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Our Pottery Hobby
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This is a slide show of some of my family’s pottery pieces. My wife and I are total amateurs but we found something we BOTH like after 35 years.
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November 28th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Lovely pots! …
Lovely pots! Thanks for sharing.
Must be great to share the same hobby, you don’t have to “split” the hobby money! LOL
November 28th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Thanks! Yes, it’s …
Thanks! Yes, it’s easier to get permission to spend money on cobalt oxide this way… Ha ha.
December 1st, 2007 at 5:01 am
You guys have some …
You guys have some cool stuff! Wish I could download and print out a couple of the pictures to add to my inspirational stuff in my workshop.
Love that glaze with the green stuff. Is it high fire? Can I have the recipe for the carotid glaze?
I hear you about running out of people to give pottery away to! LOL!
December 1st, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Hi Marihani!
It …
Hi Marihani!
It does not appear that my reply went through. All of the glazes are Cone 6. I bisque to 04. Which glaze do you mean - ‘carotid glaze’? I’ll give you any of the recipes you want. Also, let me know which pictures you want and I’ll email them to you.
December 1st, 2007 at 4:13 pm
The one at 1:03 is …
The one at 1:03 is the one I meant. I might have misheard the name of it. Are the browny-beige bits also glazed with that glaze? You use an electric kiln, yes?
Much appreciated! THANK YOU!
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:47 am
Hi Marihani! Hope …
Hi Marihani! Hope you are staying warm!
The recipe for the weathered bronze (corroded) glaze for 1 kilo (less color component) of dry chemicals=
Lithium carbonate 11
strontium carbonate 200
nepheline syenite 600
Kentucky OM#4 clay 99
silica 90
titanium oxide 51
copper carb 51
bentonite 37
This 500 character max sucks!
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:50 am
I hope you have …
I hope you have success with the glaze. Put it on thick and let it run down for a better effect. If it’s thin, it is just dull tan.
Yes, I have an electric kiln. The browny-beige bits in some of the pieces are in the clay. It’s called a ’speckled’ clay. The bits don’t show up until the final firing.
December 2nd, 2007 at 2:46 pm
No kidding! THANKS …
No kidding! THANKS for the recipe! I will see if maybe my ceramics teacher (aka guru) has the ingredients and we can try it out together. You are SO KIND to share!
December 2nd, 2007 at 2:52 pm
How far from the …
How far from the bottom should I leave it unglazed? I will probably be putting it on with a brush - how many layers would be good?
Once again, THANK YOU for sharing!
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:22 am
Evidently you can …
Evidently you can only post so many comments per day. I tried 4 times to answer you yesterday!! With a brush, 3 coats should be enough plus a few strategically placed runs and dabs. 5mm clear space on the bottom should be enough. The recipe came from GlazeChem, an inexpensive $35 program available on the web. Well worth the money. Easy to use plus more info than I can absorb IF you want it. You can adjust recipes and see the results easily.
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:20 am
There should be a …
There should be a text at the bottom of the page where you want to comment. You enter those letters once or twice (sometimes doesn’t work the first time) and you should be able to keep posting comments.
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:54 am
I tried four times …
I tried four times yesterday…….
December 3rd, 2007 at 3:20 pm
YT are good at …
YT are good at breaking the site now and then - often! That’s why I am over on LV.
December 3rd, 2007 at 11:23 pm
What’s LV?
What’s LV?
December 4th, 2007 at 5:54 am
Well, this points …
Well, this points out one problem with YouTube. I posted a reply but it never made it, perhaps because I gave the email address of LiveVideo……..
December 21st, 2007 at 6:58 am
Ok, you’ve got some …
Ok, you’ve got some really nice stuff, really.
But I’m having a little trouble with the “stark amateur” statement. You’ve been doing this for more than a couple of weeks obviously. This work is more advanced that what I’ve been seeing as stark amateur work. I’ve been doing this as a hobby at home and in classes (also have a full time job) and am no where close to this. I don’t know anyone else this advanced in a short time either.
So how long have you two actually been doing this?
December 22nd, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Well, I guess I …
Well, I guess I consider myself a stark amateur because, I have tooooo many hobbies and I really haven’t spent that many hours on throwing over the past two years. If it were my only hobby, I would say I have about 6 months of leisure time invested. Thanks for the compliments, by the way. One problem with infrequent visits to the wheel is how much I can forget!!! I feel like a stark amateur when I recycle as much as I make! :o)
February 2nd, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Wow! Amateur!
You …
Wow! Amateur!
You have many wonderful pieces and so much variety! I bet you’ve your 1000 haha.
Have you sold any? Can’t hold to that Amateur for ever HaHa.
Are these your recipes? You seem to have such good luck, what’s yr secret?
I have tested over 200 glazes in cone 5-7 range and only had like 3 work so-far.
I’v even given up on several readi-mades.
Need a good Celadon green. Wld like more info on glzs clays and temps PLS.Will look in to software.
Just been studing bks.DebraRay
February 3rd, 2008 at 6:30 am
My pieces all go to …
My pieces all go to friends who visit and family. When they visit, they can’t leave without taking a piece. 200 glazes and 3 successes? Wow, something’s wrong. Are these commercial glazes? Many of my early pieces were commercial glazes but I hate painting them on! Can’t get even coverage. All my recipes came from GlazeChem’s archives, Clayart archives, books, and the internet. There are so many, it’s hard to choose!!!
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:23 am
No I’ve done the …
No I’ve done the same, most are from books internet CM, CT, PI magaz. I 2 was used to dipping but not enough room until I find good one. I know painting is hard it’s a real nack epecially when you have glzes that misbehave. I found a great clr ( Kate Younger? never crackles but it hates the brush, I’ve tryed adds it’s still a bear! Settles bad. It’s 70% 3195 Frit. I just cldn’t find any othr clr com or other that wld B so versital wth stains and undr glzs. It passes acid & crckl tests. Thank you
February 4th, 2008 at 7:29 am
I also have a clear …
I also have a clear that uses 3195 frit. 40.5% 3195, Whiting 4%, custer feldspar 16.5%, Bentonite 2.5%, EPK 6.5%, silica 30%. It has a low expansion of 62.2 which should result in shivering like my white but it doesn’t for some reason. I use it thin and a very very fast dip. Too thick and it gets cloudy. Works great with underglazes.
If I were doing it over, I would use 3124 frit for better expansion. Have to mix a batch and try it.