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Celia, talking about turquoise glazes, have you seen the Persian wares from a few centuries back?  Maybe search Google image for "Persian alkaline turquoise glazes"

 

Some of those colors are amazing. 

 

Folks have attempted, with varying degrees of success, to develop high alkaline glazes for mid-range stoneware and porcelain, so maybe a good area for research.

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Thanks Ray - lots of turquoises out there! My starting point was to find recipes that used the materials I have in my 'stash' bought as a job lot from an emigrating potter. I think there's still scope with what I have but I can always plug the gaps with small quantities, while I'm testing. (The cost of post and packing always niggles me!)

 

Joel - I'm not really surprised to hear that as I've come across quite a number of ceramics tutors in adult, further and higher education who have limited ceramics training themselves - enough to get students through NVQs, but clearly with limitations - often in the area of glaze chemistry! It's most frustrating when you ask pretty basic questions of your tutor and they haven't a clue because they're self-taught and only know what they've needed to know and nothing more, or in another case did one term of ceramics as part of a wider art course back in the year dot! It would be a bit like me becoming a tutor on the back of my Primary BEd degree with Art & Design as my specialist subject (2 hours a week for 4 years) - and we all know about the limitations of my ceramics knowledge!!!!

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