Kollin Baker & Rebakah Parker on tue 11 feb 97
Any one ever heard of Buckingham feldspar? Is there an alternative?
Formula is:
K2O, 1.13
Al2O3, 6.45
SiO2
Lili Krakowski on wed 12 feb 97
Have been saying for years, sorry, decades, that one can tell the age of
a potter by the spars and clays s/he remembers. Anyone else out there
remember Monmouth and Dalton? Well Buckingham was an available spar in
the 50s still. Don't fret. Use the pot spar you have and can get, test,
adjust. I have gone through what seem to be endless spar changes and as
long as one sticks in the family--potash , soda-- and adjusts a little
here and there in the clay and flint it all works out fine
Lili Krakowski lkkrakow@edisto.cofc.edu
On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Kollin Baker & Rebakah Parker wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Any one ever heard of Buckingham feldspar? Is there an alternative?
> Formula is:
> K2O, 1.13
> Al2O3, 6.45
> SiO2
>
Arturo DeVitalis on thu 13 feb 97
I attended Monmouth College, and even toured the Monmouth Pottery where
they were makiing various "Seaforth" men's shaving mugs...only at that
time I never even knew what clay was!! I know that Monmouth clay was
mined in nearby Henderson County and possibly many other places and I
don't know if there is still clay that is now too expensive to mine
waiting to be harvested. I have the glaze recipies that used at that
time and would be glad to share. The college in the late 40's didn't
have any ceramic activity, but now they have a full blown studio
setup..the Monmouth Stoneware Pottery burned to the ground several years
ago...I would love to dig around the ruins!!
Ron Roy on thu 13 feb 97
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Any one ever heard of Buckingham feldspar? Is there an alternative?
>Formula is:
> K2O, 1.13
> Al2O3, 6.45
> SiO2
Most of our nglazes in the old days had buckspar - it was the potash spar
of choice. G200 is close - we all just changed over to it. If you are using
balanced glazes you may not notice any difference.
Ron Roy
Toronto, Canada
Evenings, call 416 439 2621
Fax, 416 438 7849
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