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Hand Shaped Pottery. And yes glazes will be featured. Coil Construction. Slab Constructioin. Glaze . Glaze Colors. Rutile Glazes. More rutile glazes. Choices We Need to Make. Color of Glaze Matte or Low Gloss or High Gloss. Rutile ? Dip or paint on?. Testing Glazes.
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Hand Shaped Pottery And yes glazes will be featured
Choices We Need to Make Color of Glaze Matte or Low Gloss or High Gloss Rutile ? Dip or paint on?
Testing Glazes Make tiles with raised designs Fire Dip or Paint on glazes Two coats in middle Three coats on bottom Fire Photograph Record results
Issues to Look For Pinholing shivering
blistering crawling
crazing pinging
Glass Former Main ingredient in a glaze Usually silica
Flux Used to help melt glaze or lower melting point
Stabilizer Used to stiffen glaze and hold it on to clay body Extends the melting point range Usually alumina
Glossy Base Ferro Frit 3124 30 % EPK Kaolin 30% Gerstley Borate 40% Does show some crazing Works great with oxides and stains but shows under color as well
Matte Base Ferro Frit 3195 43% EPK Kaolin 14% Whiting 43% Apply thick Works well with textured slips and oxides and stains
Satin Glaze Ferro Frit 3195 EPK Kaolin Dolomite Needs to be very thick Oxides and stains work well with this
Metallic Oxidescolor the glaze Fe2O3 black and red glazes 1 – 5% FeO black and red glazes 1 – 5% CoCO3 Deep blue 1-3% Co3O4 blue 1% CuCO3 greens, reds, blues 2% TiO2 (Rutile) mottled look for blues 0.10% MnO2 makes blacks blacker and blues bluer 3% SnO3 makes whites whiter 10% CrCO3 green 3%