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Very pleased with the colour, but the
bubbling, mostly on the top part, is not good.
I had not mixed the stain for the top part well
enough, and a streak of dark green came out of the
sprayer, which I then tried to cover up by applying
more coats.
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Underneath turned out unremarkable.
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Holdfast with three other of my works
plus one by someone else in the kiln ready for the
Cone 6 firing.
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20 May - Locke holds the seaweed
holdfast, which was sitting on my desk for months
and which I finally glazed. I sprayed it
starting with White Iris plus yellow stain on the
base and then with more green and gray (brown) at
the top [seaweed].
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| Holdfast 2. Extended drying for
several days including under plastic overnight. |
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Holdfasts 1 and 2.
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Locke recommended two glazes based on
Locke's Clear—a yellow green and a reddish
brown—sprayed on in layers.
| Yellow Green |
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Brownish Red
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Frit 3134
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24.9
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"
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Silica
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24.8
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"
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Nephaline Syenite
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21.4
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"
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China Clay
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18.7
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"
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Whiting
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10.2
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"
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Light Green Stain
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1
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Red Iron Oxide
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6
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Yellow Stain
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3
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Zirconium Silicate
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3
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3 March - Made the glazes and
prepared test tiles.
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9 March - The glaze apparently was
not stirred enough. Remade it and added more
light green (from 1g to 2.5g).
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16 March - The yellow in the yellow
green is too saturated. Added additional 7g
zirconium silicate plus a touch of dark green stain.
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