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slips to underglaze-moonelis slip

updated mon 2 jan 12

 

Jeanie Silver on sun 1 jan 12


Here is the recipe

for Moonelis slip.Remember-believe nothing until you've tested it on =3D
your=3D20
own clay,firing method and taste. Adding 10% soda ash was only when =3D
I use=3D20
it at cone 03-3. I don't know what higher temp. will do to the soda =3D
ash.=3D20
ts a kind of ho-hum white that lacks the courage of it convictions, b=3D
ut you=3D20
can whiten it up with Mason stain 6007 (better than trying tin oxide =3D
by=3D20
itself). You can warm it up with rutile , red art clay, or iron oxid=3D
e.=3D20
Over a terracotta body, it naturally warms, giving a very sensual blu=3D
sh, or=3D20
an opaque covering depending on the application. I usually slather i=3D
t on=3D20
with a brush, because I like the variation, but it also works poured =3D
and=3D20
dipped-that is if your clay body can stand the treatment. You'll hav=3D
e to=3D20
experiment as to thickness. On terracotta, I apply it heavy cream=3D
=3D20
consistency on dry greenware-but that=3DE2=3D80=3D99s because my clay body =
=3D
doesn't easily=3D20
take offence. There is a learning curve with it as with every other =3D
aspect=3D20
of clay...most of the learning comes in the form of learning how to a=3D
pply=3D20
it...remember, the slip will stay where you put it-there are no slith=3D
ery=3D20
'gifts of the fire' to inspire indifferent application. You have to =3D
think=3D20
of everything-that=3DE2=3D80=3D99s what makes it so exciting...Good luck...=
=3D
I've made it=3D20
sound like a panacea for everything short of hemorrhoids, but its bee=3D
n good=3D20
to me...

Moonelis Slip Cone 04-9/10
Ky. Ball Clay 40

EPK 20

Neph. Syanite 15

Talc 15

Flint(325 mesh silica) 10


Note to Tony Clennell

I am so excited about your foray into electric low fire...loved some =3D
of the=3D20
pieces that you did at Utah with the decals and gnarly surfaces...bes=3D
ides,=3D20
with you in electric low fire, I can feel, somehow...legitimate. Ca=3D
n't=3D20
wait to see what you do...
Jeanie in Pa.=3D20

tony clennell on sun 1 jan 12


Jeanie: Thanx. Don't look to me to give e-ware legitimacy. I'll just bring
y'all down to my level. Much of the good work I am seeing these days is
e-ware. Many of us are heading into the sunset years and having the kiln
programmed to fire while we're sleeping sounds like good sense to me.
I now have more recipes for e-ware than I ever had for high fire. Time to
cull them down to one or two.
all the best,
Tc

On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Jeanie Silver wro=
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te:

> Here is the recipe
>
> for Moonelis slip.Remember-believe nothing until you've tested it on your
> own clay,firing method and taste. Adding 10% soda ash was only when I us=
=3D
e
> it at cone 03-3. I don't know what higher temp. will do to the soda ash.
> ts a kind of ho-hum white that lacks the courage of it convictions, but y=
=3D
ou
> can whiten it up with Mason stain 6007 (better than trying tin oxide by
> itself). You can warm it up with rutile , red art clay, or iron oxide.
> Over a terracotta body, it naturally warms, giving a very sensual blush, =
=3D
or
> an opaque covering depending on the application. I usually slather it on
> with a brush, because I like the variation, but it also works poured and
> dipped-that is if your clay body can stand the treatment. You'll have to
> experiment as to thickness. On terracotta, I apply it heavy cream
> consistency on dry greenware-but that=3D92s because my clay body doesn't =
ea=3D
sily
> take offence. There is a learning curve with it as with every other aspe=
=3D
ct
> of clay...most of the learning comes in the form of learning how to apply
> it...remember, the slip will stay where you put it-there are no slithery
> 'gifts of the fire' to inspire indifferent application. You have to thin=
=3D
k
> of everything-that=3D92s what makes it so exciting...Good luck...I've mad=
e =3D
it
> sound like a panacea for everything short of hemorrhoids, but its been go=
=3D
od
> to me...
>
> Moonelis Slip Cone 04-9/10
> Ky. Ball Clay 40
>
> EPK 20
>
> Neph. Syanite 15
>
> Talc 15
>
> Flint(325 mesh silica) 10
>
>
> Note to Tony Clennell
>
> I am so excited about your foray into electric low fire...loved some of
> the pieces that you did at Utah with the decals and gnarly
> surfaces...besides, with you in electric low fire, I can feel,
> somehow...legitimate. Can't wait to see what you do...
> Jeanie in Pa.
>