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I have a problem, I work with a red clay that has a cooking temperature of 950 to 1000, now how do I make a slip for it? I do not find any clay that is this degree of baking and is white
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Hi folks, once again, no new questions in the pool, so I will muddle through with another QotW. . . . QotW: Do you use commercial products or do you mix your own? In my small studio, I could never imagine mixing my own clay bodies, it would just take up too much space. Much easier to just order what I want in clay from Standard Ceramics in Pittsburgh. Yet I do mix glazes, and slips. I try to stay away from most commercial products that way as the cost is easier for me to make my own. I have purchase some underglazes, and mason type stains to mix colors that are hard to reach with ^6 unless you have a more elaborate set up than mine. My use of commercial product is based on convenience more than anything else along with a healthy eye on budget. So what is your mix of Commercial and home mix as the original question was: QotW: Do you use commercial products or do you mix your own? best, Pres -
From the album: newer work
Another piece with sprayed-on slip and satin white. -
From the album: newer work
My second favorite piece from the last firing, This was sprayed with a green vitreous slip, and glazed with white satin matte, followed by a spray of blue ash glaze. -
From the album: newer work
This is probably my favorite piece from the last firing. The yunomi was sprayed with a vitreous green slip and then a more refractory lavender slip. It was glazed in my current favorite glaze, a titanium satin matte. Somehow this treatment resulted in a soft gray with tiny flecks of many colors, green, blue, lavender... and with a mysterious pink flush on one side. -
From the album: ceramic bottles
A slab built ceramic bottle. Here the slabs were stamped then different slips were applied.© blayne
