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In Topic: Favorite Supply Sites

Posted 6 Apr 2013

I'm in the New England, so I try to stick to the northeast. in addition to Bailey's and Clay-King (which isn't in the northeast, I know!) I've had good experiences with:

http://www.sheffield-pottery.com/

http://ceramicsupplyinc.com/

http://www.theceramicshop.com/

Portland Pottery in Portland, ME, is terrific, but not for mail order, unfortunately.
In Topic: Looking for Glaze Suggestions

Posted 29 Mar 2013

ayjay, on 08 February 2013 - 06:16 PM, said:
I'm not sure how gold you want (or expect) it to be, this was on a white ^6 stoneware clay, fired in oxidation.

I've also added a link to a pic of the same glaze fired by someone far more experienced than I'll ever be - recipe is also shown on the linked pic below, I altered the recipe as Cornish Stone is not readily available.

Tenmoku_Gold.jpg

http://www.lurvely.c...Ox_Close_photo/

substitute for Cornish stone (61)

Potash Feldspar 40.87
Flint 13.42
China Clay/EPK 6.71

I am ready to test some glazes on the red clay. I just realized that the recipe referenced above is the same one I already mixed up and tried on white stoneware! The photo in the link is gorgeous. I hope it looks nice on the red clay, too. I'm going to try a couple of others, as well. Fingers crossed.

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In Topic: First Use of Pyrometer for Bisque Firing (Manual Kiln)

Posted 11 Nov 2012

Thanks for the responses. Unfortunately, it will be a while before I can mix my new glazes and do a firing, but when I do, I'll try to record the same kind of temp info and see what it looks like. I wonder if it makes sense to try to do two identical (well, as close as possible) versions of each test tile, and do two glaze firings--one the usual way, and one trying to slow down the cooling phase. Am I over-thinking things?