Pots by Char Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 does anyone have a recipe for a low fire floating blue glaze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzine Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 I posted a reply in your other topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pots by Char Posted June 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 given the lack of response to this querry I am assuming that no one has a recipe for an 04 floating blue or rutile blue glaze. Is there some reason that would make this type of glaze difficult to make? I guess I will try out the experimenting thing again..after all it worked out pretty good with the Gerstley Borate substitution..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enbarro Posted June 7, 2014 Report Share Posted June 7, 2014 Hi, floating blue is a rather special glaze... many factors going on at once... still, many cool floating-like effects can be achieved at lowfire. Digitalfire has an article on variagated glazes you might enjoy reading. At low fire temperatures layering seems to be the key... extending the firing/cooling time can help. A high boron glaze (using for example frits 3124,3134, 3195, gillespie borate, etc...) with titanium dioxide (around 5%) or rutile is a good starting point. A wash, well more like a glaze saturated with rutile/TiO2, applied thinly over other glazes can also do the trick. Applying over dark opaque glazes/slips can help. Bone ash is another interesting material. Adding small to tiny amounts of iron, copper, chromium, manganese, burnt umber can help you get a toned down blue or to get different colors. Stains are also worth a try... Chappelle's book has leaded glaze recipes that when layered create a variagated effect. I stay away from lead, but some people are ok with using it... I don't know if zinc oxide has the same effect at cone 04-03, because I haven't tried it... Also, please keep in mind that not every nice looking glaze is foodsafe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pots by Char Posted June 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 Enbarro, thank you so much for your reply. There was a lot of good information there that I can use. I really appreciate you taking the time to reply in such a complete way to my querry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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