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overglaze enamels, where can i get them?

updated tue 10 feb 04

 

Chris Rupp on mon 9 feb 04


I have searched high and low for a source for fired-on overglaze enamels
with no luck. I would like to try some on cone 10 stoneware and porcelain. I
am looking for just basic colors, such as red, green, blue, yellow, etc...If
anyone knows where I might be able to find some I would apprieciate it. You
can email me directly at: cmrdesigns@hotmail.com

THANKS!
Chris
Sunny Santa Barbara

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wayneinkeywest on mon 9 feb 04


Chris:
Try http://www.thechinacorner.com
They may have what you need.
They have a tollfree number and are
located in Houston.
Hope that helps,
Wayne Seidl

> I have searched high and low for a source for fired-on overglaze
enamels
> with no luck. I would like to try some on cone 10 stoneware and
porcelain. I
> am looking for just basic colors, such as red, green, blue,
yellow, etc...If
> anyone knows where I might be able to find some I would
apprieciate it. You
> can email me directly at: cmrdesigns@hotmail.com
>
> THANKS!
> Chris
> Sunny Santa Barbara

Lee Love on tue 10 feb 04


Chris Rupp wrote:

> I have searched high and low for a source for fired-on overglaze enamels
> with no luck. I would like to try some on cone 10 stoneware and
> porcelain. I
> am looking for just basic colors, such as red, green, blue, yellow,
> etc...If
> anyone knows where I might be able to find some I would apprieciate
> it. You
> can email me directly at: cmrdesigns@hotmail.com
>

Hi Chris,

I'm guessing that maybe the nomenclature is the problem
with your searches. I found them at Seattle Pottery listed as "Over
glaze." Enamels are decorated after the glaze firing, at a lower
temperature. Shimaoka sensei had us prepare the surfaces with a
solution made from gelatin, to help the enamels stick to the glazed
surfaces. Jan MacKeachie Johnson uses American lead-free commercial
enamels to good effect. Not sure if these are the same below, but
there is a huge selection of colors to choose from. When I have my
small wood-kiln set up, I plan on experimenting with these lead-free
American enamels.


oil based:

http://www.seattlepotterysupply.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=VC

water based;

http://www.seattlepotterysupply.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=VCW

Lee In Mashiko, Japan