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blistering glazes

updated sat 10 jun 00

 

Cheryl L Litman on thu 8 jun 00


Bonnie,

I've used the Pinnell weathered bronze a lot and when I overfire it, it
blisters and they partially heal but have soft edges. Makes the pieces
look ancient. Nice effect which I've used on purpose a few times. It
happens most easily on a darker clay body.

Cheryl Litman ---------- Somerset, NJ --------- email:
cheryllitman@juno.com


On Thu, 8 Jun 2000 09:33:01 -0500 Bonnie Staffel
writes:
> June 8, 2000
>
> Dear Clayarters,
>
> After all these years of using smooth, satiny glazes, I am now
> looking
> for a ^6 glaze which is either full of pits or broken bubbles, etc.
> I
> have a deceased friend who used to put silicon carbide in her glaze
> to
> get the roughness. Have lost her recipe.
>
> Anyone help, please. TIA
>
> Bonnie Staffel, Charlevoix, MI
>
>
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Cheryl Litman ---------- Somerset, NJ --------- email:
cheryllitman@juno.com