filetype = GlazeChem Glazes version = 2 dbname = High-fire I = |Imported 1 glazes from C:\Documents and Settings\Linda Arbuckle\Desktop\bronze gold.txt I = |Imported 2 glazes from C:\Documents and Settings\Linda Arbuckle\My Documents\GlazChem\Feb 07 update.txt name = Teal Gloss Sarah Jaeger index = date = 10/16/2007 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Ox. or Red. color = teal vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Semi-opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Tested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Feldspar amount = 75 component = Whiting amount = 15 component = EPK amount = 5 component = Flint amount = 5 addition = Bentonite addamount = 1 addition = Chrome oxide addamount = 1.5 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 1 note = |From Sarah Jaeger w/ the amount of Chrome at 3%. Our version was VERY green. Recommendation to drop note = |chrome to 1.5% name = Slip Fake Avery Flashing #5 index = date = 09/01/2007 source = type = Slip range = 10 firetype = Salt - Soda color = Orange vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 24 component = EPK amount = 44 component = Calcined kaolin amount = 30 component = Neuman Red clay amount = 2 note = |Opaque red orange brown slip or engobe. Apply thinly to bisqueware, slip should be note = |very thin. Dipping or spraying works well. Dampening the bisque will aid in adhesion note = |and in getting a thin coat C-Red clay would be a good substitute, or try your local note = |earthenware clay. If possible, use clays low in magnesia and calcia. I often add more note = |red clay to this (perhaps double the amount) for a darker flashed color in wood or note = |soda, sometimes just mixing in some red clay terra sigilatta by eye as I thin the note = |slip for spraying. From Pottery Making Illustrated. name = Blue lithium index = date = 05/30/2007 source = type = range = 010-09 firetype = Ox. or Red. color = Blue vistexture = quality = Semi-gloss transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Flint amount = 40.4 component = Soda spar amount = 20.2 component = Cryolite amount = 15.2 component = Lithium carbonate amount = 10.1 component = Bone ash amount = 8.1 component = Kaolin amount = 3 addition = Copper oxide addamount = 3 note = |In reduction color is blue turq w/copper luster. name = Yellow Lewis index = date = 05/30/2007 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = vistexture = quality = Satin matt transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Feldspar amount = 35 component = Ball clay amount = 22 component = Flint amount = 5 component = Barium carbonate amount = 25.28 addition = Opax addamount = 15 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 6 note = |Apply medium to thick. name = Blue Limestone index = date = 05/30/2007 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = vistexture = quality = Semi-gloss transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Kaolin amount = 9.5 component = Whiting amount = 19 component = Silica amount = 28.6 component = Feldspar amount = 38.1 component = Barium carbonate amount = 4.8 addition = Rutile addamount = 4.8 addition = Copper carbonate addamount = 1.6 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 1.9 addition = Bentonite addamount = 2 note = |Semi-gloss. Looks good thick,may run where thick. name = Purple Chun index = date = 05/30/2007 source = type = Chun range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Red-purple vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer feldspar amount = 26 component = Flint amount = 29.5 component = Whiting amount = 15.1 component = EPK amount = 1.8 component = Ball clay amount = 5.6 component = Soda ash amount = 7.1 component = Frit 3134 amount = 11.3 component = Barium carbonate amount = 4 addition = Tin oxide addamount = 1.1 addition = Copper carbonate addamount = 0.5 note = |from Linda Arbuckle. Plummy. name = Matt Strontium Crystal Magic Steven Hill index = date = 05/22/2007 source = type = Strontium matt range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = White vistexture = Mottled quality = Satin matt transparency = Opaque xtals = Medium bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer feldspar amount = 46 component = Whiting amount = 17.3 component = Tile 6 clay amount = 14.9 component = Strontium carbonate amount = 12.6 component = Frit 3124 amount = 4.6 component = Lithium carbonate amount = 4.6 addition = Titanium dioxide addamount = 13.8 addition = Bentonite addamount = 2 note = |Clay Times Jan/Feb 2007 p 53. Steven Hill glaze. White matt w/golden crystals, best note = |at a hot cone 10 name = #207.3 index = date = 4/21/95 source = type = range = 8 firetype = Oxidation color = varies - see comments vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 35 component = Dolomite amount = 15 component = Whiting amount = 8 component = Barium carbonate amount = 8 component = EPK amount = 4 component = Silica amount = 30 addition = Bentonite addamount = 3 var = |Copper carb 3% + Cobalt carb .25% = teal blue with tiny crystals (if soaked ), glossy. var = |Cobalt carb .25% = frosty delft blue, matt surface (why matt??). var = |Copper carb 5% = Forest green, clear and glossy. var = |Manganese 4% + Cobalt .5% = Dark plum,glossy, nearly black where thickest. note = | submitted by: Kat Neely-Jones source for note = |original recipe: This is a variation on one of Emmanuel Cooper's note = |glazes, #207. e-mail: SolvejgMa@AOL.COM name = Albany Glaze index = date = 1/13/96 source = type = range = 9 - 10 firetype = color = vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Albany slip amount = 63.16 component = Cornwall Stone amount = 26.32 component = Whiting amount = 10.53 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 5.26 note = |The Albany glaze it's a near twin of (in my kiln anyway) is glaze #23 note = |in the appendix of Daniel Rhodes _Clay and Glazes for the Potter- note = |(this book is a good potters' bible) Submitted by: Marcia Kindlmann note = |e-mail: marcia@design.eng.yale.edu note = | name = Albany Slip substitute Hendley's index = date = 4/3/98 source = type = range = 7 - 10 firetype = ox. or red. color = brown black vistexture = quality = glossy transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Redart amount = 72 component = Whiting amount = 10 component = Soda feldspar amount = 8 component = Talc amount = 5 component = EPK kaolin amount = 5 note = |I can tell no difference in Rhodes Black made with this substitute note = |and real Albany Slip. David Hendley Maydelle, Texas See David note = |Hendley's Pottery Page at http://ww.sosis.com/hendley/david name = Alkaline High Fire 1 index = date = 04/05/2002 source = type = Alkaline range = 9-10 firetype = Ox. or Red. color = Clear vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Transparent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Feldspar amount = 62.5 component = Whiting amount = 7.7 component = EPK amount = 5.1 component = Flint amount = 24.6 note = |From David Green's "A Handbook of Pottery Glazes" note = |Alkaline glazes should be good for yellow iron colors. name = Alkaline high fire 2 index = date = 04/05/2002 source = type = Alkaline range = 10 firetype = Ox. or Red. color = vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Transparent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Feldspar amount = 20 component = Cornwall Stone amount = 50 component = Whiting amount = 15 component = Flint amount = 15 note = |From David Green's "A Handbook of Pottery Glazes" note = |Alkaline glazes should be good for yellow iron colors. name = Alkaline high fire 2 no cs index = date = 04/05/2002 source = type = Alkaline range = 10 firetype = Ox. or Red. color = vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Transparent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Feldspar amount = 51.706 component = Whiting amount = 16.271 component = Dolomite amount = 0.32 component = Silica amount = 26.89 component = Kaolin - theoretical amount = 6.715 note = |From David Green's "A Handbook of Pottery Glazes" note = |Alkaline glazes should be good for yellow iron colors. name = Alkaline Lee Rexrode index = date = 07/29/2003 source = type = Alkaline range = 9 firetype = Oxidation color = White vistexture = quality = Satin matt transparency = Semi-opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Barium carbonate amount = 36.6 component = Lithium carbonate amount = 1.1 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 45.6 component = Ball clay amount = 7.2 component = Flint amount = 9.5 var = |for chartreuse: 0.5% chrome oxide note = |From Margaret Bohls: fired cone 9 electric note = |Gorgeous satin, slightly sugary surface. Slightly translucent. I use the Base White note = |as a complementary glaze to a shiny white or clear glaze over porcelain, for a note = |"white on white" effect. The chartreuse, although equally gorgeous, fumes like mad note = |and may affect glazes next to it on the same pot or in the same area in the kiln, note = |either by turning them green or by making them wrinkle or bubble. Some glazes are note = |unaffected. I isolate this glaze in the kiln. name = Alkaline Lee Rexrode Sr index = date = 10/17/2003 source = type = Alkaline range = 9 firetype = Oxidation color = White vistexture = quality = Satin matt transparency = Translucent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Strontium carbonate amount = 27.5 component = Lithium carbonate amount = 1.1 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 45.6 component = Ball clay amount = 7.2 component = Flint amount = 9.5 var = |chartreuse 0.5% chrome oxide note = |Gorgeous satin, slightly sugary surface. Slightly translucent. Use the Base White note = |as a complement to a shiny white or clear over porcelain for a "white-on-white" note = |effect. The chartreuse fules like mad and may affect glazes next to it in the note = |kiln by turning them green or making them wrinkle and bubble. Some glaze note = |unaffected. Isolate this in the kiln. note = |From Margret Bohls name = Amber Barnard index = date = 04/05/2002 source = type = High-fire range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Amber vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Transparent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Barnard clay amount = 33 component = Wollastonite amount = 13 component = Whiting amount = 15 component = Custer feldspar amount = 20 component = Gerstley borate amount = 3 note = |From Matt Long name = Amber Celadon index = date = 6/4/96 source = type = Ca SlipGlaze range = 9 - 10 firetype = Reduction color = Amber, honey, brown vistexture = quality = Glossy transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Albany Slip amount = 36 component = Custer feldspar amount = 22 component = Gerstley borate amount = 3 component = Wollastonite amount = 14 component = Whiting amount = 8 component = Flint amount = 14 component = EPK amount = 3 addition = Yellow Ochre addamount = 9 note = |USE WOLLASTONITE POWDER. Sub. Barnard clay for Albany and its still note = |amber, but darker and less yellowish. Med=dk amber/brown; note = |thick=blue/black. Over white=honey yellowish. Can go dull matt in note = |places. Good functional glaze as liner, etc. Glaze Type: Ca note = |SlipGlaze. Opacity: Varies. Firing type: Reduction From Val Cushing. note = |VC ed note = | name = Amber Celadon McKenzie Smith index = date = 09/09/2003 source = type = High-fire range = 9-10 firetype = Reduction color = Amber vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Transparent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Wood ash amount = 22 component = Whiting amount = 17 component = Custer feldspar amount = 41 component = Ball clay amount = 4 component = Flint amount = 17 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 8 addition = Bentonite addamount = 2 note = |Used by Kent McLaughlin. name = Amber Celadon Nick's Ochre index = date = 06/07/2005 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Amber vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Transparent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer feldspar amount = 26.5 component = Whiting amount = 22.2 component = Flint amount = 25.6 component = Ball clay amount = 25.6 addition = Yellow ochre addamount = 8 name = Amber Celadon no Albany index = date = 6/4/96 source = type = Ca SlipGlaze range = 9 - 10 firetype = Reduction color = Amber, honey, brown vistexture = quality = Glossy transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Kaolin - theoretical amount = 15 component = Custer feldspar amount = 28 component = Dolomite amount = 4 component = Whiting amount = 19 component = Silica amount = 30 component = Frit 3134 amount = 3 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 3 note = |USE WOLLASTONITE POWDER. Sub. Barnard clay for Albany and its still note = |amber, but darker and less yellowish. Med=dk amber/brown; note = |thick=blue/black. Over white=honey yellowish. Can go dull matt in note = |places. Good functional glaze as liner, etc. Glaze Type: Ca note = |SlipGlaze. Opacity: Varies. Firing type: Reduction From Val Cushing. note = |VC ed name = Amber Celadon no albany index = date = 6/4/96 source = type = Ca SlipGlaze range = 9 - 10 firetype = Reduction color = Amber, honey, brown vistexture = quality = Glossy transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Kaolin - theoretical amount = 12 component = Custer feldspar amount = 29 component = Dolomite amount = 4 component = Whiting amount = 20 component = Silica amount = 30 component = Frit 3195 amount = 5 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 3 note = |USE WOLLASTONITE POWDER. Sub. Barnard clay for Albany and its still note = |amber, but darker and less yellowish. Med=dk amber/brown; note = |thick=blue/black. Over white=honey yellowish. Can go dull matt in note = |places. Good functional glaze as liner, etc. Glaze Type: Ca note = |SlipGlaze. Opacity: Varies. Firing type: Reduction From Val Cushing. note = |VC ed name = Amber Celadon VC no albany index = date = 03/28/2002 source = type = High-fire range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Amber vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Translucent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer feldspar amount = 19 component = Gerstley borate amount = 3 component = Dolomite amount = 2 component = Wollastonite amount = 9 component = Whiting amount = 14 component = Redart amount = 29 component = Barnard clay amount = 10 component = EPK amount = 2 component = Flint amount = 10 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 2 name = Amber Celadon w/Alberta Slip index = date = 10/31/2004 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Transparent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Alberta slip amount = 35.5 component = Wollastonite amount = 14 component = K-200 feldspar amount = 21.5 component = Gerstley borate amount = 3.2 component = Whiting amount = 7.5 component = EPK amount = 3.2 component = Silica amount = 15.1 addition = Yellow ochre addamount = 7.5 addition = Bentonite addamount = 6.5 name = Amber Gulden's index = date = 11/19/2006 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Amber vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Translucent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer feldspar amount = 30 component = Whiting amount = 25 component = Flint amount = 25 component = Kentucky OM #4 amount = 10 component = Gerstley borate amount = 3 addition = Bentonite addamount = 2 addition = Yellow iron oxide addamount = 7 note = |From Ayumi Horie name = Amber Gulden's no GB index = date = 11/19/2006 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Amber vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Translucent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 92.561 component = feldspar - theoretical amount = 25.6 component = Whiting amount = 26.6 component = Silica amount = 30.9 component = Kaolin - theoretical amount = 7.7 component = Frit 3124 amount = 9.2 addition = Bentonite addamount = 2 addition = Yellow iron oxide addamount = 7 note = |From Ayumi Horie name = Amber Shaner Celadon ARAC index = date = 11/21/2003 source = type = Celadon range = 9-10 firetype = Reduction color = Amber vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Transparent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Albany slip amount = 35.9 component = Wollastonite amount = 14.1 component = EPK amount = 3.3 component = Gerstley borate amount = 3.3 component = Whiting amount = 7.6 component = Flint amount = 14.1 component = Custer feldspar amount = 21.7 addition = Yellow ochre addamount = 8.7 note = |USE WOLLASTONITE POWDER. Sub. Barnard clay for Albany and its still note = |amber, but darker and less yellowish. Med=dk amber/brown; note = |thick=blue/black. Over white=honey yellowish. Can go dull matt in note = |places. Good functional glaze as liner, etc. Glaze Type: Ca note = |SlipGlaze. Opacity: Varies. Firing type: Reduction From Val Cushing. note = |VC ed name = Amber Shaner Celadon ARAC Alberta index = date = 11/21/2003 source = type = Celadon range = 9-10 firetype = Reduction color = Amber vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Transparent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Alberta slip amount = 77 component = Gerstley borate amount = 3 component = Whiting amount = 14 component = Silica amount = 6 addition = Yellow ochre addamount = 8 note = |USE WOLLASTONITE POWDER. Sub. Barnard clay for Albany and its still note = |amber, but darker and less yellowish. Med=dk amber/brown; note = |thick=blue/black. Over white=honey yellowish. Can go dull matt in note = |places. Good functional glaze as liner, etc. Glaze Type: Ca note = |SlipGlaze. Opacity: Varies. Firing type: Reduction From Val Cushing. note = |VC ed name = Amber Shaner Celadon ARAC no albany index = date = 11/21/2003 source = type = Celadon range = 9-10 firetype = Reduction color = Brown vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Transparent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Tested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = EPK amount = 14 component = Dolomite amount = 5 component = Whiting amount = 19 component = Silica amount = 29 component = Custer feldspar amount = 27 component = Frit 3134 amount = 6 addition = Yellow ochre addamount = 8 note = |Good functional glaze as liner, etc. Greenish-brown thin, brown thick name = Amber stable test 1 index = date = 11/29/2004 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Amber vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Transparent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Feldspar amount = 47.9 component = Whiting amount = 14.7 component = Strontium carbonate amount = 11 component = Kaolin - theoretical amount = 9.8 component = Silica amount = 16.6 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 8 addition = Bentonite addamount = 2 note = |theoretical amber from stable glaze limits. name = Amber stable test 2 w/bone ash index = date = 11/29/2004 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Amber vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Transparent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Feldspar amount = 47.7 component = Strontium carbonate amount = 11 component = Kaolin - theoretical amount = 9.8 component = Silica amount = 16.5 component = Bone ash amount = 15.1 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 8 addition = Bentonite addamount = 2 note = |theoretical amber from stable glaze limits. name = Amber theoretical 3 index = date = 11/29/2004 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Amber vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Transparent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 34.1 component = Lithium carbonate amount = 2 component = Whiting amount = 12.1 component = Strontium carbonate amount = 5.9 component = Kaolin - theoretical amount = 1.2 component = Silica amount = 44.6 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 8 addition = Bentonite addamount = 2 name = Anderson Blue index = date = 4/3/98 source = type = range = 9 - 10 firetype = reduction color = black to green, blue vistexture = quality = matte transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Soda feldspar amount = 57.13 component = EPK amount = 14.26 component = Kentucky OM #4 amount = 7.18 component = Whiting amount = 21.44 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 7.18 note = |Matt glaze almost black where thin, army green where thick. Nice note = |colonial (bluish slate) over white slip Well I finally got around to note = |typing this thing up...^9-10 Blues Thank you one and all for all the note = |donated recipes. I only tested 31 out of almost 100 I received. I'll note = |continue testing and reporting as the winter DRAGS on. All the glazes note = |were tested on #900 Miller clay which is a toasty ^10 stoneware. One note = |side of the test tile was brushed with a thick coating of Cynthia note = |Bringle's wet/dry white slip. Each glaze was dipped in three note = |thicknesses on a heavily textured tile. All tiles were fired to a note = |(hard)^9 (10 tipping)reduction firing. 1 hr. Body reduction at ^08 note = |and 1 hr. glaze reduction at ^9 then a quick reox. before shutdown. note = |Any time potash or Custer spar is called for, I used G-200. All ball note = |clay is OM-4 . Many glazes I substituted 75% of the amount of Barium note = |with Strontium. All kaolin is EPK. Remember... glazes don't travel note = |well. Your results will probably be TOTALLY different. Please test note = |before use. Tracy Wilson Saltbox Pottery 4 Shaw Rd. Woolwich, ME note = |04579 phone: 207-443-5586 fax: 207-442-8922 email: saltbox@ime.net note = |web: http://www.ime.net/~dwilson/ name = Andreson Pearl index = date = 6/24/97 source = type = range = 10 firetype = color = light robin's egg blue vistexture = quality = gloss stable transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Gerstley borate amount = 13 component = Whiting amount = 8.7 component = Zinc oxide amount = 2.2 component = Custer spar amount = 59.4 component = Ball clay amount = 3.8 component = Barium carbonate amount = 13 addition = Tin oxide addamount = 7.6 addition = Copper carbonate addamount = 0.5 note = |(Can substitute 9-13 Strontnium carb to make it food safe) [Editor's note = |note - probably Andreson Pearl but originally written 'Amdreson'] note = |Nice light robin's egg blue gloss, stable, pretty, unusual, similar note = |to peach blossom but less texture. I use Dave's porcelain from note = |Laguna. Dean McRaine on the north shore of Kauai name = Andy Martin's Showsaver index = date = 02/18/00 source = type = High-fire range = 10 firetype = Ox. or Red. color = Clear vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Transparent xtals = bubbles = flow = Moderate durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Barium carbonate amount = 22.9 component = Gerstley borate amount = 3.8 component = Strontium carbonate amount = 13 component = Wollastonite amount = 3.4 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 26.9 component = Ball clay amount = 9.5 component = Flint amount = 20.5 var = |Chartreuse + chrome 0.5 name = Angel Eyes index = date = 12/6/96 source = type = range = 10 firetype = color = vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = EPK amount = 10 component = Whiting amount = 20 component = Silica amount = 30 component = Potash feldspar amount = 40 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 3.33 addition = Rutile addamount = 3.33 note = |Here's an iron blue that I like. Gives a fine hare's fur glossy note = |surface. The glaze has a tendency to settle a bit. We've also played note = |with extra rutile and more reduction to increase the depth of the note = |blue. submitted by: Richard Gralnik e-mail: rlg@patuxent.desktalk.com note = |source for original recipe: El Camino College note = | name = ash - Fake Martell index = date = 6/24/97 source = type = range = 10 firetype = color = gray? vistexture = quality = runny fake ash transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Dolomite amount = 8 component = Whiting amount = 34 component = Potash feldspar amount = 5 component = Kaolin amount = 33 component = Silica amount = 20 note = |Here's one that I formulated and have used for a number of years. It note = |is best applied by spraying but can be dipped, poured, etc. You have note = |to work with the thickness to got the desired result. A light note = |application will orange peel like a salt glaze while heavier note = |applications will run. Too much thickness and you will get note = |blistering. This glaze works well with most oxides. It also works note = |best on porcelain or with white slips but don't be afraid to try note = |anything...you never know. You can get this glaze to work at cone 8 note = |and 9 by substituting Ball Clay for Kaolin. You might want to do a note = |sub at cone 10 as well to observe the difference. Regards, Craig note = |Martell-Oregon name = ash Benji's index = date = 01/30/97 source = type = Ash range = 8-10 firetype = Reduction color = Tan vistexture = Rivulet quality = Satin matt transparency = Opaque xtals = None bubbles = None flow = None durability = Good flaws = tested = Tested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Hardwood ash amount = 16.5 component = Softwood ash amount = 16.5 component = Custer spar amount = 39 component = EPK amount = 13 component = Whiting amount = 6 component = Barium carbonate amount = 5 component = Flint amount = 4 addition = Bentonite addamount = 1 addition = Black iron oxide addamount = 1 note = | Ashes washed 5 times and 60-mesh sieved note = | Beautiful and reliable ash glaze note = | note = |*How long have you been using this glaze? note = | 3 years note = | note = |*Where is it used? note = | Studio note = | note = |*Where did this recipe come from? note = | From my own experimentation note = | note = |*What do you like most about this glaze? note = | The color and texture note = | note = |*Is this glaze reliable? note = | Yes note = | note = |*Does this glaze tend to craze/crawl/pinhole/etc.? note = | No note = | note = |*How do different firing temperatures/atmospheres affect the glaze? note = | Not tested note = | note = |*How does the glaze behave on different clay bodies? note = | Well note = | note = |*What consistency should the glaze be for pouring/dipping? note = | Medium note = | note = |*How thickly should the glaze be applied to the pot? note = | Medium note = | note = |*How does this glaze interact with other glazes? note = | Not tested note = | note = |*What is your kiln type and size? note = | Downdraft propane,60 cubic feet note = | note = |*How do you typically fire? note = | Oxidation until clay reduction at cone/08,then light reduction note = |increasing with time until the final and total reduction followed by note = |a period of reoxidation note = | note = |*Do you experience problems with the raw glaze? note = | No note = | note = |*What is your water pH? note = | 7.2 note = | note = |*Any other comments? note = | Often the surface is richly textured most likely by the presence of note = |woodash. note = | Benji is my 3 year old neighbor. note = | note = |*GlazeBase recipe* note = | Submitted by: Edouard Bastarache (edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca) note = | Ice Cream Flavor: Always vanilla note = | note = | -------------------------------------------------------------------- note = |---- name = ash Benji's remix index = date = 01/30/97 source = type = Ash range = 8-10 firetype = Reduction color = Tan vistexture = Rivulet quality = Satin matt transparency = Opaque xtals = None bubbles = None flow = None durability = Good flaws = tested = Tested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer spar amount = 39 component = EPK amount = 13 component = Whiting amount = 6 component = Barium carbonate amount = 5 component = Flint amount = 4 component = Ash wood amount = 33 addition = Bentonite addamount = 1 addition = Black iron oxide addamount = 1 note = | Ashes washed 5 times and 60-mesh sieved note = | Beautiful and reliable ash glaze note = | note = |*How long have you been using this glaze? note = | 3 years note = | note = |*Where is it used? note = | Studio note = | note = |*Where did this recipe come from? note = | From my own experimentation note = | note = |*What do you like most about this glaze? note = | The color and texture note = | note = |*Is this glaze reliable? note = | Yes note = | note = |*Does this glaze tend to craze/crawl/pinhole/etc.? note = | No note = | note = |*How do different firing temperatures/atmospheres affect the glaze? note = | Not tested note = | note = |*How does the glaze behave on different clay bodies? note = | Well note = | note = |*What consistency should the glaze be for pouring/dipping? note = | Medium note = | note = |*How thickly should the glaze be applied to the pot? note = | Medium note = | note = |*How does this glaze interact with other glazes? note = | Not tested note = | note = |*What is your kiln type and size? note = | Downdraft propane,60 cubic feet note = | note = |*How do you typically fire? note = | Oxidation until clay reduction at cone/08,then light reduction note = |increasing with time until the final and total reduction followed by note = |a period of reoxidation note = | note = |*Do you experience problems with the raw glaze? note = | No note = | note = |*What is your water pH? note = | 7.2 note = | note = |*Any other comments? note = | Often the surface is richly textured most likely by the presence of note = |woodash. note = | Benji is my 3 year old neighbor. note = | note = |*GlazeBase recipe* note = | Submitted by: Edouard Bastarache (edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca) note = | Ice Cream Flavor: Always vanilla note = | note = | -------------------------------------------------------------------- note = |---- name = Ash Blue van Gilder index = date = 02/06/2007 source = type = Ash range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Blue vistexture = quality = transparency = Semi-opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer feldspar amount = 5 component = Whiting amount = 31 component = Tennessee #10 amount = 24 component = Silica amount = 22.5 component = Dolomite amount = 2.5 component = Ash wood amount = 15 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 0.8 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 0.5 note = |From Bill Van Gilder Variations -- grey/Green - add 4 rutile to the note = |blue recipe note = | name = Ash Cooter Green index = date = 9/20/95 source = type = Ash range = 9 - 10 firetype = Reduction color = green vistexture = quality = Semi-gloss transparency = Semi-opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 40 component = Custer feldspar amount = 40 component = Wood ash amount = 20 note = |Here is the latest glaze in my glaze book. I bought a Dick Cooter note = |bowl (a North Shore, Lake Superior Potter) with it on it and the note = |recipe was a bonus. submitted by: Lee Love e-mail: note = |leelove@mill2.MillComm.COM name = ash Fake - Martell index = date = 6/24/97 source = type = Ash range = 10 firetype = color = gray? vistexture = Rivulet quality = runny fake ash transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = Extreme durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Dolomite amount = 8 component = Whiting amount = 34 component = Potash feldspar amount = 5 component = Kaolin amount = 33 component = Silica amount = 20 note = |Here's one I formulated and have used for a number of years. It note = |is best applied by spraying but can be dipped, poured, etc. You have note = |to work with the thickness to got the desired result. A light note = |application will orange peel like a salt glaze while heavier note = |applications will run. Too much thickness and you will get note = |blistering. This glaze works well with most oxides. It also works note = |best on porcelain or with white slips but don't be afraid to try note = |anything...you never know. You can get this glaze to work at cone 8 note = |and 9 by substituting Ball Clay for Kaolin. You might want to do a note = |sub at cone 10 as well to observe the difference. Regards, Craig note = |Martell-Oregon name = Ash Fake blue index = date = 05/14/2002 source = Central Clay--www.cclay.com type = High-fire range = 9-10 firetype = Ox. or Red. color = Blue vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Alberta slip amount = 52 component = Whiting amount = 32 component = Kentucky OM #4 amount = 16 addition = Cobalt oxide addamount = 1 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 2 name = ash fake BP26S Light green index = date = 6/24/97 source = type = range = 8 firetype = color = light green vistexture = Rivulet quality = ash-like transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Potash feldspar amount = 40 component = China clay amount = 20 component = Dolomite amount = 18 component = Talc amount = 8 component = Whiting amount = 5 component = Zinc oxide amount = 4 component = Quartz amount = 5 addition = Copper carbonate addamount = 1 note = |re: your request for fake ash glazes here's one that we make called note = |BP26S Light green 'ash' glaze. The glaze is typically low in silica note = |and high in the alkaline earths - calcium and magnesia, and of the note = |type that has a shiny glassy melt within which satiny matt crystals note = |develop. Because it's used by electric kiln potters the light green note = |colour is given by copper carbonate. If to be used in a reduction note = |firing one would probably want to take out the copper and put in a note = |few percent of iron oxide. Mike Bailey. Bath Potters' Supplies, UK name = Ash fake BP26S Light green index = date = 6/24/97 source = type = Ash range = 8 firetype = Oxidation color = light green vistexture = quality = ash-like transparency = Semi-opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Potash feldspar amount = 40 component = China clay amount = 20 component = Dolomite amount = 18 component = Talc amount = 8 component = Whiting amount = 5 component = Zinc oxide amount = 4 component = Quartz amount = 5 addition = Copper carbonate addamount = 1 note = |re: your request for fake ash glazes here's one that we make called note = |BP26S Light green 'ash' glaze. The glaze is typically low in silica note = |and high in the alkaline earths - calcium and magnesia, and of the note = |type that has a shiny glassy melt within which satiny matt crystals note = |develop. Because it's used by electric kiln potters the light green note = |colour is given by copper carbonate. If to be used in a reduction note = |firing one would probably want to take out the copper and put in a note = |few percent of iron oxide. Mike Bailey. Bath Potters' Supplies, UK name = Ash Felix's Green index = date = 02/04/97 source = type = Ash range = 8-10 firetype = Reduction color = Green vistexture = Mottled quality = Waxy transparency = Opaque xtals = None bubbles = None flow = None durability = Good flaws = tested = Tested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Mixed hardwood ash amount = 20 component = Dolomite amount = 14 component = Silica amount = 20 component = Custer spar amount = 20 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 14 component = EPK amount = 10 component = Gerstley borate amount = 2 addition = Bentonite addamount = 2 addition = Black iron oxide addamount = 1 note = |Ash washed 5 times and 60-mesh sieved. Reliable mottled green ash glaze. It is a note = |modification of James Chappell's AG-27 (first published in 1977) note = | note = |*GlazeBase recipe* note = | Submitted by: Edouard Bastarache (edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca) name = Ash Fresca Base index = date = 01/19/2006 source = type = Ash range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Tan vistexture = Rivulet quality = Waxy transparency = Translucent xtals = bubbles = flow = Extreme durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Wood ash amount = 50 component = Kentucky OM #4 amount = 12.5 component = G-200 feldspar amount = 12.5 component = Silica amount = 12.5 component = Whiting amount = 12.5 addition = Bentonite addamount = 2 var = |White to tan = rutile 2% + titanium 2% or rutile 4% var = |Yellow to brown = RIO 10% var = |Med blue = cobalt carb 2% + RIO 1.5% var = |Blue to black = cobalt carb 4.6 + RIO 3 + chrome 1 note = |From Charlie Teft Nov/Dec. 05 Clay Times p.32. ctefft@guilford.edu. note = |www.ctpottery.com. Ash is unwashed. Dry mix materials, blend w/water, mix note = |w/drill, sieve through window screen. Not recommended for food surfaces. Very note = |runny. Apply by spraying for thin coat. name = Ash Green Cooter index = date = 9/20/95 source = type = Ash range = 9 - 10 firetype = salt color = green vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 40 component = Custer feldspar amount = 40 component = Wood Ash amount = 20 note = |I bought a Dick Cooter note = |bowl (a North Shore, Lake Superior Potter) with it on it and the note = |recipe was a bonus. submitted by: Lee Love e-mail: note = |leelove@mill2.MillComm.COM name = Ash Hanna's Fake index = date = 6/24/97 source = type = Fake ash range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = vistexture = quality = runny fake ash transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Whiting amount = 30 component = Strontium carbonate amount = 10 component = Redart clay amount = 60 addition = Yellow ochre addamount = 4 note = |My favorite fake ash is called 'Hannah Fake Ash,' though I don't know note = |the origin. Great in ^10 Reduction, salt/soda, wood, etc. It looks note = |like what all the 'old guys' (sorry!) say Lorio's Ash looked before note = |the Albany Slip went south and people used hard brick kilns and fired note = |slow and so forth. I love it. Anyroad... You probably don't have note = |Redart in Australia, either. Do a triaxial blend with any red clay, note = |and two alkaline earth (Ca, Ba, Li, Sr, Mg) providers. You will be note = |surprised at all the glazes you find! Don't need a computer, either. note = | Good luck! steve grimmer carterville illinois grimmer@mychoice.net name = Ash Honey Doug's index = date = 12/6/96 source = type = Ash range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Amber vistexture = Rivulet quality = Semi-gloss transparency = Translucent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer feldspar amount = 35 component = Wood ash amount = 35 component = EPK amount = 15 component = Dolomite amount = 15 addition = Zircopax addamount = 5 note = |originally specified Charcoal Briquette Ash is that is unwashed. note = |submitted by: June Perry e-mail: GURUSHAKTI@aol.com name = Ash Katz Fake index = date = 4/10/95 source = type = range = 10 firetype = reduction color = vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Barnard slip amount = 55 component = Whiting amount = 45 note = |My favorite very runny fake ash glaze: note = |*Louis Katz lkatz@falcon.tamucc.edu *Texas A&M University Corpus note = |Christi *6300 Ocean Drive, Art Department *Corpus Christi, Tx 78412 note = |*Phone (512) 994-5987 name = Ash Lanman Fake Wood index = date = 6/4/96 source = Val Cushing VC ed. via GlazeBase type = Fake ash range = 9 - 10 firetype = Ox. or Red. color = greenish brown vistexture = quality = Streaky transparency = Semi-opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer feldspar amount = 15 component = Dolomite amount = 9 component = Strontium carbonate amount = 6.75 component = Whiting amount = 30 component = Ball clay amount = 18 component = Flint amount = 19 addition = Iron oxide addamount = 4 note = |Streaks, webs, pulls, like wood ash. Recalculated by Bob Lanman from note = |the old Hay's Drippy: Albany 60, Whiting 30, Barium 10 w/ new note = |materials. Same look but a little more matt. Beautiful over white note = |body, white slip. David Posner says this glaze looks great in oxidation note = |with Mason stains added. name = Ash McWhinnie Base index = date = 6/24/97 source = type = Ash range = 8 - 10 firetype = color = base glaze vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Gerstley borate amount = 8.45 component = Magnesium carbonate amount = 1.86 component = Whiting amount = 15.3 component = Wood ash amount = 14.54 component = Custer feldspar amount = 15.55 component = Georgia kaolin amount = 10.91 component = Flint amount = 33.39 note = |For a Cone 6 glaze, Nepheline Syenite can be substituted for the note = |Custer Feldspar. Kevin O'Hara asked about a reliable base formula for note = |an ash glaze. We have been using the glaze base provided by Harold note = |McWhinnie in his November 1986 'Ceramics Monthly' article (A note = |Multipurpose Glaze, p. 75). We repeat it below. If you have any note = |questions about this glaze, we believe that Harold is now monitoring note = |the Clayart list regularly. We have experimented with various types note = |of wood ash. We now use pecan hull ash. Fortunately, we have many note = |pecan trees in the area along with cracking plants that kindly supply note = |us with the hulls. There is a lot of oil in pecan hulls (including note = |many nuts) so they burn hot with very little but fine ash. We do not note = |wash this ash; however, we have found that we must wash other wood note = |ash. We experimented with Victoria's Secret ash (burned their ceasely note = |catalogs) but found it full of trash and required cleaning. John and note = |Judy McCain Palo Pinto Pottery mccain@our-town.com name = Ash pale green index = date = 04/25/2002 source = type = Ash range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Green vistexture = Striated quality = Satin matt transparency = Translucent xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Feldspar amount = 10 component = Whiting amount = 8 component = Flint amount = 20 component = Ball clay amount = 6 component = Kaolin amount = 6 component = Albany slip amount = 15 component = Ash wood amount = 35 addition = Zircopax addamount = 4 note = |From Scott Goldberg. Orig. calls for p spar. name = Ash Richard's Drip Fake index = date = 04/11/2002 source = type = Ash range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = vistexture = quality = Matt transparency = Translucent xtals = bubbles = flow = Extreme durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer feldspar amount = 21.5 component = EPK amount = 24.7 component = Silica amount = 8.1 component = Talc theoretical amount = 2.7 component = Whiting amount = 43 note = |Fake ash. Very runny rivulet glaze. Apply very thinly. Good for accenting texture, note = |over slip of slip trailing. From Richard Burkett. name = Ash Tom Turners index = date = 01/19/2006 source = type = Ash range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Tan vistexture = Rivulet quality = Waxy transparency = Translucent xtals = bubbles = flow = Extreme durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Kentucky OM #4 amount = 20 component = G-200 feldspar amount = 40 component = Wood ash amount = 40 var = |cobalt carb 2 RIO 2 Washes can be applied like watercolors. Increases fluidity of var = |glaze. Often a thin layer of base or rutile-colored glaze sprayed over washes. var = |tan to brown wash: rutile 35% + RIO 35% + gerstley borate 30 var = |brown wash: RIO 70% + gerstley borate 30% var = |black wash: Mason 6600 70% + gerstley borate 30% note = |Clay Times Nov/Dec. 05 p.56. Not for food surfaces. Less runny than Fresca Ash. note = |Can be dipped. Does run. name = Ash V.C. Mixed index = date = 6/4/96 source = type = Ash range = 9 - 10 firetype = Reduction color = Yellow to brown vistexture = Rivulet quality = Satin matt transparency = Semi-opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = Extreme durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer spar amount = 30 component = Ash wood amount = 45 component = Yellow ochre amount = 25 note = |Always works. Glaze Type: Ca AshGlaze SlipGlaze. Opacity: note = |Semi-opaque. Firing type: Reduction From Val Cushing. VC ed name = Ash, fake Donna's index = date = 03/29/2002 source = type = Fake ash range = 9 firetype = Reduction color = Amber vistexture = Striated quality = Satin matt transparency = Translucent xtals = Small bubbles = flow = Extreme durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Albany slip amount = 60 component = Whiting amount = 30 component = Barium carbonate amount = 10 addition = Rutile addamount = 5 var = |also try +10% rutile note = |From Nan Smith name = Avery Salt Slip - Wild index = date = 6/24/97 source = type = range = 10 firetype = color = orange vistexture = quality = slip transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Avery kaolin amount = 25 component = Grolleg amount = 50 component = Calcined kaolin amount = 25 note = |Does anyone know of a good substitute for Avery since it is not note = |longer available or is it? I get a very satisfying orange with this note = |at cone 10 in a salt fring. Now I've run out and need some note = |suggestions. kurt wild note = | name = Avery/Fake Avery Slip index = date = 12/6/96 source = type = range = 9 - 11 firetype = color = tan to brown vistexture = quality = slip or engobe transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Grolleg amount = 57 component = Kentucky OM #4 amount = 35 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 8 note = |I've tried a bunch, and not had much luck until recently. I've been note = |using one for a few firings now that I like pretty well; it responds note = |in an interesting way to different atmospheres and clay bodies. A note = |little more inFiring: Some salting is involved in all of the wood note = |firings I have used this slip in- generally about 1 1/2 - 3 pounds note = |per chamber. These are not super long firings -in the 14-18 hour note = |range, so a lot of the surface effect comes from the salt rather than note = |from a lot of ash. I have also used it in salt/soda and it looked note = |great-more orange than brown. I haven't used it with a real heavy note = |load of salt but if you try it I'd like yo know how it looks. Mix note = |just a little on the thin side and its works on bisque just as well note = |as on geenware I've been working up some variations using Helmer note = |kaolin, but haven't hit one I like yet. If you get a response about note = |the Avery will you pass it along? Thanks- if you try this out let me note = |know what you think. submitted by: John Anthony e-mail: JTRAX@AOL.com name = Base 8A index = date = 03/12/2007 source = type = Lithium Matt range = 10 firetype = Ox. or Red. color = Clear vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = Moderate durability = flaws = Crazes tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Frit 3110 amount = 36.4 component = Lithium carbonate amount = 8 component = Barium carbonate amount = 6.8 component = EPK amount = 20.4 component = Flint amount = 28.4 var = |water blue +2% cu var = |chartreuse +0.5% chrome note = |From Ayumi Horie. High alkaline glaze. Runs and crazes. Not good for food surfaces. name = Base Ayumi's Tuesday index = date = 03/12/2007 source = type = Magnesium matt range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = vistexture = quality = Satin matt transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Kona F-4 feldspar amount = 40 component = Whiting amount = 10 component = Dolomite amount = 15 component = EPK amount = 15 component = Flint amount = 10 component = Magnesium carbonate amount = 10 component = Bone ash amount = 6 note = |From Ayumi Horie. name = Base Ayumi's Tuesday index = date = 11/19/2006 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = White vistexture = quality = Satin matt transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Kona F-4 feldspar amount = 40 component = Whiting amount = 10 component = Dolomite amount = 15 component = EPK amount = 15 component = Flint amount = 10 component = Magnesium carbonate amount = 10 component = Bone ash amount = 6 note = |From Ayumi Horie name = Base Ayumi's Tuesday recalc index = date = 11/19/2006 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = White vistexture = quality = Satin matt transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 28.5 component = Talc amount = 26.5 component = Kaolin - theoretical amount = 15.6 component = Silica amount = 6.8 component = Bone ash amount = 22.6 note = |From Ayumi Horie name = Base F Ayumi's index = date = 03/12/2007 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Ox. or Red. color = vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Kona F-4 feldspar amount = 36.4 component = Dolomite amount = 11 component = Whiting amount = 5.5 component = Strontium carbonate amount = 20 component = Soda ash amount = 3.6 component = EPK amount = 18 component = Flint amount = 5.5 var = |light blue and rust + 1% Cu var = |soft, creamy white + 1% RIO note = |Bright, mottled, sugary glaze. From Ayumi Horie. name = Base GG Bohls index = date = 07/28/2003 source = type = High-fire range = 9 firetype = Oxidation color = White vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Semi-opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Flint amount = 33.5 component = Custer feldspar amount = 23 component = Dolomite amount = 14.5 component = Kaolin amount = 12.5 component = Whiting amount = 11 component = Barium carbonate amount = 1 component = Gerstley borate amount = 4 addition = Tin oxide addamount = 0.5 var = |green: copper 3 + vanadium Mason stain 7% var = |yellow-green: copper 1.5 + vanadium Mason stain 9% note = |Shiny translucent to opaque. Nice variations. note = |Yellow-green is a nice complement w/Green sparkle VC matte revised glaze. note = |From Margaret Bohls. name = Base K Ayumi's index = date = 03/12/2007 source = type = Ash range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Strontium carbonate amount = 45 component = EPK amount = 10 component = Flint amount = 10 component = Whiting amount = 10 component = Talc theoretical amount = 20 component = Zinc oxide amount = 5 var = |4% red or 1% yellow iron var = |gray/green 8% Cu Carb var = |light blue .25% cobalt carb + 5% titanium var = |cream/gray .25 CrO + 4% rutile note = |Fake ash glaze. Nice w/stains.From Ayumi Horie. name = Base Randy's index = date = 1/13/96 source = type = range = 6 - 10 firetype = Ox. or Red. color = vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Silica amount = 29.7 component = EPK amount = 4.95 component = Soda feldspar amount = 19.8 component = Talc amount = 13.86 component = Gerstley borate amount = 31.68 note = |A very nice base comes from Randy's Red with the iron omitted. You note = |can add up to 10% zircopax or other whitener, I would suggest 5% for note = |starters. Works good with other colorants also. Cobalt carbonate will note = |give a purple. Very Stable! Rose Downs submitted by: dianna rose downs name = Base Transparent index = date = 7/19/95 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Ox. or Red. color = transparent vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Kona Feldspar amount = 36.36 component = Whiting amount = 20.45 component = EPK amount = 11.36 component = Silica amount = 31.82 note = |This glaze does very well with colorants and performs equally well in note = |oxidation or reduction. submitted by: Christine Winokur e-mail: note = |Kickwheel@aol.com note = | name = Base Val's AA index = date = 03/12/2007 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = vistexture = quality = Satin matt transparency = Opaque xtals = Small bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Cornwall Stone amount = 46 component = Whiting amount = 34 component = EPK amount = 20 note = |From Ayumi Horie. A satiny classic that produces crystals. Makes any color and takes note = |stains well. name = Base Val's AA Horie index = date = 11/19/2006 source = type = range = 10 firetype = color = White vistexture = quality = Satin matt transparency = Opaque xtals = Small bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Cornwall Stone amount = 46 component = Whiting amount = 34 component = EPK amount = 20 note = |From Ayumi Horie. A satiny matt that produces crystals. Makes any color and note = |takes stains well. name = Berry Rust (new) index = date = 8/8/97 source = type = range = 10 firetype = color = brown? vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Silica amount = 25.13 component = EPK amount = 22.69 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 8.61 component = Ferro frit 3134 amount = 19.93 component = Bone ash amount = 8.97 component = Talc amount = 14.67 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 8.59 note = |Unity (from Insight calculation) CaO 0.49* 8.55% MgO 0.36* 4.51% K2O note = |0.02* 0.46% Na2O 0.14* 2.79% Fe2O3 0.17 8.32% TiO2 0.00 0.06% P2O5 note = |0.09 3.92% B2O3 0.20 4.37% Al2O3 0.32 10.12% SiO2 3.01 56.90% Cost/kg note = |0.79 Si:Al 9.54 SiB:Al 10.17 Expan 6.43 I just had a look at the note = |Berry Rust glaze tests, the original formula, and the recalculated note = |fritted formula. They were fired to cone 10 Ox. buy my wife, Linda note = |Owen, in her trusty Skutt Kiln. Thanx Linda! The two glazes are note = |nearly identical. I didn't expect that, but ya never know. The note = |original formula with gerstley borate has more calcium-borate-iron note = |crystals floating in the matrix but you really can't see this without note = |a hand lens. A customer who has purchased pots with the original note = |formula would be hard pressed to tell the difference. I feel like note = |I've just taken the Pepsi Challenge!! The tests were fired on note = |porcelain. Four tiles were made of each glaze, eight in all and the note = |separate formulas were fired side by side in the top, middle, and note = |bottom of the kiln. No significant differences were seen. I might note = |also mention that I used English Bone Ash, and not Tri-Calcium Phos. note = |All the tiles were inspected with a hand lens and no crazing was note = |evident in either formula. A separate set has been fired to cone 10 R note = |but won't be available until tomorrow. That's about it for now, note = |e-mail me or post to clayart if I've forgotten to mention anythin, note = |and I probably have...it's my hobby! The formulas and receipes are note = |posted below. Happy testing,.....Craig Martell-Oregon note = |ashglaze@teleport.com name = Berryrust index = date = 1/13/96 source = type = range = 7 - 10 firetype = color = cranberry rust red vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Silica amount = 27.27 component = EPK amount = 18.18 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 18.18 component = Dolomite amount = 9.09 component = Gerstley borate amount = 9.09 component = Talc amount = 9.09 component = Bone ash amount = 9.09 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 9.09 note = |Use Pure Red Iron Oxide . This glaze gives a fairly intense cranberry note = |rust in the cone 7-10 range and is quite consistent in its results. note = |Every once in a while, when the glaze is thicker than normal, a pale note = |but distinctive green (a little like a pale chrome green) begins to note = |float on the surface. Any suggestions as to why? In addition, in note = |reference to an earlier note about the changing reds over time, I note = |think this red becomes somewhat brighter (and more red) the older the note = |glaze is. I don't yet use a lot of it so it sits for quite a while note = |(3-5 months). submitted by: Bob Kavanagh e-mail: note = |bkav@VAX2.CONCORDIA.CA note = | name = Black #1223 Glossy index = date = 1/13/96 source = type = range = 10 firetype = reduction color = black vistexture = quality = glossy transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Barium carbonate amount = 2.5 component = Whiting amount = 16 component = Custer feldspar amount = 49.5 component = OM-4 Ball Clay amount = 10 component = Silica amount = 22 addition = Chrome oxide addamount = 1.28 addition = Cobalt oxide addamount = 4.93 addition = Manganese dioxide addamount = 2.46 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 4.96 note = |submitted by: June M. Perry e-mail: GURUSHAKTI@aol.com name = Black #27 index = date = 1/13/96 source = type = range = 9 - 10 firetype = reduction color = black vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer feldspar amount = 43.16 component = Dolomite amount = 12.63 component = Whiting amount = 2.11 component = Tennessee #5 Ball Clay amount = 7.37 component = Silica amount = 34.74 addition = Iron Oxide addamount = 6 addition = Rutile addamount = 4 note = |submitted by: June M. Perry e-mail: GURUSHAKTI@aol.com note = | name = Black (from Dennis Olson) index = date = 4/3/98 source = type = range = 10 firetype = reduction color = black vistexture = quality = glossy transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Dolomite amount = 5 component = Whiting amount = 6 component = Soda feldspar amount = 67 component = EPK kaolin amount = 5 component = Flint amount = 17 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 3 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 4 addition = Bentonite addamount = 1 note = |Thought I would send this recipe Jeremy requested out to the whole note = |group. It's a very nice gloss black glaze. I acquired the recipe from note = |Dennis Olson who used this quite extensively with masking and note = |sandblasting which resulted in a nice high fire black on black note = |surface. Good luck! Rafael rafael molina-rodriguez note = | name = Black B V.C. index = date = 6/4/96 source = type = Mg Ca SlipGlaze range = 10 firetype = Ox or Red color = Black vistexture = quality = Satin-Matt transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Albany slip amount = 65 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 15 component = Barium carbonate amount = 10 component = Talc amount = 10 addition = Chrome oxide addamount = 1 addition = Manganese dioxide addamount = 2 addition = Cobalt oxide addamount = 1 addition = Iron oxide addamount = 4 note = |A rich black satin mat with speckles. Glaze Type: Mg Ca SlipGlaze. note = |Opacity: Opaque . Firing type: Ox or Red From Val Cushing. VC ed name = Black Barnard index = date = 4/7/95 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = black vistexture = quality = dry matte transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Barnard clay amount = 88 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 12 addition = Cobalt oxide addamount = 1.5 note = |(I call it Steves Black because Steve Dominguez gave it to me) The note = |glaze made in this manner is a rather dry black surface, but nice. note = |Increas e the Neph. Sy. as you wish to reduce the dryness and note = |increase the smooth quality of the glaze surface. This glaze works note = |very well in salt firing as well as red. fire and is especially nice note = |over a white clay body in salt. Only a thin glaze application is note = |necessary for coverage. I hope this glaze works well for you. David note = |Cuzick Claycuzian@aol.com name = Black breaking blue index = date = 8/8/97 source = type = range = 8 - 10 firetype = Reduction color = Black vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer feldspar amount = 32.7 component = Silica amount = 32.7 component = Whiting amount = 15.4 component = Kentucky OM #4 amount = 9.6 component = EPK amount = 9.6 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 8 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 3.8 note = |The only black I see in Coleman's recipe book that mentions breaking note = |blue ^8-10 reduction Shiny jet black with a slight metallic surface. note = |If it is used thinly over a light colored stoneware or porcelain it note = |will tend to break blue over edges. It will shift slightly at cone note = |10. joyce lee, jim lee name = Black Brouillard Charcoal index = date = 02/18/00 source = type = High-fire range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Black vistexture = quality = transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = G-200 feldspar amount = 34 component = Ball clay amount = 11 component = Custer spar amount = 24 component = Dolomite amount = 8 component = Flint amount = 8 component = Whiting amount = 4 addition = Zircopax addamount = 2 addition = Black Mason Stain addamount = 4 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 4 note = |From Ruthann Tudball's "Soda Glazing" name = Black Charlie D Manganese index = date = 12/6/96 source = type = High-fire range = 10 firetype = reduction color = black vistexture = quality = satin transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer spar amount = 20 component = Kona F-4 feldspar amount = 20 component = Whiting amount = 2 component = Dolomite amount = 15 component = Talc amount = 13 component = Ball clay amount = 10 component = Flint amount = 20 addition = Bentonite addamount = 2 addition = Manganese dioxide addamount = 4 note = |then add 2% Bentonite and 4% Manganese (In particular, lately I've note = |wanted to use a reliable cone 10 black satin/waxy glaze, in case you note = |know of one.) Eric, you might like to try Charlie D Manganese. I've note = |seen it used successfully at the 92nd Street Y in the gas kiln, cone note = |10, reduction for more years than it would be discreet to say: Hope note = |you enjoy it, Jaine in Cresskill name = Black H38-40 Sondahl Gloss index = date = 4/3/98 source = type = range = 8 - 10 firetype = oxidation color = black vistexture = quality = glossy transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Dolomite amount = 8.49 component = Custer feldspar amount = 23.28 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 8.79 component = Kaolin amount = 13.69 component = Flint amount = 16.18 component = Kona F-4 spar amount = 16.68 component = Wollastonite amount = 6.69 component = Bone ash amount = 1.5 component = Whiting amount = 4.7 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 1.5 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 2.3 addition = Copper carbonate addamount = 2.3 note = |So here's a black glaze I've just developed, and I hereby throw to note = |the sharks It's probably unnecessarily complicated because it's a note = |hybrid of two other glazes. I think I'd rather have more RIO than note = |Cobalt, due to cost, but it's hard to knock success, and it breaks to note = |a nice blue when white is over it. -- Also, it wouldn't surprise me a note = |bit if the bone ash is superfluous The recent posts on foodsafe black note = |have prompted me to state my own opinion on black glazes. I think note = |black glazes need not be avoided totally for foodware, but common note = |sense argues that some blacks are better than others. If the base note = |glaze doesn't leach harmful chemicals, then one must concentrate on note = |combinations of oxides to produce the color with the least toxicity. note = |Though I've never seen an authoritative ordered list of nasty note = |chemicals, Red Iron Oxide, Cobalt Carb, and Copper Carb seem safer to note = |me than Manganese Dioxide, Nickel, Cadmium, and Chrome. From an old note = |Laurel's Kitchen cookbook, I read that Iron, Copper, Zinc, Manganese, note = |Cobalt, Chromium, Nickel, Tin, and even Vanadium are all trace note = |minerals essential for animals. I assert that most glazes release note = |traces at best of these minerals. However, we are caught in a world note = |which can measure in Parts per Billion, and all kinds of things look note = |significant at that level. I sometimes wonder how long the ozone note = |holes at the poles existed before we had the means to ascertain their note = |existence. Brad Sondahl http://www.camasnet.com/~asondahl note = |Contributing to the potluck of the WWW name = Black Hendley's Rhodes index = date = 4/3/98 source = type = range = 10 firetype = reduction color = Black vistexture = quality = satin matte transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Minspar Soda Feldspar amount = 57 component = EPK amount = 9 component = Redart amount = 25 component = Dolomite amount = 6.5 component = Whiting amount = 2.5 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 5 addition = Manganese dioxide addamount = 3.7 addition = Cobalt oxide addamount = 1.3 note = |This glaze is well balanced and has plenty of silica, but with all note = |those metals, I don't use it on food surfaces. My 'Rhodes Black' is note = |quite different than yours. I've modified it over the years. It uses note = |much less cobalt, and manganese and iron take up the slack. I've note = |tried cutting back even farther on cobalt, but this seems to be the note = |minimum. I use and like 3 pound coffee can for materials that are note = |used in small quantities. Because of the wide opening, so you can note = |easily scoop out material with a scoop. David Hendley Maydelle, Texas note = |See David Hendley's Pottery Page at http://ww.sosis.com/hendley/david name = Black Hendley's Rhodes index = date = 4/3/98 source = type = range = 10 firetype = reduction color = Black vistexture = quality = satin matte transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Minspar Soda Feldspar amount = 57 component = EPK amount = 9 component = Redart amount = 25 component = Dolomite amount = 6.5 component = Whiting amount = 2.5 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 5 addition = Manganese dioxide addamount = 3.7 addition = Cobalt oxide addamount = 1.3 note = |This glaze is well balanced and has plenty of silica, but with all note = |those metals, I don't use it on food surfaces. My 'Rhodes Black' is note = |quite different than yours. David Hendley Maydelle, Texas note = |See David Hendley's Pottery Page at http://ww.sosis.com/hendley/david name = Black Kelly Cowan's index = date = 6/24/97 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = black vistexture = quality = Satin matt transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Dolomite amount = 20 component = Soda feldspar amount = 42 component = EPK amount = 18 component = Flint amount = 20 addition = Bentonite addamount = 1 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 3.5 addition = Chrome oxide addamount = 3.5 addition = Manganese dioxide addamount = 3.5 note = |Stable semimatt black. You can reduce the cobalt and increase the note = |other metals to save some $$. I use Dave's porcelain from Laguna. note = |Dean McRaine on the north shore of Kauai note = | note = | * INFORMATION FOR GLAZEBASE note = | * (Please fill in whatever information you can - note = | if you don't know, leave blank, or delete question) note = | note = | * How long have you been using this glaze? note = | note = | * Where is it used? (name of studio/school) note = | note = | * Where did this recipe come from? note = |(name of person/book/etc. and approximate date) note = | note = | * What do you like most about this glaze? note = | note = | * Is this glaze reliable? note = | note = | * Does this glaze tend to craze/crawl/pinhole/etc.? note = |What conditions encourage the flaws? note = |How do you avoid them? note = | note = | * How do different firing temperatures/atmospheres affect the glaze? note = | note = | * How does the glaze behave on different clay bodies? note = | note = | * What consistency should the glaze be for pouring/dipping? note = |(Give specific gravity if known.) note = | note = | * Do you experience problems with the raw glaze? note = |(rapid settling, pudding consistency, mold, evil smell, etc.) note = |Do you know a cure for the problem? note = | note = | * How thickly should the glaze be applied to the pot? note = | note = | * How does this glaze interact with other glazes? note = |Can you suggest some good combinations? note = | note = | * Kiln type and size - note = | note = | * Firing data (heat/cooling ramps, soak time, reduction) - note = | note = | * Water pH - note = | note = | * Your name and email address - name = Black Loretta index = date = 12/6/96 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Ox. or Red. color = Black vistexture = quality = satin matt transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 16.67 component = Albany Slip Clay amount = 83.33 addition = Cobalt Oxide, Black addamount = 5.55 note = |^10 glaze, note = | can be used in either reduction or oxidation. It looks metallic and satiny only note = |in reduction, though. It is extremely stable and very dependable... Its a great note = |glaze. It even matures as early as ^6. Of course its an Albany glaze. submitted note = |by: Becky Shope e-mail: rashope@iglou.com name = Black Matte index = date = 10/02/2001 source = type = Magnesium matt range = 9 firetype = Reduction color = Black vistexture = quality = Satin matt transparency = Semi-opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Cornwall Stone amount = 42 component = Dolomite amount = 15 component = Whiting amount = 10 component = EPK amount = 23 component = Flint amount = 10 addition = ochre addamount = 6 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 2 addition = Chromium oxide addamount = 1 note = |From Sam Chung. name = Black McKensie Decorative index = date = 10/06/2002 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Black vistexture = quality = transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Talc amount = 5 component = Soda feldspar amount = 42 component = Calcined kaolin amount = 13 component = Ball clay amount = 8 component = Whiting amount = 15 component = Silica amount = 17 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 1.2 addition = Chrome oxide addamount = 2.2 addition = Iron oxide addamount = 10 addition = Manganese dioxide addamount = 3 var = |Black Stain 5 note = |Note - make sure you add the black stain, which cannot be listed in the regular note = | ingredients, or the program won't calculate name = Black Mirror index = date = 8/8/97 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Ox. or Red. color = Black vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Barnard clay amount = 9.45 component = Custer feldspar amount = 49.6 component = Whiting amount = 15.35 component = Barium carbonate amount = 2.36 component = Flint amount = 23.24 addition = Manganese dioxide addamount = 2.36 addition = Cobalt oxide addamount = 3.54 addition = Chrome oxide addamount = 1.18 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 4.72 note = |Here is a Mirror Black recipe but with barium, manganese and chrome I note = |don't think you'd call it non-toxic...Strontium might sub for Barium note = |okay (.75/1) but not sure what about the chrome and manganese... note = |Mishy Michelle Lowe, potter in the Phoenix desert \|/ | note = |mishlowe@indirect.com -O- | | mishlowe@aztec.asu.edu /|\ | | | |_|_| note = |http://www.amug.org/~mishlowe ____ | -\ /-----|----- ( ) <__> note = |------------------------------ name = Black Noir Lindo Gloss index = date = 02/23/97 source = type = Stoneware range = 8-10 firetype = Reduction color = Black vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Opaque xtals = None bubbles = None flow = None durability = Good flaws = tested = Tested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = G-200 spar amount = 45.3 component = Whiting amount = 19.3 component = Flint amount = 11.6 component = EPK amount = 24 component = Zinc oxide amount = 5 addition = Rutile addamount = 3 addition = Tin oxide addamount = 2 addition = Cobalt oxide addamount = 1 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 8 addition = Manganese dioxide addamount = 3 note = | Pitch-black "tête de nègre" glossy glaze. The description is from note = |the author but he does not mean to offend anyone note = | note = |*How long have you been using this glaze? 20 years note = | note = |*Where did this recipe come from? note = | Michel Lemire M.F.A., Trois-Rivières, Québec. Michel had a lot to do note = |with the founding of the Canadian "National Biennial of Ceramics". note = | note = |*What do you like most about this glaze? Great glossy black glaze note = | note = |*Is this glaze reliable? Yes note = | note = |*Does this glaze tend to craze/crawl/pinhole/etc.? No note = | note = |*What consistency should the glaze be for pouring/dipping? Medium note = | note = |*How thickly should the glaze be applied to the pot? Medium note = | note = |*What is your kiln type and size? note = | Downdraft, propane, atmospheric and 60 cubic feet note = | note = |*How do you typically fire? note = |Oxidation until clay reduction at cone/08.then light reduction note = |increasing with time until the final total reduction of 20 minutes note = |followed by a period of reoxidation of the same length note = | note = |*GlazeBase recipe* note = | Submitted by: Edouard Bastarache (edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca name = Black perfect index = date = 10/06/2002 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Black vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Potash feldspar amount = 42 component = Whiting amount = 13 component = Zinc oxide amount = 12 component = Soda ash amount = 3 component = Kaolin amount = 8 component = Silica amount = 22 addition = Iron oxide addamount = 4 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 2 addition = Chrome oxide addamount = 4 name = Black Peter's Metallic index = date = 3/26/96 source = type = Metallic range = 5 - 10 firetype = Ox. or Red. color = Black vistexture = quality = transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer feldspar amount = 78.84 component = Colemanite amount = 10.69 component = Whiting amount = 5.51 component = EPK amount = 4.96 addition = Copper carbonate addamount = 4.19 addition = Manganese dioxide addamount = 4.19 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 2.09 note = |A really great glossy black. from Michelle Lowe, potter in the note = |Phoenix desert mishlowe@indirect.com mishlowe@aztec.asu.edu name = BLACK SATIN index = date = 12/7/96 source = type = range = 9 - 10 firetype = Reduction color = black vistexture = quality = satin matte transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Kona F-4 feldspar amount = 20 component = Custer feldspar amount = 20 component = Dolomite amount = 15 component = Talc theoretical amount = 13 component = Whiting amount = 2 component = Ball clay amount = 10 component = Flint amount = 20 addition = Iron oxide addamount = 3 addition = Cobalt oxide addamount = 2 addition = Manganese dioxide addamount = 1 addition = Chrome oxide addamount = 3 note = |a very nice, stable, satiny note = |cone 9-10 reduction black satin glaze. gail dapogny in ann arbor james dapogny name = BLACK SATIN MATT V.C. index = date = 6/4/96 source = type = Mg range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = black vistexture = quality = Satin matt transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Tested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Kona F-4 Spar amount = 20 component = Custer feldspar amount = 20 component = Dolomite amount = 15 component = Talc amount = 13 component = Whiting amount = 2 component = Ball clay amount = 10 component = Flint amount = 20 addition = Chrome oxide addamount = 1 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 3 addition = Manganese dioxide addamount = 2 addition = Cobalt oxide addamount = 3 note = |Use granular Mn 80 mesh if you want silvery looking specks. note = |Formulated as an Albany-free replacement for Black Satin Doll. Tested note = |EAC Summer '91 VC ed name = Black Shige's index = date = 06/29/2002 source = type = High-fire range = 9-10 firetype = Reduction color = Black vistexture = quality = Semi-gloss transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = Good flaws = tested = Tested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Kona F-4 feldspar amount = 67 component = Whiting amount = 6 component = Dolomite amount = 5 component = EPK amount = 5 component = Silica amount = 17 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 5 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 3 addition = Bentonite addamount = 2 note = |Reliable black with a silvery sheen. UF shop glaze. name = Black Sloan's index = date = 12/6/96 source = type = range = 10 firetype = reduction color = charcoal black vistexture = quality = satin matt transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Potash feldspar amount = 43.1 component = Whiting amount = 18.4 component = Silica amount = 11 component = Kaolin amount = 22.8 component = Zinc oxide amount = 4.7 addition = Tin oxide addamount = 1.9 addition = Rutile addamount = 2.9 addition = Cobalt oxide addamount = 1 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 7.6 note = |Here is a cone 9-10 black glaze recipe that has no name but looks note = |like what you describe; irridescent, satin charcoal black in note = |reduction; like a black pearl. I acquired this glaze 25 years ago & note = |if I had a gas kiln this would still be my favorite glaze. submitted note = |by: Anne Fallis-Elliott, NYC e-mail: FallisT@aol.com name = Black Sloan's index = date = 12/6/96 source = type = range = 10 firetype = reduction color = charcoal black vistexture = quality = satin matt transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Potash feldspar amount = 43.07 component = Whiting amount = 18.41 component = Silica amount = 11.01 component = Kaolin amount = 22.77 component = Zinc oxide amount = 4.74 addition = Tin oxide addamount = 1.9 addition = Rutile addamount = 2.85 addition = Cobalt oxide addamount = 0.95 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 7.59 note = |Here is a cone 9-10 black glaze recipe that has no name but looks note = |like what you describe; irridescent, satin charcoal black in note = |reduction; like a black pearl. I acquired this glaze 25 years ago & note = |if I had a gas kiln this would still be my favorite glaze. submitted note = |by: Anne Fallis-Elliott, NYC e-mail: FallisT@aol.com name = Black Sloan's revisited index = date = 12/7/96 source = type = range = 10 - 11 firetype = color = black vistexture = quality = satin to gloss transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer spar amount = 45.85 component = Flint amount = 24.45 component = Whiting amount = 14.19 component = Ball clay amount = 8.73 component = Borax amount = 4.59 component = Zinc oxide amount = 2.18 addition = Cobalt oxide addamount = 5.02 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 3.28 addition = Chrome oxide addamount = 1.09 note = |----------------------------Original note = |message---------------------------- You probably got the recipe note = |already considering how long it takes me to research it, but here is note = |the one that we use at the school. Note that this recipe is set for note = |larger batches and all quantities are in grams. Good Luck Sorry I note = |forgot the particulars. And since I have neglected ( because I was note = |movingwhile working full time) to keep up with the group, I am now note = |looking at 802 messages, many of which I will not read and will have note = |to pick up the new threads as they come along. It is also why this note = |response is not more timely. Sloan's Black is a cone 10 glaze; as I note = |am sure that Vince or someone in this group has subsequently pointed note = |out. At (10) the glaze is a thick rich black with a silvery surface note = |finish. At (11) it is a very nice glossy black of the same thick note = |substance. Dave Durnford Box 2145 Missoula, Montana 59806 University note = |of Montana Art Department Durnford@selway.umt.edu name = Black Sloan's revisited index = date = 12/7/96 source = type = range = 10 - 11 firetype = color = black vistexture = quality = satin to gloss transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer spar amount = 45.85 component = Flint amount = 24.45 component = Whiting amount = 14.19 component = Ball clay amount = 8.73 component = Borax amount = 4.59 component = Zinc oxide amount = 2.18 addition = Cobalt oxide addamount = 5.02 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 3.28 addition = Chrome oxide addamount = 1.09 note = |ote that this recipe is set for note = |larger batches and all quantities are in grams. Sloan's Black is a cone 10 glaze; as I note = |am sure that Vince or someone in this group has subsequently pointed note = |out. At (10) the glaze is a thick rich black with a silvery surface note = |finish. At (11) it is a very nice glossy black of the same thick note = |substance. Dave Durnford Box 2145 Missoula, Montana 59806 University note = |of Montana Art Department Durnford@selway.umt.edu name = Black St John's index = date = 10/06/2002 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Black vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Albany slip amount = 75 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 25 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 5 name = Black St John's Brian's index = date = 7/19/95 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = black vistexture = quality = Matt transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = Slight durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 25.05 component = Dolomite amount = 8.53 component = Soda ash amount = 0.05 component = Whiting amount = 3.59 component = Custer feldspar amount = 3.18 component = Redart clay amount = 43.82 component = EPK amount = 2.41 component = Silica amount = 13.36 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 5.01 addition = Rutile addamount = 0.21 note = |The original note = |recipe that I have is: Albany Slip 75 Neph Sy 25 Cobalt Carb 5 Since note = |I haven't had a source for Albany, I incorporated the glaze with an note = |Albany substitute formula out of CM: If this is not fired properly, note = |it boils in an enclosed container, but in my copper firings it always note = |seems to turn out. It turns a dark, cobalt blue over white base note = |glazes. It never breaks brown. good luck submitted by: Brian Voth note = |e-mail: bvoth@southwind.net name = Black St John's by Brian Voth index = date = 7/19/95 source = type = range = 10 firetype = reduction color = black vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 25.05 component = Dolomite amount = 8.53 component = Soda ash amount = 0.05 component = Whiting amount = 3.59 component = Custer feldspar amount = 3.18 component = Redart clay amount = 43.82 component = EPK amount = 2.41 component = Silica amount = 13.36 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 5.01 addition = Rutile addamount = 0.21 note = |I use St. John's Black. It sounds like something that would work for note = |you. It is very stable as far as flowing is concerned. The original note = |recipe that I have is: Albany Slip 75 Neph Sy 25 Cobalt Carb 5 Since note = |I haven't had a source for Albany, I incorporated the glaze with an note = |Albany substitute formula out of CM: If this is not fired properly, note = |it boils in an enclosed container, but in my copper firings it always note = |seems to turn out. It turns a dark, cobalt blue over white base note = |glazes. It never breaks brown. good luck submitted by: Brian Voth note = |e-mail: bvoth@southwind.net name = Black St. John's Alberta Slip index = date = 07/29/2003 source = type = High-fire range = 9 firetype = Ox. or Red. color = Black vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Alberta slip amount = 80 component = Nepheline syenite amount = 20 addition = Cobalt oxide addamount = 5 note = |From Margaret Bohls. Fired cone 9 electric. note = |Very shiny black in oxidation, slightly metallic in reduction. I use this as a liner note = |for most things, but not with the Rexrode glazes as it sometimes shows up through note = |them if the pot is too thin, or if I've dripped it on the outside of the pot and note = |wiped it off before glazing the outside. For pots with light colored glazes on the note = |outside, I use a shiny white liner. name = Black Super index = date = 10/06/2002 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Black vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 100 component = Potash feldspar amount = 34 component = Whiting amount = 16 component = Silica amount = 34 component = EPK amount = 20 addition = Iron oxide addamount = 6 addition = Copper carbonate addamount = 5 name = Black Tenmoku index = date = 12/7/96 source = type = range = 9 - 10 firetype = reduction color = brown to black vistexture = quality = glossy shiny transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Potash feldspar amount = 57.14 component = Whiting amount = 15.38 component = Kaolin amount = 6.59 component = Silica amount = 20.88 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 9.89 note = |This glaze fires to a deep black breaking to red on rims at cone 10. note = |The following ar two Tenmoku's that I have used with continued note = |success. David Stuchbery School of Art & Design Ph (054) 447-279 La note = |Trobe University, Bendigo d.stuchbery@bendigo.latrobe.edu.au note = | name = Black V.C. Satin index = date = 11/29/98 source = type = range = 9-10 firetype = Reduction color = Black vistexture = quality = Satin matt transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer feldspar amount = 20 component = Kona F-4 feldspar amount = 20 component = Flint amount = 20 component = Dolomite amount = 15 component = Talc amount = 13 component = Kentucky OM #4 amount = 10 component = Whiting amount = 2 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 3 addition = Cobalt oxide addamount = 3 addition = Manganese dioxide addamount = 2 addition = Green chrome oxide addamount = 1 note = |From Peter Beasecker name = Blacksmith index = date = 11/25/97 source = type = Dolomite range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = Black vistexture = quality = Satin matt transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 5000 component = Custer feldspar amount = 51.4 component = Dolomite amount = 17.1 component = Whiting amount = 2.9 component = EPK amount = 28.6 addition = Manganese dioxide addamount = 2 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 3 addition = Green chrome oxide addamount = 1 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 4 addition = Bentonite addamount = 2 note = |From Erin Hayes via ClayArt. Formulated by Tony Holmes. The glaze is a note = |lovely pitch-black satin. One of those textures you want to pick up and note = |fondle. Apply a little on the heavy side. name = Blanc cendré index = date = 02/19/97 source = type = Ash range = 8-10 firetype = Reduction color = Cream white vistexture = Lightly speckled quality = Gloss transparency = Opaque xtals = None bubbles = None flow = None durability = Good flaws = tested = Tested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer spar amount = 30 component = Hardwood ash amount = 30 component = Flint amount = 30 component = Ball clay amount = 10 addition = Ultrox addamount = 15 note = | Beautiful cream white. It is not pure white due to the impurities note = |contained in the wood ash even if the amount of Ultrox is very high. note = |The harwood ash was washed 5 times and 60 mesh-sieved. The glaze base note = |is the same as Bass Bleu. . note = | note = |*How long have you been using this glaze? note = | One year note = | note = |*Where is it used? note = | Studio note = | note = |*Where did this recipe come from? note = | My own experimentation note = | note = |*What do you like most about this glaze? note = | The color that is original. note = | note = |*Is this glaze reliable? note = | Yes note = | note = |*Does this glaze tend to craze/crawl/pinhole/etc.? note = | No surface flaws note = | note = |*How does the glaze behave on different clay bodies? note = | Well note = | note = |*What consistency should the glaze be for pouring/dipping? note = | Medium note = | note = |*How thickly should the glaze be applied to the pot? note = | Medium note = | note = |*How does this glaze interact with other glazes? note = | Not tested note = | note = |*What is your kiln type and size? note = | Downdraft. propane, atmospheric and 60 cubic feet note = | note = |*How do you typically fire? note = | Oxidation until clay reduction at c/08,then light reduction note = |increasing with time until the final total reduction followed by a note = |period of reoxidation note = | note = |*Do you experience problems with the raw glaze? note = | No note = | note = |*What is your water pH? note = | 7.2 note = | note = |*GlazeBase recipe* note = | Submitted by: Edouard Bastarache (edouarb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca) note = | Ice Cream Flavor: Plain vanilla note = | note = | -------------------------------------------------------------------- note = |---- note = | name = Blanc de Michel index = date = 02/13/97 source = type = Stoneware range = 8-10 firetype = Reduction color = Satin white vistexture = quality = Semi-gloss transparency = Opaque xtals = None bubbles = None flow = None durability = Good flaws = tested = Tested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer spar amount = 36 component = Spodumene amount = 14 component = Whiting amount = 25 component = Colemanite amount = 5 component = EPK amount = 20 addition = Zircopax addamount = 5 note = | Reliable satin white note = | note = |*How long have you been using this glaze? note = | 20 years note = | note = |*Where is it used? note = | Studio note = | note = |*Where did this recipe come from? note = | Michel Lemire M.F.A.,Trois-Rivières, Quebec. note = | note = |*What do you like most about this glaze? note = | Its reliability, color and satin surface note = | note = |*Is this glaze reliable? note = | Yes note = | note = |*Does this glaze tend to craze/crawl/pinhole/etc.? note = | It has no surface defects note = | note = |*How do different firing temperatures/atmospheres affect the glaze? note = | Not tested note = | note = |*How does the glaze behave on different clay bodies? note = | Well note = | note = |*What consistency should the glaze be for pouring/dipping? note = | Medium note = | note = |*How thickly should the glaze be applied to the pot? note = | Medium note = | note = |*How does this glaze interact with other glazes? note = | Well note = | note = |*What is your kiln type and size? note = | Downdraft, propane atmospheric and 60 cubic feet note = | note = |*How do you typically fire? note = | Oxidation until clay reduction at cone 08, then light reduction note = |increasing with time until the final total reduction followed by a note = |period of reoxidation note = | note = |*Do you experience problems with the raw glaze? note = | No note = | note = |*What is your water pH? note = | 7.2 note = | note = |*GlazeBase recipe* note = | Submitted by: Edouard Bastarache (edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca) note = | Ice Cream Flavor: Always vanilla note = | note = | -------------------------------------------------------------------- note = |---- note = | name = Blanc Julien Glacé index = date = 02/09/97 source = type = Stoneware range = 8-10 firetype = Reduction color = White vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Opaque xtals = None bubbles = None flow = None durability = Good flaws = tested = Tested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer spar amount = 62.5 component = Ball clay amount = 5.68 component = Spodumene amount = 9.09 component = Whiting amount = 17.04 component = Zinc oxide amount = 5.68 addition = Zircopax addamount = 12 note = | Beautiful white gloss note = | note = |*How long have you been using this glaze? note = | 28 years note = | note = |*Where is it used? note = | Studio note = | note = |*Where did this recipe come from? note = | Julien Cloutier, my first teacher of ceramics, Quebec City note = | note = |*What do you like most about this glaze? note = | Reliable white gloss that accepts glaze trailing with contrasting note = |colored glazes very well. note = | note = |*Is this glaze reliable? note = | Yes note = | note = |*Does this glaze tend to craze/crawl/pinhole/etc.? note = | It has no surface defects note = | note = |*How do different firing temperatures/atmospheres affect the glaze? note = | Not tested note = | note = |*How does the glaze behave on different clay bodies? note = | Well note = | note = |*What consistency should the glaze be for pouring/dipping? note = | Medium note = | note = |*How thickly should the glaze be applied to the pot? note = | Medium note = | note = |*What is your kiln type and size? note = | Downdraft, propane, 60 cubic feet note = | note = |*How do you typically fire? note = | Oxidation until clay reduction at cone/08, then light reduction note = |increasing with time until the total final reduction, followed by a note = |period of reoxidation note = | note = |*Do you experience problems with the raw glaze? note = | No note = | note = |*What is your water pH? note = | 7.2 note = | note = |*GlazeBase recipe* note = | Submitted by: Edouard Bastarache (edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca) note = | Ice Cream Flavor: Still vanilla note = | note = | -------------------------------------------------------------------- note = |---- note = | name = Blatant Blue index = date = 4/3/98 source = type = range = 9 - 10 firetype = reduction color = deep blue vistexture = quality = glossy transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Flint amount = 32.65 component = Whiting amount = 19.39 component = G-200 feldspar amount = 27.55 component = Kentucky OM #4 amount = 20.41 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 2.04 note = |from Ellen Baker Rich glossy deep blue. no crazing (although it's note = |hard to tell with such a deep blue) Well I finally got around to note = |typing this thing up...^9-10 Blues Thank you one and all for all the note = |donated recipes. I only tested 31 out of almost 100 I received. I'll note = |continue testing and reporting as the winter DRAGS on. All the glazes note = |were tested on #900 Miller clay which is a toasty ^10 stoneware. One note = |side of the test tile was brushed with a thick coating of Cynthia note = |Bringle's wet/dry white slip. Each glaze was dipped in three note = |thicknesses on a heavily textured tile. All tiles were fired to a note = |(hard)^9 (10 tipping)reduction firing. 1 hr. Body reduction at ^08 note = |and 1 hr. glaze reduction at ^9 then a quick reox. before shutdown. note = |Any time potash or Custer spar is called for, I used G-200. All ball note = |clay is OM-4 . Many glazes I substituted 75% of the amount of Barium note = |with Strontium. All kaolin is EPK. Remember... glazes don't travel note = |well. Your results will probably be TOTALLY different. Please test note = |before use. Tracy Wilson Saltbox Pottery 4 Shaw Rd. Woolwich, ME note = |04579 phone: 207-443-5586 fax: 207-442-8922 email: saltbox@ime.net note = |web: http://www.ime.net/~dwilson/ note = | name = Bleached Albany index = date = 10/02/2001 source = type = High-fire range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Alberta slip amount = 64 component = Whiting amount = 20 component = EPK amount = 16 note = |Froom Sam Chung. name = Bleu Bass index = date = 01/30/97 source = type = Ash range = 8-10 firetype = Reduction color = Deep blue vistexture = quality = Gloss transparency = Opaque xtals = None bubbles = None flow = None durability = Good flaws = tested = Tested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer spar amount = 30 component = Hardwood ash amount = 30 component = Flint amount = 30 component = Ball clay amount = 10 addition = Ultrox addamount = 15 addition = Cobalt oxide addamount = 5 note = | Ash washed 5 times and 60-mesh sieved note = | Beautiful deep blue ash glaze note = | note = |*How long have you been using this glaze? note = | 1 year note = | note = |*Where is it used? note = | Studio note = | note = |*Where did this recipe come from? note = | From my own experimentation note = | note = |*What do you like most about this glaze? note = | Its deep blue shiny color note = | note = |*Is this glaze reliable? note = | Yes note = | note = |*Does this glaze tend to craze/crawl/pinhole/etc.? note = | If applied too thick it may pinhole a little bit note = | note = |*How do different firing temperatures/atmospheres affect the glaze? note = | It is always fired at cone 8-10 in reduction note = | note = |*How does the glaze behave on different clay bodies? note = | Well note = | note = |*What consistency should the glaze be for pouring/dipping? note = | Medium consistency note = | note = |*How thickly should the glaze be applied to the pot? note = | Medium coat note = | note = |*How does this glaze interact with other glazes? note = | Not tested note = | note = |*What is your kiln type and size? note = | Downdraft propane and 60 cubic feet note = | note = |*How do you typically fire? note = | Clay reduction at cone/08, then slight reduction increasing with note = |time until the final total reduction, followed by a period of note = |reoxidation note = | note = |*Do you experience problems with the raw glaze? note = | No note = | note = |*What is your water pH? note = | 7.2 note = | note = |*Any other comments? note = | Glaze named by my colleagues as "Bass Bleu" - Bass having been my note = |nickname since my teen years, Bass is also the name that I use to note = |sign my pots. note = | note = |*GlazeBase recipe* note = | Submitted by: Edouard Bastarache (edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca) note = | Ice Cream Flavor: Vanilla note = | note = | -------------------------------------------------------------------- note = |---- name = Bleu texturé index = date = 03/02/97 source = type = Stoneware range = 8-10 firetype = Reduction color = Blue textured vistexture = Speckled quality = Semi-gloss transparency = Opaque xtals = None bubbles = None flow = None durability = Good flaws = tested = Tested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Custer spar amount = 38.5 component = Whiting amount = 16 component = Strontium carbonate amount = 5 component = EPK amount = 19.7 component = Flint amount = 15.1 addition = Rutile addamount = 4.5 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 2.4 note = | It is a variation of James Chappell's SG-187 (copyright 1977). Titanium dioxide note = |is replaced by Rutile for darker more richly textured glaze. note = | note = |*What consistency should the glaze be for pouring/dipping? note = | Medium. Even applied very thick it does not run. note = | note = |*How thickly should the glaze be applied to the pot? note = | Medium to thick. name = Blue Carlton Mottled revised index = date = 4/3/98 source = type = range = 9 - 10 firetype = reduction color = rutile blue vistexture = quality = glossy transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = G-200 feldspar amount = 43.72 component = EPK amount = 1.87 component = Flint amount = 28.25 component = Whiting amount = 2.7 component = Gerstley borate amount = 9.14 component = Dolomite amount = 9.14 component = Zinc oxide amount = 1.77 component = Strontium carbonate amount = 3.43 addition = Tin oxide addamount = 2.7 addition = Rutile addamount = 4.15 addition = Copper carbonate addamount = 0.52 addition = Bentonite addamount = 3.12 note = |Tracy Wilson Saltbox Pottery 4 Shaw Rd. Woolwich, ME note = |04579 phone: 207-443-5586 fax: 207-442-8922 email: saltbox@ime.net note = |web: http://www.ime.net/~dwilson/ name = Blue Aldrich index = date = 4/3/98 source = type = Magnesium matt range = 9 firetype = Ox. or Red. color = blue vistexture = quality = semi-matte transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 100 component = Custer feldspar amount = 38 component = Dolomite amount = 17 component = Whiting amount = 6 component = EPK amount = 22 component = Silica amount = 17 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 1 addition = Rutile (powdered) addamount = 2 addition = Rutile (granular) addamount = 1 note = |I have used the same blue semimat glaze (surface rutile crystals), note = |cone 9 electric, for 20 years. I use it on EVERYTHING. note = |This glaze will go shiney if over note = |fired. Cindy note = |Aldrich Durham, NC aldric3@IBM>NET name = Blue Anderson index = date = 4/3/98 source = type = range = 9 - 10 firetype = reduction color = black to green, blue vistexture = quality = matte transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Soda feldspar amount = 57.1 component = EPK amount = 14.3 component = Kentucky OM #4 amount = 7.2 component = Whiting amount = 21.4 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 7.2 note = |Matt glaze almost black where thin, army green where thick. Nice note = |colonial (bluish slate) over white slip. All the glazes note = |were tested on #900 Miller clay which is a toasty ^10 stoneware. One note = |side of the test tile was brushed with a thick coating of Cynthia note = |Bringle's wet/dry white slip. Each glaze was dipped in three note = |thicknesses on a heavily textured tile. All tiles were fired to a note = |(hard)^9 (10 tipping)reduction firing. 1 hr. Body reduction at ^08 note = |and 1 hr. glaze reduction at ^9 then a quick reox. before shutdown. note = |Any time potash or Custer spar is called for, I used G-200. All ball note = |clay is OM-4 . Many glazes I substituted 75% of the amount of Barium note = |with Strontium. All kaolin is EPK. Remember... glazes don't travel note = |well. Tracy Wilson Saltbox Pottery 4 Shaw Rd. Woolwich, ME note = |04579 phone: 207-443-5586 fax: 207-442-8922 email: saltbox@ime.net note = |web: http://www.ime.net/~dwilson/ name = Blue c10 index = date = 02/15/98 source = type = range = 10 firetype = Reduction color = vistexture = quality = transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 100 component = Cornwall Stone amount = 20.4 component = Kona F-4 amount = 26.5 component = Whiting amount = 9.2 component = Dolomite amount = 10.2 component = Talc amount = 6.1 component = EPK amount = 4.1 component = Calcined kaolin amount = 15.3 component = Flint amount = 8.2 addition = Bentonite addamount = 2 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 0.5 name = Blue Carlton Mottled index = date = 4/3/98 source = type = range = 9 - 10 firetype = reduction color = lavender to blue vistexture = Mottled quality = glossy transparency = Opaque xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = G-200 feldspar amount = 43.7 component = EPK amount = 1.9 component = Flint amount = 28.3 component = Whiting amount = 2.7 component = Gerstley borate amount = 9.1 component = Dolomite amount = 9.1 component = Zinc oxide amount = 1.8 component = Strontium carbonate amount = 3.4 addition = Tin oxide addamount = 2.7 addition = Rutile addamount = 4.2 addition = Copper carbonate addamount = 0.5 addition = Bentonite addamount = 3.1 note = |Heavy texture glossy glaze. Lavender to blue over white note = |slip. Nice rutile blue where thick breaking to brown. note = |All the glazes were tested on #900 Miller clay which is a toasty ^10 note = |stoneware. One side of the test tile was brushed with a thick coating note = |of Cynthia Bringle's wet/dry white slip. Each glaze was dipped in note = |three thicknesses on a heavily textured tile. All tiles were fired to note = |a (hard)^9 (10 tipping)reduction firing. 1 hr. Body reduction at ^08 note = |and 1 hr. glaze reduction at ^9 then a quick reox. before shutdown. note = |Any time potash or Custer spar is called for, I used G-200. All ball note = |clay is OM-4 . Many glazes I substituted 75% of the amount of Barium note = |with Strontium. All kaolin is EPK. Tracy Wilson Saltbox Pottery 4 Shaw Rd. Woolwich, ME note = |04579 phone: 207-443-5586 fax: 207-442-8922 email: saltbox@ime.net note = |web: http://www.ime.net/~dwilson/ name = Blue Chun Glaze index = date = 9/20/95 source = type = range = 9 - 10 firetype = reduction color = pale blue vistexture = quality = Shiny or Glossy transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = Untested imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Potash feldspar amount = 54.8 component = Whiting amount = 13.7 component = Bone ash amount = 1.4 component = Barium carbonate amount = 2.7 component = Silica amount = 27.4 addition = Red iron oxide addamount = 1.1 note = |This glaze has to be fired as you would fire a copper red glaze note = |otherwise you will not get the beautiful colour and texture. If the note = |glaze is clear then you are not applying it thick enough. Also, I note = |guess I should mention that it should be fired to cone 9-10. note = |Hopefully it works for you as it has for me. Happy testing! submitted note = |by: Craig Pearce e-mail: i931009@redgum.ucnv.edu.au name = Blue Cobalt Midnight index = date = 4/3/98 source = type = range = 9 - 10 firetype = reduction color = dark blue vistexture = quality = glossy transparency = xtals = bubbles = flow = durability = flaws = tested = imagefile = notefile = limform = by_vol = n batchsize = 0 component = Flint amount = 31 component = Whiting amount = 20 component = G-200 feldspar amount = 33 component = EPK amount = 14 component = Spodumene amount = 2 addition = Cobalt carbonate addamount = 7 note = |from Ellen Baker Very deep dark glossy blue All the note = |glazes were tested on #900 Miller clay which is a toasty ^10 note = |stoneware. One side of the test tile was brushed with a thick coating note = |of Cynthia Bringle's wet/dry white slip. Each glaze was dipped in note = |three thicknesses on a heavily textured tile. All tiles were fired