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updated fri 26 jul 02

 

Steve Dalton on mon 22 jul 02


on 7/21/02 5:14 PM, Marie Tedesco Folderman at mariespotworks@YAHOO.COM
wrote:

> The base glaze of the pot is beautiful...creamy....can
> not find this receipe anywhere though. John or
Marie,
Here are some recipes I found in Jeff Zamek's "What Every Potter Should
Know." The process is also called Dendritic. The actual colored slips used
to use urine, but with the new recipes, Apple Cider Vinegar is now used.
I'm listing all of the recipes I found in the book, since the Base slip must
fit the clay body perfectly.
--
Steve Dalton
Clear Creek Pottery
Snohomish, Wa
sdpotter@gte.net



Clay Body
Low-fire red ^06-04
Redart 55
Cedar Heights Bonding Clay 50x mesh 9
Thomas Ball Clay 17
M44 7
Custer 6
Goldart 3
Flint 200x 3
Let age for 2-3 days Bisque to 06

Base White Slip (Wet Application) ^06-04
EPK 30
Thomas Ball Clay 25
M44 Clay 10
Goldart Stoneware Clay 5
Flint 325x mesh 20
Superpax 10
Bentonite 2

Yellow Slip
Base plus 10% Mason #6485

Dendritic Slip
Black
Manganese Dioxide Powder 20 grams
Water 29 grams
Apple Cider Vinegar 29 grams
Tobacco 1 king sized cigarette

Blue
Cobalt Carbonate 5 grams
Water 29 grams
Apple Cider Vinegar 29 grams
Tobacco 1 king sized cigarette

Green
Copper Carbonate 5 grams
Water 29 grams
Apple Cider Vinegar 29 grams
Tobacco 1 king sized cigarette

Break open cigarette, don't use filter. sieve in 100 mesh 3 times and
discard anything left over. Age for 24 hours and use within 2 weeks.


Apply Base Slip to freshly thrown pots and while slip is still wet apply
Dendritic slip, let slip flow off brush. Bisque when pot is dry.

Clear Glaze(to be applied over pattern and slip)
Ferro Frit 3269 89.5
EPK 8.5
Flint 325x 2
Bentonite 2
Red Iron Oxide 1
Epsom Salts .5

Lorraine Pierce on tue 23 jul 02


Hi Steve...I am not familiar with M44 clay. Who is your supplier and is it a
kaolin, ball clay or ??? Thanks, Lori Pierce in New Port Richey, Fl.

Steve Dalton on thu 25 jul 02


on 7/23/02 4:03 AM, Lorraine Pierce at lorinfla@MICROD.COM wrote:

> Hi Steve...I am not familiar with M44 clay. Who is your supplier and is it a
> kaolin, ball clay or ??? Thanks, Lori Pierce in New Port Richey, Fl.

Lori and others,

I have no idea what M44 clay is. I only wrote down the recipes I found in
Jeff Zamek's book, "What Every Potter Should Know." I even looked through
his book to see if it was listed anywhere else, but it wasn't.

You might try Axner and find out if they've heard of it. I would say it's a
trade name but from which company, I have no idea.
--
Steve Dalton
Clear Creek Pottery
Snohomish, Wa
sdpotter@gte.net