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Pottery and Ceramics GlazeRaku Glaze RecipesGlazes can make or break your work. Here you can learn the basics of glaze making and try out a few recipes to enhance your works of art and make them truly unique. |
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Basic White CrackleCone 08Gerstley Borate 80% Nepheline Syenite 20% -------------- 100% Clear Raku GlazeCone 06Gerstley Borate 70% Plastic Vitrox 30% ----------------- Clay 100% Works well with underglazes and colored slips. Copper Stain for RakuFrit 3110 (Ferro) 10%Copper 90% Carbonate 100% Apply stain to pot then wipe off with a sponge leaving stain just in the crevices. Coat with Piepenburg’s Clear. Hasselle Copper MattBlack Copper Oxide 80%Ball Clay 20% ------------------ 100% Add: Bentonite 2% Piepenburg 50-50 Raku GlazeA clear glaze.Apply over stain. Frit 3134 (Ferro) 50% Gerstley Borate 50 -------- 100% Raku Copper Matt FinishAdding a drop or two of dishwasher detergent to the liquid batch facilitates mixing.Red Copper Oxide 78% Red Iron Oxide 9% Frit 3110 (Ferro) 13% ----------- 100.0% Raku Clear Base GlazeFor color variations, add 10% commercial stain.Gerstley Borate 67% Frit 3403 (Ferro) 8% Nepheline Syenite 17% Kaolin 8% -------------- 100% Steve's White GlazeThis is actually a clear, not white base recipe.It can be used as is or you can add colorants on an experimental basis. Add 5% tin oxide for a white glaze. Cone 08 Gerstley Borate 60% Spodumene 35% Tennessee Ball Clay 5% -------------- 100% Silver Nitrate WashSilver Nitrate 1 gramWater 50 grams Soldner Clear and VariationsGerstley borate 80%Nepheline syenite 20% --------------- 100% Looks best when applied thickly. Brush on at least four coats or pour on a thick application or dip the piece twice. This generally results in wider spaced crackling in the glaze. If a finer crackle network is desired, apply a thinner coat. After firing reduction will enhance the crackle. Below are variations that can be added to this basic raku recipe.Copper LusterAdd: Cobalt oxide 1%Copper oxide 2% Yellow ochre 8% This variation looks best when applied thin. Dip the pot once in a thin mixture. The glaze has a dark cranberry luster. After firing reduction in a metal trash can filled with newspapers, it seems to make the colors shine a bit brighter. Copper Red LusterAdd: Cobalt oxide 1%Copper oxide 3% Dark Blue LusterAdd: Cobalt carbonate 3.0%Iron chromate 5.0% Silver nitrate 1.5% Green to Maroon LusterAdd: Copper carbonate 3%Copper MattAdd: Bone ash 20%Cobalt carbonate 3% Copper carbonate 7% This glaze seems to produce the best results in terms of color density and brilliance if applied in a thin coat. Apply to the inside of the pot also. Rita's Red Raku GlazeCone 08Borax 50% Gerstley Borate 50% ------ 100% Add: Copper Carbonate 40% Red Iron Oxide 10%
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All About Clay The best way of starting out is to take a few lessons. You will probably waste quite a bit in materials when you first get started. Figuring out how to truly make handmade pottery correctly and shape into what you want it to be can be quite an ordeal. The different tools that a normal shop will have can be fun to try. You will soon see which ones you like to use the most and then when you are ready you will know which ones to buy. With the help of the internet, you can now purchase most if not all of your ceramic and pottery tools and supplies online. We are located far from any well supplied dealers and yet working with reliable ceramic and pottery suppliers online has allowed us to recieve most of our orders within a timely manner. When you get all set up, just enjoy the hobby and have fun at it. Some people get pretty serious and start selling their creations at craft fairs and small stores, but others just like to create items for themselves, relatives, and friends. Whichever kind of handmade pottery you desire to endeavor, enjoy the hobby and have fun doing it.
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