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ThatDirtyKid — Jug Bright Ash Glazes
Published: 2008-11-03 05:59:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 2267; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 185
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This is another of my earlier series of jugs with rubber gaskets so they seal water tight. Now applied to a more interesting form, topped off with a loud glaze combination.Wheel thrown and altered porcelain ^10 redcution
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This is really nice, the colors blend together perfectly. How many different glazes did you use?
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this piece has 3 different glazes. An ash glaze, a tan rutile glaze and a copper green matte glaze.
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This is beautiful - both the form and the glazing.
I must admit, I'm just a beginner when it comes to ceramics, but this sort of thing - where the form and coloring seem to blend so well - is what I'd like to strive for, if I ever get a chance to work with ceramics more.
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Count me in on a couple of the basic recipes for ^10!
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I would love to do some ash glaze work. Can you do them in a oxidising atmosphear, and will they stink my classroom out if I try? 
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Do you do ^10 firing? You can fire them in oxidation. The colors will be brighter and glossier. Wood ash is caustic until cleaned, so I would recommend using fake ash glazes (substituting whiting for the wood ash) I could give you a couple common recipes to start with if you like.
If you are not doing ^10 I am not aware if there are any similar recipes for ^6. I know real ash will not melt at that low of a temperature. And as far as smells go, theres nothing out of the normal for other glazes. Caution using these glazes with students, they are very runny.
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I do a lot of naked clay work using englobes and what-not and love working to various vitrifying temps. I know I can set the kiln to 1350 (^13ish Orton) but have not yet attempted porcelain work. Only managed to convince the school to get one for our dept in the Spring after 2 years of negotiations... anyway
I would love to experiment with any recipes you have to hand, but if you have any that include gathered materials I will be most pleased. Being by the sea I would like to try seaweed in some form... have already ground up some starfish carcusses (created a nice textured buff colourant to a standard stoneware glaze ^9)... but Im waffling.
Thanks for getting back to me anyways.
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^9 would be ok. I can even reccomend ways to modify the glazes so they settle the same at a slightly lower temp, but 1350 is ^013, ^10 is 2350, and is generally very hard on electric kilns. I will bring my glaze book home from the studio and send a couple recipies your way. The only gathered materials recipes I have are ash, however any plant ash works, so if you can dry out sea weed and burn it you could use its ash.
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