Pres Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 This weeks question is less philosophic or ephemeral and more on the practical studio side. However, this too could be pretty deep. So JosephF asks:What is your favorite part of your most favorite glaze and why? I have been working towards a white that works on a variety of cone six clays, it comes from an older formula, but with some adjustment of opacifiers, I find that the color and surface works well for me. Originally it was a liner glaze, and I like the fact that it seems to be quite hard, contains enough clay to keep suspended, and goes on smoothly on my bisqueware. Over the years I have worked with a lot of whites, and none have pleased me as much as this one does. best, Pres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 I like buttery matts for functional ware. When I gave up ^6 reduction in 2000, I reworked some of my favorites. Dolomite is one of my favorite ingredients because of the magnesium in it that helps with the surface I want as well an influences the color of several oxides especially cobalt and iron. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Fireborn Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Thanks for posting my question. I find it interesting what people like about their favorite glaze. Although this might not be as interesting as other QoTW for sure. Currently my favorite ingredient is Titanium Dioxide. I love white and grey glazes, although I haven't found one that I like 100% yet. The best part about titanium dioxide is that it is a white pigment and it can crystallizes when it slow cools. Which for me is the best of both worlds: creating interesting surfaces over texture and being whiteish. So directly answering my question would be: Visual variety of surface with white and grey tones! Now that I have answered this QoTW. I think I might have posted a pretty boring question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Min Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 My current favourite glaze is a dolomite semi gloss glaze. It sparkles, is reliable, and plays well with other glazes and colourants. For me this question is like asking what's your favourite book you've read, I haven’t found it yet. Just have to try one more…..I’m one of those who went down the rabbit hole of glaze testing and am forever doing tests to find THE perfect glaze. Might find it one day but not yet, maybe I’ll get lucky and find the perfect clay at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karenkstudio Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 My favorite glaze is a copper raku (commercially prepared, I quit mixing long ago). the glaze frequently surprises me with a variety of metallic colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Still searching for my favorite glaze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 I'm still looking. I have been using Mastering Cone 6, Waterfall Brown, Which I like very much. But getting good picture of the richness and variances is difficult. I love Earth Tones. But I am going to one day venture out side my comfort zone. I did use a liner glaze from their book, pg 281, Glossy Clear Liner Glaze with G-200 HP, and added 10% Zircopax and it is the most whitest white I have ever seen. Drys quick, and having trouble with drip lines. I sand down with my finger, but if anyone has a easier way I'd appriciate a clue. Ok, not a clue, but some helpful advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glazenerd Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Crystalline glaze is my most favorite and least favorite at the same time. I like it because you never know until the kiln cools, what you are going to get. I dislike it, because you never know until the kiln cools; what you are going to get. My favorite glaze would be molybdenum crystals: but if you think crystalline is tough...... Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 My favourite is the blue-green soda glass from soda kilns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Fireborn Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 I like it because you never know until the kiln cools, what you are going to get. I dislike it, because you never know until the kiln cools; what you are going to get. I laughed out loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted June 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 For me, opening the kiln is like Christmas morning when I was a kid. . . as glazenerd says, you never know what you are going to get, ohhhh, but the anticipation is so sublime! best, Pres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeU Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 Back in the day, my favorite was a Dague Red (dague means dagger), cone 10. My recipe book has it containing soda ash, Custer spar, whiting, EPK, borax, flint, tin oxide and copper carbonite. yummy-a broken red, very fluid. Flash forward several decades and I only use cone 6 commercial glazes. I try not to get too seduced by the wannabe look-alikes, like floats, speciality glazes, and such, but I love the vagaries of Amaco's silvery Palladium, the luciousness of Coyote's Turguoise matte, and the quasi crystal-ish affect of Laguna's Crystal Forest. Mostly I like unglazed clay, and pairing that with a glaze on part of the piece, most especially on porcelain. Post script--Joseph, it's a great question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Copper is my favorite colorant because of its wide range in almost every firing possibility from Ox. red. glazes, raku, saggar firings. Understanding copper is a great quest. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted June 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Copper is a worthy opponent as it changes so much due to the way it changes with opacifiers, with atmospheres and overall glaze composition. Another that is finicky to me is Chrome. best, Pres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Copper is a worthy opponent as it changes so much due to the way it changes with opacifiers, with atmospheres and overall glaze composition. Another that is finicky to me is Chrome. best, Pres When I was in college , I made a set of demi-tess cups in porcelain and the glaze came out a tin pink , I think due to a close- by chrome source in the kiln. Never did duplicate it. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joy pots Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 My favourite glaze is one that fired to ^10 reduction iron red, I worked on it for a while testing to use it for ^7 ox. I was finally satisfied with a creamy semi Matt iron speckled glaze that breaks red where thin. I use it up fast as it goes with everything. Joy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeU Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Here are pics of my faves of the moment: Coyote's Turquoise Matte (a small tea light or incense cone holder-unglazed porcelain), the Amaco Palladum (a fancy incense cone holder or single ring display (nice to feature a wedding ring while you're not wearing it, in case you're wondering "what the heck"), and; a shallow tray w/the Laguna Crystal Forest as an edge drip.) I've also recently fallen hard for Coyote's Texas Two-Step (Texas Rose, in the pic) and Amaco's Acai Shino Matte-here they are side-by-side on a little incense cone holder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted June 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Marcia, I used to work to get that Chrome pink blushing on ware. It comes pretty well when using a tin base white with chrome used in some inglaze sprayed on decoration. The flashing is unpredictable, but sometimes you get something in the salmon range that is unbelievably beautiful. best Pres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Fireborn Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Chrome Discussion: For a long time I was thinking about using tubes covered in a chrome fuming glaze beside another cup to fume off on it. I never ended up trying it, but I always wanted to. It is interesting how sometimes you get pots even in electric kilns that do things your not sure where it came from. Maybe the glaze was layered exactly right or the pots near by influenced it or who knows. I have a few pots that I am not sure what happen. Always interesting to look at them and ponder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 My favorite glaze is Wamo mamo Matt on stoneware. Our dinnerware is that -I made it all in the 70's and early 80's I could not make a living selling my favorite glazes I still like it the best even though I do not use stoneware and cannot get this look in my porcelain fires. Its a 70s thing really Wamo mamo II is a tweeked formule I made for the local collage back in the day-1/2 the tin OX I'll add a photo soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 again today i was reminded why i love the green glaze that has been giving me trouble. when it is good, it is like looking through an unknown depth of transparent green water to see a dragonfly and leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Fireborn Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 I am out of likes but I like so many of these post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 This software is getting really hard to add a photo-It took me many trys -I have added so many over the years-something is new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 Wama-mamo is definitely a 70s kind of glaze. I had some similar. oatmeal, pumpkin, etc. That is a dark stoneware for your plates. That too is 70s-ish. You don't get that in an electric normally. Thanks for posting. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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