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carlton ball glaze recipe "tizzie"

updated tue 30 apr 96

 

Michael Henderson on thu 11 apr 96

Afternoon all. I am writing as an ASSIGNMENT from my pottery teacher Rod
Maxwell-Muir, a resident Canadian from BC who teaches down here in Oregon.
The assignment is to see if I can find anybody who knows anything about a
glaze called "Tizzie" created by Carlton Ball, now deceased, but at, one
time, maybe even 40ties/50ties, a major force in ceramics on the West Coast.
We have one of his syllabi in which he constantly refers to this as a basic
glaze but never provides the recipe. It may contain lead but we'd like to
know what it is because it particularly does well with engobes. ANY help
would be appreciated. I don't have INSIGHT so I can't go to the Ceramics
Gopher to check or a MAC to use HYPERGLAZE. Would anybody be willing to
take a quick looksee to see if it shows up there or any other glaze database
that you all work with? A night class of 25 would very much appreciate it
and it might convince my teacher to take a try at surfin the net. Thanks in
advance. Emily, in Astoria, where it's raining...You were surprised?

Jack and Cheri Donahue on thu 11 apr 96


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In response to your search for Carlton Ball's glaze
called "Tizzie" I have one gleaned from "Making Pottery w/o a Wheel" written
by him. It's listed as a cone 08-10 with the following recipe:

Flint 463 gr
white Lead 1500 gr
fledspar 300 gr
koalin 420 gr
frit 3134 570 gr

*for a translucent glaze, add 162 grams of tin oxide
*for an opaque glaze, add 300 grams of tin oxide
*note: this glaze is not effective as a transparent glaze
by itself and some tin oxide should be added.
*should be applied thin and fired in oxidation
* can be colored as follows:

He gives detailed recommendations as to addition of coloring
agents in his book. There are also many other glaze recipes there.

Hope this has been helpful and Good Luck.


Jack Donahue E-mail: Jax@Biddeford.com
Bowdoinham, Maine


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