Carol & Herman Kremer on sun 27 sep 98
I would really appreciate it if, when people give glaze formulas, they
would describe the appearance of the glaze - ie. Is the surface smoothe,
is the color even or does it have a mottled look? How thick does it need to
be applied. I love Hal Mcwinnie's glaze of the week but he just gives the
formula with no further info. That way I could just test those that sound
as tho I would like them. Thanks.
David Hewitt on tue 29 sep 98
In message , Carol & Herman Kremer writes
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>I would really appreciate it if, when people give glaze formulas, they
>would describe the appearance of the glaze - ie. Is the surface smoothe,
>is the color even or does it have a mottled look? How thick does it need to
>be applied. I love Hal Mcwinnie's glaze of the week but he just gives the
>formula with no further info. That way I could just test those that sound
>as tho I would like them. Thanks.
>
I very much agree with this view. It could prevent people wasting their
time as you say. It would also be useful if the type of clay body was
also included. One can visualise useful headings like, clay body;
application; surface finish; colour; firing /cone/oxidised/reduction,
For completeness, one would obviously like to see an analysis with the
recipe, to help those who have different sources of raw materials.
Having said that, I must admit that I am not always that disciplined
myself. I am sure, however, that it is worth talking about.
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brian on sat 17 nov 07
I was able to collect hundreds of images of glaze textures during
workshops in the last fifteen years.
Picking the most extreme of these I was able to publish and print
sets of charts that were both aesthetic and instructional. Many
clayart and workshop participants supported this project, thank you.
The interesting thing about the method is that it employs very
simple volume mixtures AND do not rely on accurate temperature
measurement. Firing anywhere between cone 07 and cone six does not
make drastic changes.......except that there will be less or more
melting on the textures.
Printing costs were always high for short runs on quality heavy card.
I now have reworked the images and am making them available as PDF
files in digital form on compact disc. Two projects :
1. The first cd is now complete and contains a compilation of all the
printed charts showing 140 images with recipes.
http://gartsidesignz.com/sales%20folder/posterstuff/one40glazeset.html
2. The second proposed project is much bigger job. At some stage next
year it is my intention to archive every image that I have taken.
This will amount to a total close to 1000. (I haven't actually
counted them)
Some of the images are in photoshop file format and I have to decide
whether to transfer them to the jpeg format. I will try to keep the
resolution high and they will be burned to a dvd disc.
I would appreciate comments on this as I suspect that not everyone
can open photoshop files ('better to jpeg them all??)
Briam
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Brian Gartside
Pukekohe, New Zealand
http://www.briangartside.com
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