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chun blue

updated wed 30 apr 97

 

Malone & Dean McRaine on wed 16 apr 97

I was taken with the CM article on Chun Blues. Anyone have a good recipe for
this type of glaze? I work in oxidation cone 9-10 but I don't think
atmosphere is vital, is it?

Dean
With Aloha blessings,
Malone

John Britt on fri 18 apr 97

Malone,

Atmosphere is very important in cleadon and chun blues. Without stong
reduction the iron (1 - 2 %) will make the glaze green rather than blue.

I could refer you to several books on the subject, like Tichane, "Those
Celadon Blues" or "Stoneware Glazes " by Ian Currie. Both are awesome
reference manuals.
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Good Luck,

John Britt claydude@unicomp.net
Dys-Functional Pottery
Dallas, Texas
http://www.dysfunctionalpottery.com/claydude

Malone & Dean McRaine on sat 19 apr 97

Aloha Tom (and others);
Have you seen the Ceramics monthly article on Chun blues? Issue before last,
I think. The author states that similar results were obtained in oxidation
and reduction. This seems like a different type of glaze than a celedon.
Anybody ever made one with commercial ingrediants? The author uses local,
African, ash which is hard to obtain on Kauai
Mahalo
Dean McRaine

At 09:30 AM 4/16/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Chuns only exist in REDUCTION. The blue comes from iron being changed from
>red iron oxide to black iron oxide and the black dissolving in the glass
>melt. Iron always exists in a glaze as red unless reduced.
>
>Cheers Tom Buck (new email address: )
>old:
> Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
>
>
With Aloha blessings,
Malone