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non-crazing glaze for p5

updated tue 18 dec 01

 

Christena Schafale on mon 17 dec 01


Now that my holiday sale season is over, I'm looking forward to doing some
more work with porcelain this winter. Does anyone have a good base for
cone 5-6 that you know from experience does not craze on P5 porcelain from
Highwater? I'm finding that the glazes I developed to look good on my
brown stoneware aren't so great on the porcelain (imagine that....) The
high-iron glazes in particular seem much runnier on the porcelain, which I
hadn't expected.

I'd love something in a satin but would settle for a clear gloss that would
take oxides well. I'd even settle for knowing what calculated expansion I
should be aiming for when I formulate my own glazes. I would swear that I
had this information once, but can't find it either in my personal
archives, or in the Clayart archives. Thanks for any help.

Chris

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