Monday 14 December 2015

And they are fired

Inpatient as I am, I opened the kiln and got the tests out with the thick gloves. I have a lovely variety of colours here, and texture is really nice:


They start making more sense when I organize them into triaxial blends:


here are a few close ups. I anticipate many hours of playing , sorting and examining....





Red tile is the only one with the stain as colourant (10% signal red). I run out of test tiles and base glaze to test 7.5%, 5% and 2.5%....for now.....

Interesting glaze. I am getting green from cobalt, pale blue from copper and yellow from iron. No chrome - tin pinks though. I like the darker blush at the bottom edge of some tiles.

8 comments:

  1. wonderful results... do you fire in reduction, gas or oxidisation, electric?

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  2. Hi Anna,
    I fire in electric kiln to 1220 degrees Celsius ( cone 6)

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  3. YOU ran out of test tiles? YOU? great results can't wait to see them in the flesh Andrea.

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  4. Your process and results are very impressive! Thanks for sharing such precise instructions.

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  5. Wow, what beautiful results! Now I'm REALLY looking forward to the January workshop Andrea,
    Paula B

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  6. what base glaze did you use? also wonderful research and documentation of the process!

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