Earthenware tests 18/2

Out of the kiln this morning a number of Earthenware cone 04 glaze tests.
I'm still just trying to find successful base glazes, retesting some of the recipes I've tried before to make a base line for revisions.

All were fired to 1080 degrees Celcius on Keanes Earthenware tiles bisque fired to cone 04.

Worthington Clear 
EW cone 04

Gerstley borate     55%
Eckalite                30
Silica                    15

Results
Very clear glaze, some bubbles in suspension in thickest parts.




ABEM 
cone 04

Frit 3124               50
Eckalite                15.65
Whiting                16.65
Silica                    17.75
Total                            5

Results
Nice smooth matte glaze

EB* 
clear EW, cone 04

Frit 4131              83.3
Eckalite               16.6
* batches 2 and 3 combined and whizzed up to be smoother

Results
This seems quite matte even though its a clear recipe. Much better results from first try when I must have put incorrect amounts in. Whizzed up. Need to buy a sieve.




Julie's Satin
cone 04

Whiting                   17
Gerstley borate        27
Lithium carbonate     6
Nepheline syenite      4
Eckalite                    12
Silica                        34

Results
This glaze is still cracking. Which is a pity because I like the quality of its matte surface.
Will maybe try to modify it though I have tried before with no improvement.





Satin Base SB

Results
This is the old batch remixed. The white version of this has a tendency to late crazing which is a pity because I really like the creamy surface of this.

Lucy Burley's Matte

I found this recipe on Ceramic Arts Daily's article about Green, Blue and Turquoise glazes. I love these colours and I'm looking for matte glazes for cone 04 firings.

 I have substituted Strontium carbonate for Barium carbonate.

I did a rough line blend, rough because I started the test using a teaspoon to measure units in the blend and ran out of glaze mix.

Lucy Burley's Matte Glaze Recipe

10    Strontium carbonate
45    Frit 3134
15    Potash Feldspar
15    Ball Clay FX
15    Eckalite 2

Results

I love the colours in these tests. You can't see in the photo but this glaze bubbled at the edges.

I think this is because I didn't add enough water to the glaze mix and it went on very thick.

It isn't very matte either, a little shiny for a matte glaze. I might try to tweak it if I make it again to tone down the shininess and fix the bubbling.