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skhouse@excite.com on mon 24 jan 00

i'm working on a glaze testing class, does anyone have a gray glaze?
I'm looking for anything from a soft gray to steel or metallic. Tending
toward blue is fine, but the less 'color' the better.
I'm firing cone 10 reduction on a mid colored stoneware, (Zella Stone from
Highwater clay)
Thanks a lot
Sarah





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Sara JH Ashodian on tue 25 jan 00

try this

gris matt

custer 52
dolomite 20
ball clay 8
silica 3
whiting 17
bentonite 2

sara
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Sara JH Ashodian
Sash Arts Studio

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>From: skhouse@excite.com
>To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
>Subject: gray glaze
>Date: Mon, Jan 24, 2000, 3:22 PM
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> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> i'm working on a glaze testing class, does anyone have a gray glaze?
> I'm looking for anything from a soft gray to steel or metallic. Tending
> toward blue is fine, but the less 'color' the better.
> I'm firing cone 10 reduction on a mid colored stoneware, (Zella Stone from
> Highwater clay)
> Thanks a lot
> Sarah
>
>
>
>
>
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Paul Lewing on tue 25 jan 00

Hi, Sarah.
Back when I was doing cone 10 reduction, I used to make a nice grey (a
little bit greenish grey) with iron chromate in Rhodes' Magnesia Base.
That recipe is in the text of his "Stoneware & Porcelain" book, probably
under magnesia. Maybe 1-3% iron chromate, depending on how intense you
like it.
Good luck,
Paul Lewing, Seattle

Donald H.Lyons on tue 25 jul 00


Hi all,
I am looking for a matt light gray glaze cone 10 reduction. Any ideas? =
My particular problem - I used a glaze on a mountain landscape piece (El =
Capitan in Yosemite) hoping for gray, but I got a satin white instead. =
Now I need to reglaze to get matt gray. Maybe spraying some oxide(s) =
wash on top would do the trick - any suggestions along this line? All =
would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Don in Lexington, MA

Wade Blocker on tue 25 jul 00


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From: Donald H.Lyons
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Gray Glaze
Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 8:44 AM

Hi all,
I am looking for a matt light gray glaze cone 10 reduction. Any ideas? My
particular problem - I used a glaze on a mountain landscape piece (El
Capitan in Yosemite) hoping for gray, but I got a satin white instead. Now
I need to reglaze to get matt gray. Maybe spraying some oxide(s) wash on
top would do the trick - any suggestions along this line? All would be
appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Don in Lexington, MA

__Don, Add a little black stain to your glaze and reglaze the mountain with
it. Mia in hot ABQ
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Donald H.Lyons on thu 27 jul 00


Thanks, John, for the suggestion. So far I've only had one or two others.
Hope you're doing well. The kiln's still going strong.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Baymore"
To:
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 9:39 AM
Subject: Gray Glaze


Any ideas? My particular problem - I used a glaze on a mountain landscape
piece (El Capitan in Yosemite) hoping for gray, but I got a satin white
instead. Now I need to reglaze to get matt gray.


Don,

Hi. Long time no see.

I don't know the requirements for functionality......... so this suggestion
may be useless.

Maybe try a grey overglaze enamel / china paint????? Fire it over the
existing glaze. Maybe underfire it a tad to matt it.... or mix in a little
alumina hydrate or kaolin to matt it. Test first .

Best,

.....................john

John Baymore
River Bend Pottery
22 Riverbend Way
Wilton, NH 03086 USA

603-654-2752 (s)
800-900-1110 (s)

JBaymore@compuserve.com
John.Baymore@GSD-CO.com

"Earth, Water, and Fire Noborigama Woodfiring Workshop August 18-27,
2000"

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John Baymore on thu 27 jul 00


Any ideas? My particular problem - I used a glaze on a mountain landscape=

piece (El Capitan in Yosemite) hoping for gray, but I got a satin white
instead. Now I need to reglaze to get matt gray. =



Don,

Hi. Long time no see.

I don't know the requirements for functionality......... so this suggesti=
on
may be useless.

Maybe try a grey overglaze enamel / china paint????? Fire it over the
existing glaze. Maybe underfire it a tad to matt it.... or mix in a litt=
le
alumina hydrate or kaolin to matt it. Test first .

Best,

.....................john

John Baymore
River Bend Pottery
22 Riverbend Way
Wilton, NH 03086 USA

603-654-2752 (s)
800-900-1110 (s)

JBaymore@compuserve.com
John.Baymore@GSD-CO.com

"Earth, Water, and Fire Noborigama Woodfiring Workshop August 18-27,
2000"

Edouard Bastarache on thu 27 jul 00


Hello,

here is the recipe for a c/8-10 redux satin gray glaze,
it was given to me by my late friend
Claude Lalibert=E9 from Quebec City:

Custer spar 56.8
Dolomite 13.6
Whiting 10.6
Zinc oxide(Calc.) 3
E.P.K. 16

Rutile 1
Manganese dioxide 1
Cobalt carbonate 1

Later,

Edouard Bastarache
Dans / In "La Belle Province"
edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca
http://www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/
=2E

ferenc jakab on sat 29 jul 00


Donald,
others with more knowledge might jump in here but I beleive that magnesium
brings out a dark grey colour in glazes with iron oxides in them.
Feri.