tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45856344906318443772024-03-05T14:11:48.000-08:00Chris GeallAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16175513713422178551noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585634490631844377.post-43965664111508620832016-03-15T08:36:00.003-07:002016-03-15T08:36:55.133-07:00My new coffee mug<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's been a while since I treated myself to a new coffee mug but I've worked so hard getting this red glaze to work I think it's important to keep the first one out of the kiln. I have put a Rutile glaze on the inside and allowed it to run over the Kaki red glaze. Very simple to do yet effective....a definite keeper.<br />
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This firing was mainly loaded with Rutile over Temnoku, it's good to be at the point of getting over 80% sellable pots out of a firing and these have a real touch of class about them.</div>
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Of course there were a few tests.</div>
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I'm very taken with this one, a clear glaze with others trailed over...plenty of potential especially since I'm looking for simplicity in decoration techniques and allowing the glazes to do all the work.</div>
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This mug was painted with stained slip and then decorated with iron pigment before biscuit firing and glazing with a clear glaze. Unfortunately the iron pigment wasn't quite thick or strong enough to get the iron to burn through the glaze.<br />
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You can see here on the handle the effect I was looking for, next time I may trail the pigment on....but having said that I like the brush marks so may be the way to go would be to increase the amount of iron.</div>
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This Kaki over Temnoku was a spur of the moment choice and was placed in a cooler part of the kiln...I love it, it has a lovely chocolatey quality to it. My kiln has a large temperature difference with the top shelve being about 40 deg. C cooler than the bottom. So finding cooler firing effects is quite important.</div>
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My Macintoshy designs turned out well but whether I keep doing them remains to be seen.</div>
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I was a little surprised at how runny the red glazes are and was hoping for the trailed glazes to sit on top a bit more, may be trying them in the cool part of the kiln will help.</div>
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All in all it was a good little firing and puts me on track. Plenty for me to think about and I'm looking forward to the usual 4 o'clock in the morning eureka moment that takes me off into the next new direction.</div>
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Temnoku with Rutile overglaze. These are with the old iron oxide but I doubled the amount. Very pleased with the result. </div>
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These are made with coloured slip, it has taken several firings to get the percentages right. </div>
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The first two are my normal clay painted with cobalt slip, even though not completely white I'm still pleased, there is a rustic quality to them. The third one is a porcelain white clay from Scarva, its painted with the same cobalt but has its own special low expansion glaze. The cobalt has run a bit so may try it in a cooler part of the kiln. <br />
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Oh it feels so good to have finally overcome a major problem. Having changed to a different supply of red iron oxide I now have control over my glazes again. All of the red glazes I've test have worked and worked well. My long standing black glaze (Temnoku) is actually black and not a yucky dirty green. Up until now I felt a bit of a fraud only able to produce dull and dreary pots.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16175513713422178551noreply@blogger.com0Whitby, United Kingdom54.4701269 -0.6326152tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585634490631844377.post-35598144462971877282016-02-06T09:11:00.000-08:002016-02-06T09:11:30.321-08:00Linking my pottery blog to facebookThis is a quick test to see if my blog is linked to facebookAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16175513713422178551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585634490631844377.post-42481914361973031662016-02-05T12:57:00.001-08:002016-02-05T13:22:20.155-08:00A beginning <div style="padding: 5px; text-align: center;">
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My name is Chris Geall and I am a landscape artist but I started out many years ago on my artistic career as a potter. For the last 15 years I have been intending to get back into it but failed each time I've attempted it. Hopefully this time will be different.<br />
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I'm going to use this blog as a way of documenting and sharing this little adventure.<br />
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I started out some eight weeks ago and I've only really just got to the point where I am seriously testing glazes ....it hasn't been the easiest of starts but I think I'm getting close to where I need to be......hence the reason for the Blog.</div>
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This is the the kiln going on tonight and will be opened again on Sunday. At the top of the post you'll see a large number of test tiles, these are mainly testing a new batch of red iron oxide. I've been all around the houses trying to find out why virtually all my glazes just aren't doing what they should. <br />
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It's been a common thread in my previous attempts to get going again dealing with glaze materials that aren't what they should be. I have now switched suppliers and hopefully I can start trusting labels again.<br />
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So my newly recommended suppliers are : Bath pottery supplies and Scarva pottery supplies.</div>
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