Grace london 8 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 HNY everyone, I have a lovely low matt glaze, but I want to thicken it. So it gloops and drips, perhaps even foam. I've been looking everywhere for a glaze like this. I am a sculptor and I really love this Matt Wedel glaze. Any tips or recipes? Could there be an additive I can use to crystallise my glaze? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neilestrick 4,372 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 It looks like that piece just has a lot of glazes layered on. To make the glaze thicker, either apply more coats, or just leave the lid off and let some of the water evaporate. If you want it to foam, adding a small amount of silicon carbide may do the trick. Some glazes behave poorly when applied too thickly, and will crawl or even fall off the pot, or at the very least will become very runny. And as you can see in the photo, you run the risk of them dripping off the pot and onto the kiln shelves. You'll need to fire everything on waster slabs as you do your tests. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grace london 8 Posted January 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Excellent ideas. Thanks for your thoughts Neil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
liambesaw 2,550 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Looks like just really thick application from the crawling I see there. Bill Kielb and Grace london 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rockhopper 149 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Also looks like the glaze may have been 'drizzled' on - either by pouring, or with a bulb syringe. Grace london 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Min 3,180 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) Matt Wedel Fat White ^06 - ^03 from CM March 2014 Lithium carbonate 11.8 Whiting 24.5 Nepheline Syenite 36.4 EPK 2.8 Silica 24.5 100 For blue: 0.22 copper carbonate, for lavender 0.25 Mason stain 6385 Also uses: Lisa Orr Base Glaze ^06 - 04 Gerstley Borate 9.5 Soda Ash 15.1 (I would suggest dissolving this in hot water before adding to glaze) Ferro frit 3110 63 EPK 4.8 Silica 7.6 100 plus Bentonite 1.8 He mentions using the Lisa Orr glaze for mixing with green stains for his flower stems and mixing the Orr glaze with the above Fat White glaze plus also mixing with commercial glazes sometimes. He uses a large syringe to get the glaze into tight spots and will build up the glaze up to an inch thick. He fires on stilts with a waster underneath. From the CM article re Fat White "When applied thick and on the appropriate surface, it can take on a foamy quality." So this might be the glaze he used in your photo example, worth testing I think. Edited January 7, 2019 by Min added a thought Grace london, Magnolia Mud Research and Rae Reich 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Kielb 970 Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 (edited) @Min Have you looked at these glazes in Stull? Just asking Edited January 7, 2019 by Bill Kielb Grace london 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Min 3,180 Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 @Bill Kielb, no I hadn't but I just entered them on Glazy if anyone is interested in the charts for them, Wedel Fat White and Lisa Orr Base (version from CM). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
liambesaw 2,550 Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 4 minutes ago, Min said: @Bill Kielb, no I hadn't but I just entered them on Glazy if anyone is interested in the charts for them, Wedel Fat White and Lisa Orr Base (version from CM). They're listed as private Grace london 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Min 3,180 Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 4 minutes ago, liambesaw said: They're listed as private Ooops, sorry, just fixed them, should be public now. Thanks! liambesaw 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Kielb 970 Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 @Min Interesting sort of non boron lowfire non functional glazes, I hope Grace london 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
liambesaw 2,550 Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 18 minutes ago, Bill Kielb said: @Min Interesting sort of non boron lowfire non functional glazes, I hope I think they're the glazes on the sculpture posted above. Lots of fun things you can do on sculptures that you can't get away with on functional pieces Rae Reich and Bill Kielb 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grace london 8 Posted January 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 @Min Thank you very much for this info. @liambesaw It's pretty exciting to be glazing sculpturally but it's also a war of attrition, ceramic sculpture.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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