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glaze test for rust red, 1879, cone 6 redux

updated thu 3 may 07

 

Alisa Clausen on wed 2 may 07


Glaze test for





Source Pat Horsley

Credited to



Fired on mid fire white stoneware



Firing ramp with an electric controller is:
100c p/h to 600c (212f - 1112f)
150c p/h to 1140c (302f - 2084f)
80c p/h to 1220c (176f - 2228f)
15 min. soak
cool down max. to 900c (1652f)
Hold 30 minutes

Shut off kiln





Colorants or additives to a 100 gram batch are measured in percent to the
100 gram batch.


Recipe Name: 1879 Rust Red Cone 6, Redux

Cone: 6 Color:
Firing: Reduction Surface:

Amount Ingredient
28.6 Whiting
17.8 Feldspar--Custer
53.6 Kaolin--EPK

100 Total



Additives
10 Frit--Ferro 3134
4 Iron Oxide--Red

Unity Oxide
.028 Na2O
.067 K2O
.011 MgO
.894 CaO
1.000 Total

.716 Al2O3
.008 Fe2O3

1.946 SiO2
.006 TiO2
.001 P2O5

2.7 Ratio
7.6 Exp



Results:
Dry, underfired, ochre yellow and rust brown surface.
As it was fired in oxidation and not reduction, it could be the cause of
underfired
iron?

Best regards from Alisa in Demark