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updated thu 3 dec 09

 

Marcia Selsor on wed 2 dec 09


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> From: Marcia Selsor
> Date: December 2, 2009 6:09:43 PM CST
> To: Kenneth Adams
> Subject: Re: Low fire soda firing.
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> I fired terra cotta to ^01-1 during my residency at Archie Bray.
> You fire it pretty much like any other type of soda firing. Boil
> water, dissolve
> soda ash, spray it into the kiln with an orchard sprayer or whatever
> you have.
> One really buttery slip was a combination of 1/3 Alberta slip, 1/3
> Kaolin, and 1/3 frit3110.
> I used the the Alberta slip in place of stains in this underglaze
> recipe.
> I fired some large bowls for bird baths, large stems and some corbels.
> I can email some photos if you are interested.
> Marcia
> On Dec 2, 2009, at 4:54 PM, Kenneth Adams wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> Can anyone please direct me to a discussion of low fire soda firing?
>> I'm curious if soda will voliatize under cone 1?
>> Any information to whether this is possible would be great. By the
>> way, I cannot use salt, restrictions and coding will not permit it.
>> Thanks,
>> - Eric Adams
>>
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> Marcia Selsor
> http://marciaselsor.com
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Marcia Selsor
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