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Hi June. Thank you for all of that effort!! And what a wonderful starting point. I will experiment with it soon and try to pass on the findings. I'll be out of country for a few weeks, but then will get started. I anticipate, or maybe just hope, t...
Gail she uses a claybody with at least 80% clay content, and an silica/alumina ratio below 3. The other secret is that she does a reduction cooling after she finishes spraying soda, to get that ice effect on her pots.
Here's a theoretical cone 10...
Hi June. Thanks for your reply. I think in my second message on this string I provided an explanation of the soda ice effect, and provided two photos of samples produced by Gail Nichols. Indeed, the effect is that which she described within her bo...
I'm not sure what you mean by soda ice Gene. Are you referring to the pitted surfaces that Gail Nichols gets on her soda fired pieces?
She uses a high alumina body and introduces water into the kiln, on cooling I believe, to get that effect. Some...
20 pounds dry mixture of 25% sodium bicarb, 25% soda ash, and 50% whiting, in roughly 60 cubic feet.
I'll try it. Thanx again!
yes sir
Hi Cory. Are you referring to the Sculpture Raku Mix made by Clay Planet? Thanx!
oh. !!!! yes !
try using the cone 10 sculpture raku mix. the clay body
can u send a photograph or post one of 'soda ice' ? i may have had this and can recommend a clay body if i 've seen what u are talking about
Hi All. "Tony's Kiln Coat" as referenced by David Hashida, and which was described as "the formula for ITC" at the NCECA gathering, was as follows:
2 Parts Kyanite
2 Parts Aluminum Hydrate
2 Parts Zircopax
Mix with vee-gum as a binder (amount wa...
Thanks! Now I get it. Yes, I've seen Gayle's work. And saw other colours present--pinks and greens if you look really, really close. Her surface is a world.
I also love the water reduction effects and I've seen a lustre effect formed. Even withou...
Soda Ice is an effect that occurs when a clay body has a sufficiently high alumina content that the soda doesn't create the usual glassy appearance. The available silica is not enough to form a glassy coating in combination with the soda gases and...
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- At 9:19am on June 17, 2009,
Gary Slavinsky said…
- Sure Gene. I'd be happy to send you a copy. I don't have it electronically but if you send me your address I'd be happy to mail you a copy. You can send your address to gslavinsky@gmail.com.
Hot pots by the way! Very beautiful! Best, Gary
- At 1:08pm on March 26, 2009,
Pamela Theis said… - Welcome and Thanks for joining!
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- Wheelthrawan soda, kazegama, and general cone 10 work of a probably dysfunctional nature when you really think about it.
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