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Saturday 17 September 2016

My first glaze test

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My first attempt at mixing a glaze recipe from raw materials. I really love the images on the Blog Ceramique site and optimistically chose one of their Triaxial blends for my first glaze test. The base glaze recipe from Blog Ceramique is:

31     Kona F4
26     Gerstley Borate
6       Calcium carbonate
4       Dolomite
25     Silica
8       EPK

2      Bentonite

My translation substituted with Australian ingredients was this:

31     Soda Feldspar
26     Frit 3134
6      Calcium carbonate
4      Dolomite
25    Silica
8      Eckalite

2      Bentonite

Mixed dry and then water added. Divided into three pots of 66.6ml each.

The triaxial with three corners as follows starting from the apex:

A 10%  Tin Oxide  (100 x 10 x 33.3/100) added 3.33g
B 7%    Copper Carbonate (100 x 7 x 33.3/100) added 2.33g
C 2%    Cobalt Carbonate, 10%  (100 x 10 x 33.3/100) added 0.66g
   10%   Rutile flour (100 x 10 x 33.3/100) added 3.33g

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