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glaze test for tenmoku gold ii, cone 6, oxidation.

updated fri 25 jan 02

 

Alisa og Claus Clausen on wed 23 jan 02


Glaze test for :Glaze test for Tenmoku Gold, cone 6, oxidation.

Source: Clayart
Credited to: Ababi (revision)

All tests fired on white, iron flecked, mid-range stoneware.
Fired to cone 6 (1220c) in oxidation.

Firing ramp:
100c (212f) per hour to 600c (1112f)
150c (302f) per hour to 1100c (2012f)
100c per hour to 1220c (2228f)
15 - 30 minute soak depending on matts and glosses used.
cool down 100c per hour to 900c.
Natural cool down to 150c (approximately 15 hours)

Recipe:

2.0 EPK
59.8 Cornwall Stone
6.9 Dolomite
5.4 Flint
2.9 Frit 3134
5.4 Lithium Carb.
9.8 RIO
7.8 Whiting

Note:
All raw materials measured up or down to nearest whole decimal.
Oxides used on percent basis to a 100 gram batch of glaze.

Substitutions:
Local Frit for 3134

Resulted in:
Glossy, streaky dark tea brown glaze. Streaking is yellowish and there are
pools of black. The glaze
moved throughout and left an uneven boarder where the glaze was dipped with
an even boarder.

Regards from Alisa in Denmark

Ababi on thu 24 jan 02


No no Ababi
---------- Original Message ----------

>Glaze test for :Glaze test for Tenmoku Gold, cone 6, oxidation.

>Source: Clayart
>Credited to: Ababi (revision)