Lesley Anton
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Lesley Anton got a reaction from Hulk in Bubbles In Black Stoneware
Ah wonderful!!!
I feel like I now have some awesome tools with all this great info. Tom, thank you!!! (and thank you Glazenerd!) I am a newcomer (not to clay but to Cone 6 firing/black clay/this forum, so I apologize that this is repetitive for those veterans on here. My clay history is cone 10 reduction so due to a recent move across the country, the situation has it that I needed to jump over to cone 5/6 oxidation.
I have done a ton of searches on this forum but if you don't have the right combo of wordage things don't pop up.
Thanks again!
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Lesley Anton got a reaction from Callie Beller Diesel in Bubbles In Black Stoneware
Ah wonderful!!!
I feel like I now have some awesome tools with all this great info. Tom, thank you!!! (and thank you Glazenerd!) I am a newcomer (not to clay but to Cone 6 firing/black clay/this forum, so I apologize that this is repetitive for those veterans on here. My clay history is cone 10 reduction so due to a recent move across the country, the situation has it that I needed to jump over to cone 5/6 oxidation.
I have done a ton of searches on this forum but if you don't have the right combo of wordage things don't pop up.
Thanks again!
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Lesley Anton reacted to Callie Beller Diesel in Bubbles In Black Stoneware
If you’re making large scale work, by which I’m assuming you mean pieces larger than 5-10 lbs of clay, you might have to add even more time to the soak in the bisque. It takes longer for more mass to even out temperature wise.
When I was first figuring out how to fire even just my red clay, someone gave the advice that if you focus on firing the clay properly, many glaze flaws will be resolved in the process. This is particularly true if the glazes in question don’t bubble, pinhole or blister on other clays.
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Lesley Anton reacted to Hulk in Bubbles In Black Stoneware
fwiw, have one set of test tiles and a few small test pieces in Cassius Basaltic; the same clear glaze that's working for red clay lays down smooth on the Basaltic as well, "Wollastonite Clear" (Bethany Krull) ...some of the coloured glazes look good as well, some froth up and come out crusty. Next glaze fire will include a few more pieces...
I'm firing a modestly paced bisque - wouldn't call it slow - however, significant pauses at the three temps (per GlazeNerd) 752, 1063, 1500F
