Chris Campbell Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 I just heard that Southern Ice will not shipped to the USA anymore. http://slipcast.blog...thern-iced.html January 6, 2011 I wrote directly to Max at Clayworks in Australia, the producers of Southern Ice Porcelain and he wrote this in reply to my inquiry. We have had a minor delay in production as the pit we were drawing from has been flooded. We will shortly be in a position to manufacture and ship Southern Ice. So probably Southern Ice will be hard to get for a while but they are looking for more distributors, so that might be good news too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 You may have to switch to ^6 Frost..it is manufactured in Indiana or Ohio. I picked some up at the factory in Byersville , Ohio not far off I-70. It is translucent. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffCenter Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 You may have to switch to ^6 Frost..it is manufactured in Indiana or Ohio. I picked some up at the factory in Byersville , Ohio not far off I-70. It is translucent. Marcia Or cone 10 Frost. They make a cone 10 Frost but I've fired cone 6 Frost in an anagama (cone 12) and it survived. Either cone 6 or 10 frost is just as translucent as southern ice, but (at least in wood firing) there is a slight iridescence to ice that frost doesn't have, but frost flashes and ice doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Campbell Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 I was asked to test Frost a few years ago. It is not as white as Southern Ice ... a bit warmer. Not as bright or translucent but it took color well. It was easy to work with, fired nicely with minimum warping. I would call it a Cone 6 porcelaneous body, not porcelain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffCenter Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 I was asked to test Frost a few years ago. It is not as white as Southern Ice ... a bit warmer. Not as bright or translucent but it took color well. It was easy to work with, fired nicely with minimum warping. I would call it a Cone 6 porcelaneous body, not porcelain. hi chris, that's strange. i work with cone 6 and cone 10 frost and with southern ice and they are all three very translucent porcelains. maybe they've changed the formula because the cone 6 frost i use fired to cone 6-7 is every bit as translucent as ice fired to cone 10-12. jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 You may have to switch to ^6 Frost..it is manufactured in Indiana or Ohio. I picked some up at the factory in Byersville , Ohio not far off I-70. It is translucent. Marcia Or cone 10 Frost. They make a cone 10 Frost but I've fired cone 6 Frost in an anagama (cone 12) and it survived. Either cone 6 or 10 frost is just as translucent as southern ice, but (at least in wood firing) there is a slight iridescence to ice that frost doesn't have, but frost flashes and ice doesn't. I fired some 6^ Frost in a ^10 soda and it had a little warping issues but survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 I fired my ^6 frost to cone 8 by mistake held up well and was very translucent. the piece was a wide thin bowl. if it warped it didn't show. I now fire most of my frost to ^8. And I would argue with Chris about it not being a porcelain. Its a nice porcelain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Franz35 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Give Trinity's Porcelain Clay a try. Many of my Oklahoma Customers just love it. And the price is right. Just $20.00 a 50# box. A nice white smooth clay. Might be some in your hometowns. Pat Franz 405-634-6922 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffCenter Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Frost 6 (which will go to cone 10) and Frost 10 and Southern Ice are made from a very pure kaolin from New Zealand. I haven't used every porcelain out there but I've tested a lot of them and none that I tested are as white or translucent as the New Zealand porcelains. One porcelain that I've heard good things about but haven't had a chance yet to test is Matt and Dave's. Can anyone here compare it to Frost and/or Ice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Campbell Posted January 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Yes, I would like to know how it compares as well. They had offered to send me a sample but I have not seen it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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