Week 3 Research, Reflection and Goals
Notes: Unfortunately I was not able to mix the red gloss glaze that I wanted to because of a lack of necessary ingredients. I am going to research how expensive the ingredients are and how small of quantities I can purchase them and may get my own ingredients so I can mix it.
Research: Since I have a few finished pieces that I have made that are ready to be glazed, I decided to start looking through Cooper’s Book of Glaze Recipes to see if any of them looked interesting and I wanted to try them. I am a bit limited, as the studio I am working in doesn’t have quite as large of a variety of materials as DAAP does, so depending on availability of some ingredients I may have to wait until the fall to try some of these recipes. Unfortunately, the book only had recipes up through cone 8, and I typically fire my work at cone 10; another common temperature is cone 6, so I went ahead and looked at recipes for that temperature instead.
• 151 Clear glaze (smooth)
• 154 Transparent glaze
• 176 A frosty satin glaze (smooth satin white on porcelain)
• 181 A viscous opaque white (apply thinly)
• 185 Smooth opaque white (forms crystals on porcelain)
• 186 A creamy white opaque
• 197 Brilliant matt turquoise (oxidation; leave out copper carb and it is a soft pink)
• 201 Rutile mottled glaze (shiny pale blue pink at 2300F)
• 207 Tan matt
• 212 Rich olive green (reduction; pale green in oxidation)
• 215 Indian red
This is another book that I would like to keep on hand and refer to as necessary. The only downside is that not every glaze has an image to go with it, so sometimes you are taking a gamble based off of the name as to what the glaze will turn out looking like.
Goals for the upcoming week: Work with carving.
Research: Since I have a few finished pieces that I have made that are ready to be glazed, I decided to start looking through Cooper’s Book of Glaze Recipes to see if any of them looked interesting and I wanted to try them. I am a bit limited, as the studio I am working in doesn’t have quite as large of a variety of materials as DAAP does, so depending on availability of some ingredients I may have to wait until the fall to try some of these recipes. Unfortunately, the book only had recipes up through cone 8, and I typically fire my work at cone 10; another common temperature is cone 6, so I went ahead and looked at recipes for that temperature instead.
• 151 Clear glaze (smooth)
• 154 Transparent glaze
• 176 A frosty satin glaze (smooth satin white on porcelain)
• 181 A viscous opaque white (apply thinly)
• 185 Smooth opaque white (forms crystals on porcelain)
• 186 A creamy white opaque
• 197 Brilliant matt turquoise (oxidation; leave out copper carb and it is a soft pink)
• 201 Rutile mottled glaze (shiny pale blue pink at 2300F)
• 207 Tan matt
• 212 Rich olive green (reduction; pale green in oxidation)
• 215 Indian red
This is another book that I would like to keep on hand and refer to as necessary. The only downside is that not every glaze has an image to go with it, so sometimes you are taking a gamble based off of the name as to what the glaze will turn out looking like.
Goals for the upcoming week: Work with carving.