tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408256548635370709.post5353936503393212864..comments2024-03-16T07:40:23.437-07:00Comments on Earth Work: Testing, testing.Mark Smalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10087646142136111397noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408256548635370709.post-47650318863625803232012-08-29T15:58:58.622-07:002012-08-29T15:58:58.622-07:00Thank you, Linda, I'm not sure if I'll be ...Thank you, Linda, I'm not sure if I'll be able to repeat this petroglyph effect..I've got a feeling it will depend alot on glaze thickness.Mark Smalleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087646142136111397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408256548635370709.post-48277895630351921732012-08-29T06:21:12.122-07:002012-08-29T06:21:12.122-07:00The right test looks like stone with a petroglyph ...The right test looks like stone with a petroglyph drawing on it very intersting. The black sake cup is wonderful.Linda Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364078667554676592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408256548635370709.post-54027570845313252252012-08-22T03:18:09.877-07:002012-08-22T03:18:09.877-07:00Hi Charlene, only your last comment was received, ...Hi Charlene, only your last comment was received, so something must have gone awry..perhaps the security code wasn't accepted? That has happened to me a few times. <br /><br />Thanks for telling me about your experience with oribe, I've never heard of applying washes in that way..maybe it's something I'll try in the future, but I don't have proper spraying equipment at the moment. I find my cone 9/10 oribe glaze rather irritating..it's hard to know where the problem lies when one firing is perfect and the next less so. Not significant faults, but I would prefer a flawless finish. I think I would like to find a more reliable, lower firing oribe, perhaps cone 7.Mark Smalleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087646142136111397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408256548635370709.post-44320869230723864312012-08-21T14:21:42.643-07:002012-08-21T14:21:42.643-07:00Hello Mark--I left a comment, but I think I did so...Hello Mark--I left a comment, but I think I did something wrong? So I will try again. I so love the ash glaze! When I was a lab tech and helped in running the kilns, we did cone 10 reduction. The oribe glaze we used would cause some problems--mainly pin-holing. We bisque-fired to 04 so we knew that wasn't the problem. We sprayed on a thin rutile/colemanite (Gerstley or Frit) wash which helped. It's an old trick and an extra step. Which was hard to get students (always in a hurry, naturally) to spray just one little pot after the dip in the glaze bucket. Oh, but when they did and saw the resulting pooling green and amber...it was love.Charlene Doiron Reinharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645689953689581574noreply@blogger.com