jpc Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I am in the process of creating a new body of work and have come to an abrupt halt because of the glaze. I am trying to create a dry, glaze similar to those created in a raku firing. Can anyone give me some advice on this? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Campbell Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 If you can post am image of what you are looking for, it might help. There are a lot of things you could be thinking of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzine Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I know next to nothing about glaze mixing, but John and Norm will no doubt have some great advice/ recipes. I will pose the question, are you talking about more traditional Japanese style Raku, or the Western version? Japanese style tends to be more dry looking, a lot of black glazes, whereas the Western variety is a lot of shiny metallic glazes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Food safe or not? Metallic like raku, or just dry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterH Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 jpc, You might look at the book "Dry Glazes" Amazon lets you see a few pages http://www.amazon.co.uk/Glazes-Ceramics-Handbooks-Jeremy-Jernegan/dp/071367671X You can see a book review at: http://palandri.com/mark/clayblog/?p=318 Regards, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bciskepottery Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I use a combination of white slip, oxide washes, black stain, etc. in multiple applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 If you are looking for a crawl or lichen glaze , start adding increments of magnesium carbonate to a glaze recipe for ^6. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzine Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Really beautiful work. I use a combination of white slip, oxide washes, black stain, etc. in multiple applications. Beautiful indeed. The tall cylinder looks like birch bark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I use a combination of white slip, oxide washes, black stain, etc. in multiple applications. Wow, just so beautiful! Birch bark indeed!! This is what I love about this forum, someone poses a queation and lots of gems of advice and beautiful treasures emerge! Makes your heart sing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayjay Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Should be some ideas here: Pics and recipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Ayjay, Great examples! Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Still would like to know if the OP is intending to make functional work or not. Lots of possibilities for non-functional..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Wow wow! To all thank you! My work is non-functional. There are some ideas I am definitely going to check out. Again, thanks to all! JPC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 For non-functional you can do just about anything. Take a glaze and start adding clay. It'll reach a point where it fuses, but doesn't melt any further. It'll give you a nice rough surface, like sand paper. Or you can add larger chunks of glaze materials, or metal shavings, etc. to give you some really neat surfaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I use a combination of white slip, oxide washes, black stain, etc. in multiple applications. Wow, love that tall vase. Strange tho', when I read the question, I thought "yuk, why would anyone want a dry crusty glaze". Now I know why. Although I think I will still always love the shiny smooth glazes that say "stroke me". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayjay Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Should be some ideas here: Pics and recipes. In that link all of the examples were mixed in equal quantities by volume, (I emailed to check when I first found them). There's some more ideas here, but I'm not sure if they are for ^6 Ox or what quantities were used :-http://www.gartside.info/texturesamples.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Ajay! Amazing web page! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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