Andie Carpenter on tue 7 nov 00
I have never used Laguna Clays, but I have tested some of their Moroccan Sand
glazes. My results? (All fired to a hard cone 6 in oxidation, on both Standard's
208 brown stoneware & 181 white stoneware):
Wheat: nice ivory matte with brown speckles, but crappy coverage & pinholes galore
- I tossed it
Redwood Matte: very nice brown to orange matte, no pinholes, layers well - a keeper
Ochre: hideous burnt yellow, looks like one of my ash glaze mishaps, bubbles and
all - tossed it
Royal Blue: would be a beautiful shiny cobalt blue, if it didn't burn out to clear
in spots, and also it crazes terribly - tossed it
Bamboo Ash Matte: picture if someone puked on your work - chunky reddish brown sick
green - tossed it
Fern Mist: very yucky, dry, barium-looking turquoise green. must have been a damn
sick fern - tossed it
Oasis Blue: the perfect glaze. blue green swirls on a very dark green background.
fires well all the way up to cone 8 and layers great - a keeper, I use it
constantly
Grape: well, it is, in fact, purple, breaking to a light blue. I HATE it, but
everyone else in the world loves it and I get orders for it - thus a keeper despite
my aversion to anything that looks like over processed food. The color of cheap
grape juice. Shiny. On the white stoneware, less blue, more purple, still not my
style. MUST BE SIFTED over & over & over or will leave weird hard bumps on your
piece.
Spring Green: I love lime green, but this is horrible, hospital scrubs lime green,
and crappy coverage - tossed it
Robin's Egg: Don't know what kind of robins they've got out west, it sure doesn't
look like any robin's egg I ever saw. Blue to green with red spots, if too thin it
breaks and ugly brown, if too thick it goes metallic dark green, also bad fit on
both clays I tried (tinkling for days) - tossed it
Alfred Blue: Not bad for a pre-mix blue. Solid, monotone, medium blue gloss, good
coverage, good fit, layers well - a keeper
French Blue: Light, semi-gloss, baby blue. Not bad, worth more testing - a keeper
Peanut Butter: Halloween pumpkin orange, really ugly on the brown stoneware, also
needs to be very thick to get decent coverage (just goes clear where thin), and
thick areas pinholed. tossed it
Antique Blue: neither antique nor blue. Matte, almost grainy, green, the exact
color of ocean algae. tossed it
Emerude (sp?): Not a bad light green & sea blue breaking brown. Will be testing it
more.
I should also add that while I switch my personal glazes over from GB, I have also
been testing other pre-mixes: Campbell's, Opulence, Standard's, Amaco, and
Spectrum. The Amaco, Campbell's, and Opulence I have yet to get a single worthwhile
glaze out of, with the others I've had better results. If anyone is interested, I'm
happy to post my tests to the list or offline.
: ) Andie Carpenter
Joanne L. Van Bezooyen on tue 7 nov 00
I also use Moroccan Sand glazes by Laguna...and Laguna clays (because my only local
supplier carries them). I've had different results than Andie.
I fire electric to cone 6 in the sitter. Laguna Dover White, WS-5, B-mix porcelain,
Hagi porcelain.
Wheat. I love it. Always smooth. A keeper.
Redwood Matt. Consistent colors. A keeper
Royal Blue. Mine speckles. Doesn't craze for me
Spring Green. A favorite. Beautiful light bright green.
Capuchino...a smooth mottled brown
Desert Yellow....Wonderful faint yellow
Pippin Green...like a pippin apple! love the texture. behaves well.
Antique Blue...another favorite...blue on blue, fits well.
Walnut Spice....fires smooth, good coverage. A little boring. too even.
Forest Green transparent crazed a lot a number of times, but love the color etc.
Hyacinth...transparent...pinky-brown. Only works well over another glaze. Peacock
transparent only work well to add character by applying over another glaze.
The following glazes "seem" to be the same opaque recipe with different stain colors
added. They work well only when applied thick. They lack character and so I tend to
glaze over them with other glazes when I desire richness and character:
Sunflower yellows
Peanut Butter
Wedgwood Blue
French Blue
Forest Green Opaque
Grape
Plum
Rusty Orange
Walnut (doesn't like to fire smoothly)
peach blush
flesh
They seem to work best when you stir, stir, stir,......apply thick....layer....fire to
a good cone 6.
I also mix my own glazes and order several of the Spectrum glazes I like.
The only Laguna clay I had problems with was one batch of Dover White I bought last
summer that was too dry and I couldn't keep it from warping or distorting.
HOWEVER, I am only a couple years into this and may be having problems that I don't yet
realize (does that make sense).
Joanne in Tucson
Andie Carpenter wrote:
> I have never used Laguna Clays, but I have tested some of their Moroccan Sand
> glazes. My results? (All fired to a hard cone 6 in oxidation, on both Standard's
> 208 brown stoneware & 181 white stoneware):
>
> Wheat: nice ivory matte with brown speckles, but crappy coverage & pinholes galore
> - I tossed it
>
> Redwood Matte: very nice brown to orange matte, no pinholes, layers well - a keeper
>
> Ochre: hideous burnt yellow, looks like one of my ash glaze mishaps, bubbles and
> all - tossed it
>
> Royal Blue: would be a beautiful shiny cobalt blue, if it didn't burn out to clear
> in spots, and also it crazes terribly - tossed it
>
> Bamboo Ash Matte: picture if someone puked on your work - chunky reddish brown sick
> green - tossed it
>
> Fern Mist: very yucky, dry, barium-looking turquoise green. must have been a damn
> sick fern - tossed it
>
> Oasis Blue: the perfect glaze. blue green swirls on a very dark green background.
> fires well all the way up to cone 8 and layers great - a keeper, I use it
> constantly
>
> Grape: well, it is, in fact, purple, breaking to a light blue. I HATE it, but
> everyone else in the world loves it and I get orders for it - thus a keeper despite
> my aversion to anything that looks like over processed food. The color of cheap
> grape juice. Shiny. On the white stoneware, less blue, more purple, still not my
> style. MUST BE SIFTED over & over & over or will leave weird hard bumps on your
> piece.
>
> Spring Green: I love lime green, but this is horrible, hospital scrubs lime green,
> and crappy coverage - tossed it
>
> Robin's Egg: Don't know what kind of robins they've got out west, it sure doesn't
> look like any robin's egg I ever saw. Blue to green with red spots, if too thin it
> breaks and ugly brown, if too thick it goes metallic dark green, also bad fit on
> both clays I tried (tinkling for days) - tossed it
>
> Alfred Blue: Not bad for a pre-mix blue. Solid, monotone, medium blue gloss, good
> coverage, good fit, layers well - a keeper
>
> French Blue: Light, semi-gloss, baby blue. Not bad, worth more testing - a keeper
>
> Peanut Butter: Halloween pumpkin orange, really ugly on the brown stoneware, also
> needs to be very thick to get decent coverage (just goes clear where thin), and
> thick areas pinholed. tossed it
>
> Antique Blue: neither antique nor blue. Matte, almost grainy, green, the exact
> color of ocean algae. tossed it
>
> Emerude (sp?): Not a bad light green & sea blue breaking brown. Will be testing it
> more.
>
> I should also add that while I switch my personal glazes over from GB, I have also
> been testing other pre-mixes: Campbell's, Opulence, Standard's, Amaco, and
> Spectrum. The Amaco, Campbell's, and Opulence I have yet to get a single worthwhile
> glaze out of, with the others I've had better results. If anyone is interested, I'm
> happy to post my tests to the list or offline.
>
> : ) Andie Carpenter
>
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