jrgpots Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 Here is my first successful ash glaze. I call it Nuka crackle. it is fired to ^6 oxidation. It is placed on thick and cracks as it dries. The top of the tile is double dipped while the bottom is single dipped. It does not drip, but has a great matte finish. The recipe is: Soda Feldspar 40 Tumbleweed ash 26.7 Whiting 13.3 EPK 13.3 Frit 3124 6.7 Total 100 I'm thinking of using it over a darker glaze so the color is seen through the cracks. Jed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Miller Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 That's a neat effect! Almost a shino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acg Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 This is great! What clay body? Is this like real tumbleweed ash that you make? Look forward to seein more test! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clay lover Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 VERY nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgpots Posted June 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 This is great! What clay body? Is this like real tumbleweed ash that you make? Look forward to seein more test! The test tiles are from Reclaimed clay, a mix of laguna cone 6 clays...lots of moroccan sand, eletric brown, and half half. Yes, it is real tumbleweed ash. My back yard collects them by the thousands. Jed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biglou13 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Very nice glaze. You should be proud. It's amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 What kind of glaze would you use to maintain that crawl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgpots Posted June 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 What kind of glaze would you use to maintain that crawl? I made a glaze with a local bentonite clay. The base glaze is a nice transparent camel color. But then I added 10% rio. I layered theash glaze on top. The ash glaze absorbed some of the rio and turned a bit yellow. But it did not run and the base glaze was visible between the cracks. I'm hoping to get a better base glaze that brings out the ash glaze more. recipe: local bentonite 76 Neph sys 18 gersley borate 6 Total 100 add 10% RIO. Jed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyndham Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 I would bet if you increased the frit to about 10% (off the wall guess) it might bead up more, which might also look interesting. I like the tumbleweed idea. Tumbleweed might have a higher silica ratio than other ash sources and be a bit stiffer. Just a thought. Wyndham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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