Bates Clear Fake Celadon
Cone 10 Reduction
Minspar - 35
Silica - 21
Gerstley Borate - 7
Barium Carb - 8
Whiting - 8
EPK - 10
Bentonite - 2
Mason Stain 6003 Crimson - 10
EXPERIMENTING WITH CERAMIC MATERIALS
The acicular nature of Wollastonite's crystals |
50/50 Base Neph Sye - 50 Wollastonite - 50 |
50/50 Base + Copper Neph Sye - 50 Wollastonite - 50 --------------------- Copper Carb - 2% |
Shorn Base + Copper Wollastonite - 25 Spodumene - 25 Cornwall Stone - 25 Talc - 25 --------------------- Copper Carb - 4% |
Shorn Base + Cobalt Wollastonite - 25 Spodumene - 25 Cornwall Stone - 25 Talc - 25 --------------------- Cobalt Carb - 2% Copper Carb - 1% |
Glossy Frog Skin + 3 grams Ilmenite |
MC 0001 Cornwall Stone - 64 Gerstley Borate - 14 Flint - 7.5 Whiting - 7.5 EPK - 5 Zinc - 2 Rutile - 3 Ilmenite - 2 |
Satin Base with 5 grams Ilmenite (no Rutile) |
Carbon Trap Shino Neph Sye - 45 Spodumene - 15 OM4 - 15 F-4 Feldspar - 10 Redart - 5 Soda Ash - 18 |
Traditional Shino Neph Sye - 70 Fire Clay - 30 |
Red Shino Neph Sye - 20 EPK - 20 OM4 - 20 Soda Ash - 20 Spodumene -20 |
Carbon Trap + 1% Rutile |
Carbon Trap + 3% Rutile |
Carbon Trap + 2% Rutile |
Carbon Trap with 5 grams extra Redard added |
Carbon Trap with XX Saggar substituted for OM4 |
Carbon Trap with Salt substituted for Soda Ash |
A few bowls and a cup glazes in Shorn + Cobalt (Exterior), St. Johns Black (Rim), a just a general white glaze (interior) |
The bowl with the scorpion relief. Glazed with Malcom's Red Shino (Exterior) and Al King's Copper Red (Interior) |
A higher view of the same Scorpion Bowl |
Some small bowls with the same glazes and from the same firing as the Scorpion bowl |
Cups, same as above |
3-D Modeling of saucer design |