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oribe green

updated fri 31 may 96

 

Gary Wang on thu 9 may 96


Hi June,

Here is an Oribe Green From Jack Troy's new book,
Wood -Fired Porcelan and Stoneware.

21.0 Potash spar
18.0 soda spar
16.0 silica
13.0 barium carb or 9.8 strontium carb
6.0 copper carb
4.0 tin oxide
2.0 bentonite

A rather bright green glaze that can be almost mirror-black
when heavily appplied and reduced. Translucent, especially
over porcelaneous slips.

I tried a batch last year. It can turn red when you reduce it !

Gary Wang
wang@nemesis.ece.ucsb.edu