mint green and the orangy yellow striations.



On the top left of the inside (the pretty mauve color) and the dotted little flowers on the outside, swiped a layer of:


50   Custer
10   Gerstley Borate
  8   Whiting
17   Silica
 6    Dolomite
 1    Zinc
 4    Barium
 4   EPK
Add:
7      Tin Oxide
0.5   Copper Carb
0.05  Potassium Bichromate

This vase was fired to 2200-degrees with a 15 minute hold.
Happy glazing days, folks
Chae

Flowering Teapot

This is a modified "Ocean Green" glaze.  The original is a ^6 but i fire a wee bit lower than that, so modified the original to vitrify at 2200-degrees.
20  Custer feldspar
5.4 EPK
10  Neph Sye
37  Gerstley Borate
18  Silica
Add:
1.8  RIO
2.8  Rutile
3.5  Copper Carb

It's really hard to see in the photo, but there's little blue dots of color mixed in the green and brown.  Sweet glaze.  It's glossy and was applied thick.

Unfortunately, this pot, while newly glazed, was created years ago when i was still using my original clay.  It cracked on nearly every piece, which led me to change clays.
The irony?  Tho you can plainly see the crack towards the bottom of the piece -- it doesn't leak !
Happy glazing days, folks.
Chae

Slipping Greenware Pots

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Was recently working with slips on greenware.  Found this charming effect. 
Use 3/8 tsp. of manganese, 2/8 tsp. black iron oxide and enough tobacco juice to make a paste.
Cover cup surface with a white slip.  I used:
15 Frit 3134
30 ground clay scraps
30 China Clay
10 Gerstley Borate
10 Zinc
5   Wollastonite
Decorate over this with the above manganese mixture
Bisque fire to 1828 with a 15 min hold
After bisqued, cover with a clear glaze -- i use Coyote Clear, and refire to 2200-degrees with a 15 min hold.
Good slipping days, folks!
Chae

Glaze Analysis

Hey Folks
Discovered this site this morning !
http://www.realendurance.com/interglaze.html

Great resource for analysizing your glaze components !!!

Happy New Year's

Just wanted to wish everyone the best in the upcoming 2011 year.
Happy New Year's everyone !!!
Hugs
Chae

Glaze Simulator

Just found this on The Square Peg blog ( http://glazesimulator.com/ ).
Haven't tried it myself but it looks like a workable ap.
http://glazesimulator.com/

Happy glazing
Chae