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  1. Gas bubbles in the 266. The glaze is maturing and sealing the surface before the gas bubbles from the clay body are released. Most common remedy is to hold top temperature during bisque to allow more of the Sulphur and other impurities to burn out. Also, stack the 266 loose in the bisque to maximize surface area to promote burnout of impurities.

     

    Not an uncommon problem with 266 and similar clay bodies.

  2. My Ceramics monthly for October seems to have arrived early. In the back they have an article on Ian Currie and his grids so maybe more people will be finding this topic.

     

    Not as long as we continue to see the proliferation of commercially prepared glazes that imitate the look of shinos, celadons, etc. without the work of this type of learning/experimentation. 

  3. You also have multiple variables with the two test tiles . . . one fired in oxidation in electric kiln to cone 10; the other fired in heavy reduction in gas kiln with a hold.  The oxidation tile was fired in a test kiln, so likely a fast rise to temperature and fast cool . . . unless you used a digital controller to follow a normal firing schedule. 

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    Pres . . . would you consider pinning this and the community challenge #1 post so they don't get lost among the other posts?

     

    I made sure to tag the threads with 'community challenge' so a search should be able to find them easily if they are not stickied.

     

    HBP --

     

    Pinning keeps them at the head of the forum . . . otherwise, after a few weeks, the topics will become buried in the back pages (cue Bob Dylan).  Also, while the current membership is aware of the challenge, the next 1,000 people to join CAD will not be and not be  aware of the tags to search.  To keep this going beyond just the first of first few events, its needs a prominent place on the page for folks to see.  Just a thought, though.  The idea of separate forum would also work, but I suspect CAD will want to monitor the first contest to see interest, responses, etc. before committing to something like that.

     

    Bruce

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