Fred Hagen on wed 19 may 04
Clay People,
Can anyone recommend a good handbuilding book that can be used by a beginner. My wife will be working in mud for the first time in early June at Vince Pitelka's place in Tenn.and I would like to get her the book before we take the trip.
On the topic of glaze software I know enough about chemistry to be dangerous which is to say I could work out the molecular weights and percentages and probably the unity formula for fluxes but I don't want to do it --I'm not that curious so am looking for a good glaze software program . Since I've never seen one operate I don't know if they are cone specific or are versatile enough to work with all firing ranges. I have an electric kiln but have access to all other forms of firing and if possible would want to use it over many cone ranges.
I know that John H. has a program and that Insight from Digital Fire is recommended by some. There is also Hyperglaze but since I work with windows XP I don't know if that one would work on my system.
It would be nice of some of you more experienced mud slingers could give me the pros and cons of the various programs.
Thanks. Fred Hagen
Lawrence Ewing on thu 20 may 04
Hi Fred,
Matrix is worth a look. Check it out at http://www.Matrix2000.co.nz
Cheers,
Lawrence Ewing
21 Slant St
Careys Bay
Dunedin
New Zealand
EMAIL: lewing@xtra.co.nz
URLS:
Matrix Glaze Software:
http://www.Matrix2000.co.nz
Glaze Chemistry Instruction:
http://www.Matrix2000.co.nz/GlazeTeach/Index.htm
New Zealand Society of Potters website:
http://www.nzPotters.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Hagen"
To:
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 3:21 PM
Subject: Handbuilding and Glaze software
> Clay People,
> Can anyone recommend a good handbuilding book that can be used by a
beginner. My wife will be working in mud for the first time in early June
at Vince Pitelka's place in Tenn.and I would like to get her the book before
we take the trip.
>
> On the topic of glaze software I know enough about chemistry to be
dangerous which is to say I could work out the molecular weights and
percentages and probably the unity formula for fluxes but I don't want to do
it --I'm not that curious so am looking for a good glaze software program .
Since I've never seen one operate I don't know if they are cone specific or
are versatile enough to work with all firing ranges. I have an electric kiln
but have access to all other forms of firing and if possible would want to
use it over many cone ranges.
> I know that John H. has a program and that Insight from Digital Fire is
recommended by some. There is also Hyperglaze but since I work with windows
XP I don't know if that one would work on my system.
>
> It would be nice of some of you more experienced mud slingers could give
me the pros and cons of the various programs.
> Thanks. Fred
Hagen
>
>
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Ivor and Olive Lewis on thu 20 may 04
Dear Fred Hagen, Though they may be old and out of print two good starting points ar
May Luk on thu 20 may 04
Hi Fred;
I have Glazemaster 2.
Pros;
1-Clean and intuitive interface. Easy to start even without reading the
manual.
2-Informative printed manual in easy to understand language.
3-Prompt Email tech support.
4-Calculate line blend and currie grid
5-Stable - on Mac G4 running OS9.
6-Cross platform [written with File Maker Pro, the best database software,
IMO]
7-Batch Mix sheet printout-handy
Cons:
1-Doesn't calculate cost of glaze.
2-Only compare material one at a time.
3-No cross reference for different COE values.
That's all I can say about Glazemaster 2, although I have not used it to its
full capacity.
If you have the time, it's best if you download all of the demo versions and
try them out yourself. Everybody's needs are different.
Best regards
May
London, UK
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