Sheryl Leigh Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 So, I have this wonderful woman who wants to donate some (hard-as-a-rock) clay to my studio. So far, so good. She says it's porcelain. I'm cool with that! She insists it's low-fire. I thought all porcelain was high fire, until I was introduced to ^6 porcelain, but that's certainly not low fire.... maybe she means lower-than-high-fire? She said it is Mount Angel porcelain, and now I'm really scratching my head 'cause I can't find that anywhere on the web. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinbucket Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 Unless you have a pugmill, lots of buckets, and free time I doubt it will be financially sensible to go through with it. It can be a lot of work to reclaim clay if you don't have a good set up. To contradict myself I would probably do it depending on the circumstances. I've never heard of the clay but that doesn't mean much. You could take a small chunk of the clay, place it in a bowl made of high fire clay and fire it to cone 6 and 10, if possible. The absorption of the fired clay/just looking at it will give you an idea of what you have. Because she's insisting it's low fire it may be a talc/ball clay body but it's hard to say. Best luck to ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glazenerd Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 I have 60lbs of 04 porcelain out in the shop: frit ware that does vitrify solely due to glass content. Highly unlikely that it is 04 porcelain, but not impossible. Make a small test tile and fire it to cone 6: if it is 04 porcelain, it will self glaze (appear glossy without glaze). Place a waster slab under it, because IT WILL bond to your shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Leigh Posted September 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 Interesting, thanks to you both! Triolaz, I do the extremely easy reclaim for dry clay - add a 1/2 cup of water to the bag, submerge it in a bucket of water for 48-60 hours and wah-la, good as new. Luckily, I have the space. Now, if it was used reclaim, that might be a different story..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 "Please tell me I'm not crazy..." Yeah, you probably are, but you're in good company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Leigh Posted September 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 LOL, Min!!! Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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