From: Bill B <bill@billboydceramics.com>

Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 1:14 PM

To: 'Phil Hamling'

Subject: RE: Interesting Glaze

Phil-  I was wondering how things were with you too?  Either you’ve had a wakeup call and are now slowing down the raging horses driving your curiosity or you’re on to something else?

I’ve seen these commercially produced gold pots from Asia before, but without the crystal patterns.  I always wondered how they achieved what looked like either very hard gold paint, or something that looked like fired on gold metallics.  I couldn’t believe it would be gold metallics because that would be so expensive. The pots I saw it on had it in controlled places so the whole pot couldn’t have been fumed or something like that.

This looks like they’ve used the same process for getting a gold finish but did it on top of a crystalline glazed pot so that the crystal patterns show through the thin coat. If there is anyone that could figure this out it would be you.  I’d love to know how it’s done.  Gold is getting so expensive I’ve been forced to use less and less.

I have no idea what is involved with electroplating but that sink is a knockout.  I wouldn’t be surprised if you started another factory to mass produce these new? sinks and that they would be the latest rage.

It’s always inspiring to see your latest discoveries.  You are an inspiration to us all. 

I’ve been fooling around with some new color combos.  Cheers, Bill

From: Phil Hamling [mailto:pdah@optonline.net]
Sent: February-08-14 5:52 AM
To: Bill Boyd
Subject: Interesting Glaze

Bill,

How are things?

Have you ever seen anything like this glaze before? I wonder how it is made.

Patti bought this piece from Home Goods. It is slip cast and ~10” diameter x 10 “ tall. It has the color of cast aluminum with slight iridescence. It has 3 glazes on it – a black liner, a non-crystalized aluminum colored one on the bottom and the one on the outside.

I finally got my “sink” finished and have been playing with electroplating. I can’t say I’ve accomplished much with it though, other than to see that leached crystalline glaze with a metallic appearance is not electrically conductive. I plan to do some more this weekend.

Phil