Glazes

Phil Hamling

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Name Titania Base Rutile Base Clear Base Clear Base 2
Ferro 3110 51.8
ZnO2 24.5
Silica 14.4
Titania 8   1  
Rutile   8   1
Kaolin 1.2
CMC 1
   
0.5% CoCO3+ 2% MnO2      
2% CuCo3      
3% copper carbonate and 1% red iron oxide      
1% Fe2O3, 2% MnO2, 3% CoCO3,      
0.5% CoCO3      
.5% CoCO3+ .67% MnO2      
1% NiO      
2% NiO, 1/4% CoCO3 ,1/2% Fe2O3      
1/2% NiO      
1% green NiO on red inclusion stain      
1.5% Fe2O3      

 

From John Tilton

Golden Snow

Gold Stuff

Firing Schedule used at John Tilton's workshop

Kris Friedrich’s  Gold Stuff

Fusion Frit Comparison

NFU

 

Base Glazes

 

 

 

Phil Hamling

1/18/2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Mix 500g

 

 

 

 

Ferro 3110

grams

 

 

 

Weigh 300 grams water (60%) in blender

 

 

Frit

51.80

56.4%

 

 

Add 1 drop saturated Epsom salt solution

 

 

ZnO2

24.50

26.7%

 

 

Add powders slowly on low speed,

 

 

Silica

14.40

15.7%

 

 

Scrape sides while getting glaze to turn over

 

 

Kaolin

1.20

1.3%

 

 

Blend ~1 minute high speed until pudding-like.

 

 

91.90

100.0%

 

 

Jiggle / pour contents out then brush clean mixer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fusion 644

grams

 

 

Coverage

 

 

 

 

 

Frit

41.30

43.0%

 

 

I've used application rates of 0.5 to 1.1 g/sq.in. (dry)

 

ZnO2

24.20

25.2%

 

 

Wet = 1.6 X Dry = 0.8 to 1.8 g/sq.in. (wet)

 

 

Silica

29.90

31.1%

 

 

A 500g batch covers from ~ 500 to 1000 sq.in.

 

Bentonite

0.60

0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

96.00

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colorants

 

 

 

 

Fusion 413

grams

 

 

 

Add colorants directly to blender, or

 

 

Frit

68.42

67.1%

 

 

Mix small (160g wet) batches wet, sieve thru 80 mesh

 

ZnO2

24.13

23.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silica

7.45

7.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bentonite

2.00

2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

102.00

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glossy White Liner Glaze

 

Here are a few glaze recipes.

The midnight blue you had asked for, and the other 3 I am bringing over. I think they might be good accent glazes. All of these are cone 9-10 from my experience.

Midnight Blue

4000g Kona F-4

2700g Silica

1000g EPK

1800g Whiting

200g Red Iron Oxide (Spanish*)

200g Bentonite

100g Cobalt Carbonate (Without the cobalt, this is our celadon glaze)

Winter White - Super Stable Bright White with a Bluish tint, slight anti-run effect

42% Custer Feldspar

20% Silica

16% Grolleg

18% Whiting

4% Dolomite

+.125% Tin Oxide

Candace Black - Electric Oil Spot Black

650g Minspar

250g Silica

80g Red Iron Oxide

50g Whiting

50g EPK

50g Dolomite

50g Cobalt Carb

Pier Black - Textured Matte Black

426g Custer Feldspar

236g EPK

236g Dolomite

66g Iron Chromate

66g Cobalt Carbonate

54g Borax

47g Whiting

 

 

 

* In the studio we have Spanish Red Iron Oxide and Domestic Red Iron Oxide.

I don't care which I use, but ..... is particular about each.

 

 

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Recently I had the good fortune of importing many very interesting crystalline glazed pieces from Beijing, China.

The source of all my good fortune---my day (and night, 24 - 7) job. ZIRCAR Ceramics, Inc.
One of my other passions - landscaping, gardening, greens keeping, etc..

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