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crystalline glazes... looking for information..

updated sat 8 nov 97

 

Talbott on wed 5 nov 97

I am looking for information on cystalline glazes in the form of books,
magazine articles, etc... If you have any ideas on these resources then
please let me know. As I look around my neck of the woods here in Maine I
have seen a trend and I want to get on the train before it is too late! I
love experimenting with glazes and firing schedules but I don't have time
to reinvent the wheel on every turn.. All comments on crystalline glazes
and FIRING SCHEDULES will be most appreciated.... ...Marshall

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CAROLRATLI on fri 7 nov 97

There was an article in CM last year? written by Julie Brooke on not only
crystal glazes but doing reduction with an oil drip method to produce red and
almost bronze colored pieces with big crystals.
Also, My boss/teacher, John Conrad, was doing crystals 20 years ago....was
well known at that time for small neck crystal glazed vases, but says now
there are so many potters doing it he wanted to explore other areas. He was
used as a technical consultant by some company in china a few years back to
help straighten out whatever problem they were having. He has written 6 or 7
books so I will guess that one of them may be on crystals.....I know one of
them has to have some info on it. I have some handouts somewhere from a slide
lecture that he and Julie Brooke did together. I'll never find them right
now.....if you still can't find info in another month then ask me again & I
will look for them.
All I know myself Is the mix needs be to mixed fresh. We keep a mix of the
base, dry. Then add colorants to small batch when ready to glaze. Need a
catch basin because they run like crazy. I don't remember what was mixed with
elmers glue to attach pot to basin before glazing.
good luck!
carol

Robert Wilt on fri 7 nov 97

Studio Potter Vol. 25 #1 (December '96) has short articles by Julie Brook,
Derek Clarkson, Diane Creber, Sun Chao, Ray West, Carol Sphar, Dan Turnidge,
and Leon Bush. Articles include techniques, firing schedules, and recipes.
For example, Bush describes a method for producing red crystals by dripping
oil into the kiln during the cooling.
You can get this issue of SP by sending $12.50 plus $1.00 for postage to
Studio Potter, Box 70, Goffstown NH 03045 -- or call 603/774-3582.

bob


>I am looking for information on cystalline glazes in the form of books,
>magazine articles, etc... If you have any ideas on these resources then
>please let me know. As I look around my neck of the woods here in Maine I
>have seen a trend and I want to get on the train before it is too late! I
>love experimenting with glazes and firing schedules but I don't have time
>to reinvent the wheel on every turn.. All comments on crystalline glazes
>and FIRING SCHEDULES will be most appreciated.... ...Marshall
>